Quotes About Connection

The determined fixing of our will upon God, and pressing toward him steadily and without deflection; this is the very center and the art of prayer.

The whole meaning of prayer is that we may know God.

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.

The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer.

No man - I don't care how colossal his intellect - No man is greater than his prayer life.

Prayer is the means by which men communicate with God. Revelation is the means by which God communicates with men.

Remember, the first road to God is prayer, the second is joy.

The efficacy of a prayer depends not on the words but on the sincerity of intention.

I find a great deal of comfort and care in my faith and prayer. I'd sooner do without air than prayer.

Prayer is nothing else than a sense of God's presence

Real prayer is communion with God

It is impossible to pray for someone without loving him, and impossible to go on praying for him without discovering that our love for him grows and matures.

You're just a prayer away from a change of heart.

In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance.

Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbour on our knees.

Prayer delights God's ear; it melts His heart; and opens His hand. God cannot deny a praying soul.

No prayer is complete without presence.

Prayer is listening as well as speaking, receiving as well as asking; and its deepest mood is friendship held in reverence. So the daily prayer should end as it begins - in adoration.

A good laugh is as good as a prayer sometimes.

In vocal prayer we go to God on foot. In meditation we go to God on horseback. In contemplation we go to God in a jet.

I am very defective in all duties... In prayer I wander and am formal... I soon tire; devotion languishes; and I do not walk with God.

If we could all hear one another's prayers, God might be relieved of some of his burdens.

Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue; God's voice is its most essential part. Listening to God's voice is the secret of the assurance that He will listen to mine.

Our Lord is the ground from whom our prayer grows and in his love and grace he himself gives us our prayers.