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Quotes About Prayer

Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
~ Teresa of Avila
A man who prays much in private will make short prayers in public.
~ Dwight L. Moody
The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
~ Karl Philipp Moritz
Fasting detaches you from this world. Prayer reattaches you to the next world.
~ Fulton J. Sheen
Fingers interlocked like a beautiful accordion of flesh or a zipper of prayer
~ Sarah Kay
The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that fetched the angel.
~ Thomas Watson
Prayer opens our lives for God so his will can be done in and through us, because in true prayer we habitually put ourselves into the attitude of willingness to do whatever God wills.
~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
Whether or not our prayer is heard depends not on the number of our words, but on the fervor of our souls.
~ Saint John Chrysostom
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
~ Simone Weil
Prayer is the greatest force that we can wield. It is the greatest talent which God has granted us. He has given it to every Christian.
~ John Mott
Prayer moves the arm that moves the world.
~ Charles Spurgeon
As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer.
~ Black Elk
Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
~ Martin Luther
Be sure to remember that nothing in your daily life is so insignificant and so inconsequential that the Lord will not help you by answering your prayer.
~ O. Hallesby
Prayer is exhaling the spirit of man and inhaling the spirit of God.
~ Edwin Keith
Let us pray for peace: peace in the world and in each of our hearts.
~ Pope Francis
The best we can say to God in prayer, is what He has said to us.
~ Matthew Henry
What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds.
~ Mary Baker Eddy
There is no prayer so blessed as the prayer which asks for nothing.
~ O. J. Simpson
Prayer doesn't bend God's arm but it's guaranteed to bend our hearts toward His will. Worry less. Pray more.
~ Lecrae
Worry increases pressure; prayer releases peace.
~ Joyce Meyer
Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.
~ Martin Luther
The purpose of all prayer is to find God's will and to make that our prayer
~ Catherine Marshall
Prayer is the conduit through which power from heaven is brought to earth.
~ Ole Hallesby