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Quotes About Faith

Brother, if you would enter that Province, you must go forward on your knees.
~ Hudson Taylor
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
~ Teresa of Avila
God's answers are wiser than our prayers.
~ Croft M. Pentz
In these days there is no time to pray; but without time, and a lot of it, we shall never learn to pray.
~ Samuel Chadwick
That which begins not with prayer, seldom winds up with comfort.
~ John Flavel
All the Saints of God are there to protect me, to sustain me and to carry me. And your prayers, my dear friends, your indulgence, your love, your faith and your hope accompany me.
~ Pope Benedict XVI
The reason 'help' is such a great prayer is that God is the gift of desperation. When you're in despair, you're teachable.
~ Anne Lamott
In these times of suffering prayer is of even more help.
~ Pope Francis
with all prayer (Eph. 6:18)" All sorts of prayer- public, private, mental, vocal. Do not be diligent in one kind of prayer and negligent in others... let us use all.
~ John Wesley
Some pray to marry the man they love, My prayer will somewhat vary; That I love the man I marry.
~ Rose Pastor Stokes
Cut off from the Body into which alone the graces of Christ flow, you are deprived of the benefit of all prayers, sacrifices, and Sacraments.
~ Edmund Campion
Methinks every true Christian should be exceedingly earnest in prayer concerning the souls of the ungodly; and when they are so, how abundantly God blesses them and how the church prospers!
~ Charles Spurgeon
Prayer is no substitute for work; equally true is it that work is no substitute for prayer.
~ Leonard Ravenhill
God shapes the world by prayer.
~ Edward McKendree Bounds
He who sleeps without offering the night prayer, may he never enjoy a sound sleep.
~ Umar
Prayer means rushing to the Father as His child. It means asking and receiving, loving and thanking Him.
~ Basilea Schlink
He who prays without confidence cannot hope that his prayers will be granted.
~ Francois Fenelon
Prayer is not the answer. God is the answer. Prayer is the vehicle by which we reach God.
~ Greg Laurie
More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.
~ Teresa of Avila
No one who has had a unique experience with prayer has a right to withhold it from others.
~ Soong Mei-ling
Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.
~ Anne Lamott
As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
~ John Ortberg
If we do not feel like praying, then we should pray until we do feel like praying.
~ Ezra Taft Benson
We must empty purgatory with our prayers.
~ Pio of Pietrelcina