Quotes about Prayer
The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Prayer is not just getting ready for Christian service. Prayer is Christian service.
— Adrian Rogers
There seems to be a human instinct for prayer. Swiss theologian Karl Barth calls it our 'incurable God-sickness.'
— Timothy Keller
To be alone by being part of the universe-fitting in completely to an environment of woods and silence and peace. Everything you do becomes a unity and a prayer. Unity within and without.
— Thomas Merton
'Help' is a prayer that is always answered.
— Anne Lamott
Those who always pray are necessary to those who never pray.
— Victor Hugo
I have to hurry all day to get time to pray.
— Martin Luther
Prayer can solve more problems, alleviate more suffering, prevent more transgression, and bring about greater peace and contentment in the human soul than can be obtained in any other way.
— Thomas Monson
If you are not open to the unprecedented, you will repeat history. If you are open to the unprecedented, you will change history. The difference is prayer.
— Mark Batterson
I seldom made an errand to God for another but I got something for myself.
— Samuel Rutherford
Without immersion in God's words, our prayers may not be merely limited and shallow but also untethered from reality.
— Timothy Keller
Each day begins with a prayer of thank you.
— Wayne Dyer