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Quotes About Spirituality

There must be fired affections before our prayers will go up.
~ William Jenkyn
I refuse the oration of all churches. I ask a prayer of all souls. I believe in God.
~ Victor Hugo
When doing archana (daily prayers) as a group, one person should chant the mantra and the others should repeat it. Mantras should be chanted slowly, clearly and with devotion.
~ Mata Amritanandamayi
The importance of prayer rises in proportion to the importance of the things we should give up in order to pray
~ John Piper
Probably saying a 30-second prayer at a key moment has done more good than any psychotherapy or drugs I've prescribed.
~ Harold George Koenig
Prayer is so necessary, and the source of so many blessings, that he who has discovered the treasure cannot be prevented from having recourse to it, whenever he has an opportunity.
~ Francois Fenelon
If thou least fallen into sin through violent temptations, seek speedily for repentance for it, recovery out of it, and reformation from it.
~ Vavasor Powell
I'm afraid I did not pray hard enough last night.
~ Etty Hillesum
Playing around is one thing; following an established regimen is quite another. It's true with exercise equipment and it is true with prayer.
~ Bill Hybels
Cold prayers always freeze before they reach heaven .
~ Thomas Brooks
This doctrine of the material efficacy of prayer reduces the Creator to a cosmic bellhop of a not very bright or reliable kind.
~ Herbert J. Muller
If I call not thee in my prayers, if I keep not thee in my heart, thy love for me still waits for my love.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
A poem is a hand, a hook, a prayer. It is a soul in action.
~ Edward Hirsch
The real victory in all service is won in secret beforehand by prayer.
~ S. D Gordon
That's the way prayer do. It's like electricity, it keeps things going.
~ Kathryn Stockett
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
Everything in the service needs to preach - architecture, lighting, songs, prayers, fellowship, the smell - it all preaches. All five senses must be engaged to experience God.
~ Mark Driscoll
How deeply rooted must unbelief be in our hearts when we are surprised to find our prayers answered.
~ Augustus William Hare
Prayer is so incredibly powerful. It keeps you in perfect peace.
~ Michelle Shocked
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
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