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Quotes About Devotion

The Christian will find his parentheses for prayer even in the busiest hours of life.
~ Richard Cecil
Prayer, to the patriarchs and prophets, was more than the recital of well-known and well-worn phrases-it was the outpouring of the heart.
~ Herbert Lockyer
As we come closer to Him, we not only "stand all amazed"-we even kneel all amazed!
~ Neal A. Maxwell
The life of a good man is a continual prayer.
~ Charlotte Lennox
Surely we may with reverence say that, in a true and deep sense, God Himself is the answer to prayer.
~ Caroline Emelia Stephen
Prayer to be fruitful must come from the heart and must be able to touch the heart of God.
~ Mother Teresa
When you say a prayer, He (The Holy Spirit) is in every word of it, and like a Holy Fire, penetrates each word.
~ John of Kronstadt
Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
~ Simone Weil
The heavens, with their everlasting faithfulness, look down on no sadder contradiction than the sluggard and the slattern in their prayers.
~ James Martineau
Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
~ Timothy Keller
Prayer offered without faith by a person that doesn't truly believe God exists will not be effective. Sin in our lives that we refuse to confess will also render our prayers ineffective.
~ Anne Graham Lotz
Purity is the fruit of prayer.
~ Mother Teresa
The Rosary is a school of Prayer. The Rosary is a school of Faith.
~ Pope Francis
Love and prayer are intimately related.
~ Diana Abu-Jaber
A prayer may chance to rise From one whose heart lives in the grace of God. A prayer from any other is unheeded.
~ Dante Alighieri
Whole prayer is nothing but love.
~ Saint Augustine
As for methods of prayer, all of them are good as long as they are sincere.
~ Victor Hugo
A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
~ Charles Spurgeon
You must pray...without prayer, all the schooling in the world will not produce the effect God wants homeschooling to give.
~ John Hardon
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.
~ Khalil Gibran
Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
~ Therese of Lisieux
The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.
~ Pope John Paul II
I'm Roman Catholic and I believe very strongly in the power of prayer.
~ John Zaffis
O Jesus, my Divine Saviour, I offer You my mind and heart. Direct their movements while I pray, so that I may offer my prayer in union with Your Immaculate Mother.
~ Rose Philippine Duchesne