Quotes about Prayer
But the reconciliation of the world to God cannot be described as an episode in history among others; it is a change in what historical agents may hope for, think about and pray about.
— Rowan Williams
Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of men and women when they are born again is praying.
— JC Ryle
Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to life. How a man can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a man can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.
— JC Ryle
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.
— Soren Kierkegaard
The hardest test I ever faced in my life was praying.
— Malcolm X
Either we should not pray at all, or thus absolutely and freely; and not every one for himself in particular alone.
— Marcus Aurelius
Love is a discipline, like prayer, I said.
— Margaret Atwood
Four angels standing round my bed, Two to feet and two to head; One to watch and one to pray, And two to carry my soul away.
— Margaret Atwood
It's not going to happen through technology or our intellectual abilities but only through prayer. When we pray, God works. We believe God blesses churches that bless missions.
— David Jeremiah
The Bible tells us that whenever we come before God, whatever our purpose or prayer request, we are always to come with a thankful heart.
— David Jeremiah
The greatest saint in the world is not he who prays most or fasts most; it is not he who gives alms, or is most eminent for temperance, chastity or justice. It is he who is most thankful to God.
— William Law
My father prayed because he had a good friend with whom to share the problems of the day.
— Corrie Ten Boom