Quotes about Prayer
Prayer is the supreme instance of the hidden character of the Christian life.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I believe above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard.
— Dolly Parton
Prayer gives a channel to the pent-up sorrows of the soul, they flow away, and in their stead streams of sacred delight pour into the heart.
— Charles Spurgeon
Prayer is the forerunner of mercy. Turn to sacred history, and you will find that scarecely ever did a great mercy come to this world unheralded by supplication.
— Charles Spurgeon
We find, sooner or later, that in prayer we either abandon ourselves or we abandon prayer.
— E Stanley Jones
Prayer bends omnipotence of heaven to your desire. Prayer moves the hand that moves the world.
— Charles Spurgeon
Lord Jesus, cause me to know in my daily experience the glory and sweetness of Thy name, and then teach me how to use it in my prayer, so that I may be a prince prevailing with God.
— Charles Spurgeon
True prayer is neither a mere mental exercise nor a vocal performance. It is a spiritual commerce with the Creator of heaven and earth.
— Charles Spurgeon
I say to myself, if the text was good enough for my father and grandfather, it must be good enough for me. I admit, that is a rather personal way of approaching the text - or a prayer.
— Elie Wiesel
Asking in prayer helps you to see your problem in the light of God's power.
— Elizabeth George
The fewer the words the better the prayer.
— Martin Luther
I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation and there must be a vent.
— Henry Ward Beecher