Quotes About Prayer

I felt the ruthfulness and senselessness of war so acutlely that I wrote the first three stanzas of which, are in effect a prayer.

The Lord heareth the prayers of those who ask to put aside hatred. But he is deaf to those who would flee from love.

Satyagraha is itself an unmistakable mute prayer of an agonized soul.

Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers.

Prayer had always struck me as more or less a glorified attempt at a business transaction.

If you don't hear His voice so let Him hear yours. When prayers go up blessings descend.

If I've learned anything about prayer, it's that desperation drives discipline.

I learned by experience that you can change your circumstance. It's as simple as the serenity prayer; it's a very, very real thing.

God does not hear the prayers of a Jew.

Prayer can be simple, but it's not easy. Nothing great is.

What signifies the sound of words in prayer without the affection of the heart, and a sedulous application of the proper means that may naturally lead us to such an end?

Our prayers may be an index of how small and self-centered our world is.

Prayer is - loving conversation with the One who has invited us into His embrace.

Prayer is nothing but the promise reversed, or God's Word formed into an argument, and retorted by faith upon God again.

Prayer endows us with the power to draw near to our Eternal Father.

God always answers prayer, sometimes with a yes, sometimes with a no and sometimes with a 'You've got to be kidding!'

Silence was the first prayer I learned to trust.

Quiet, deep breath after any prayer is another form of Amen.

Frequently the burden or concern in the spirit is for prayer.

What I think is critically important is that there are lots of studies on how prayer effects people that are ill, lots of studies, and I know in my life my prayers have been answered.

My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel's neighbours.

Prayer is not a pious decoration of life but the breath of human existence.

If airports can be seen as temples to travel, gateways to other worlds, then airport carpets are the vast prayer mats upon which we all genuflect.

If the spiritual life be healthy, under the full power of the Holy Spirit, praying without ceasing will be natural.