Quotes about Prayer
Prayer does not change God but it changes him who prays.
— Soren Kierkegaard
The less I pray the harder it gets the more I pray the better it goes.
— Martin Luther
Tomorrow I plan to work work from early until late. In fact I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.
— Martin Luther
The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pray not for lighter burdens but for stronger backs.
— Theodore Roosevelt
When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
— Norman Vincent Peale
A generous prayer is never presented in vain the petition may be refused but the petitioner is always I believe rewarded by some gracious visitation.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day.
— Abraham Lincoln
Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie-I found that out.
— Mark Twain
Though I am weak yet God when prayed Cannot withhold his conquering aid.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The exercise of prayer in those who habitually exert it must be regarded by us doctors as the most adequate and normal of all the pacifiers of the mind and calmers of the nerves.
— William James
Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson