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Quotes About Prayer

And so with that spirit of confidence in our step and with that prayer in our heart, let us now quicken our pace to the victory that awaits us!
~ Perry Christie
But that from us aught should ascend to Heav'n So prevalent as to concern the mind Of God, high-bless'd, or to incline His will, Hard to belief may seem; yet this will prayer.
~ John Milton
A wicked man in prayer may lift up his hands, but he cannot lift up his face.
~ Thomas Watson
You may as soon find a living man who does not breathe, as a living Christian who does not pray.
~ Matthew Henry
How deeply rooted must unbelief be in our hearts when we are surprised to find our prayers answered.
~ Augustus William Hare
Prayer will become effective when we stop using it as a substitute for obedience.
~ Aiden Wilson Tozer
Prayer is so incredibly powerful. It keeps you in perfect peace.
~ Michelle Shocked
If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not divine.
~ Johannes Tauler
Do not always ask when you pray, but instead affirm that God's blessings are being given, and spend most of your prayers giving thanks.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
Before reciting his prayers, a man should give to charity.
~ Nachman of Breslov
Leadership requires vision, and whence will vision come except from hours spent in the presence of God in humble and fervent prayer?
~ Aiden Wilson Tozer
Always say some prayers at night because it might turn out that there is a God.
~ John Knowles
Prayer should be soundless words coming forth from the center of your heart filled with love.
~ Amit Ray
Along with my spiritual practices of meditation, affirmative prayer, and visioning, what catalyzes my sense of aliveness is putting those practices into action by being of service to others.
~ Michael Beckwith
It is a tremendously hard thing to pray aright, yea, it is verily the science of all sciences.
~ Martin Luther
Without faith there can be no prayer, no matter how great our helplessness may be. Helplessness united with faith produces prayer.
~ Ole Hallesby
To say a prayer doesn't take more than a minute, but you need the discipline to do it.
~ Miguel Angel Ruiz
Complaint is a prayer to the devil.
~ Michael Beckwith
Group chanting and prayer is very powerful. It can bring important changes.
~ Mata Amritanandamayi
Scriptures were just words on a page and my prayers failed to lift.
~ Lynn Austin
What can be more excellent than prayer; what is more profitable to our life; what sweeter to our souls; what more sublime, in the course of our whole life, than the practice of prayer!
~ Saint Augustine
Use "breath prayers" throughout the day, as many Christians have done for centuries. You choose a brief sentence or a simple phrase that can be repeated to Jesus in one breath: "You are with me."
~ Rick Warren
It is only in times of great and grievous dullness that the believer regards prayer as a duty, and not as a privilege.
~ Adolph Saphir
Prayer is the midwife of mercy, that helps to bring it forth.
~ Matthew Henry