Quotes About Patience

Cold prayers always freeze before they reach heaven .

Prayer is never rejected so long as we do not cease to pray. The chief failure of prayer is its cessation.

When the opposite of your prayer occurs, your prayer hasn't been ignored; it's been considered & refused for your ultimate good.

Sometimes you are the answer to your own prayer.

I don't mean to be ungrateful but if someone's out there answering prayers, mine's not at the top of the list

I believe above the storm, the smallest prayer will still be heard. I believe that someone in that great somewhere hears every word.

Prayers are like those appeals of ours. Either they don't get through or they're returned with 'rejected' scrawled across 'em.

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

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

I believe above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard.

It is true that Bible prayers in word and print are short, but the praying men of the Bible were with God through many a sweet and holy wrestling hour. They won by few words but long waiting.

All hope is prayer; who calls it hope no more, Sends prayer footsore forth over weary wastes, While he who calls it prayer, gives wings to hope.

The less I pray the harder it gets the more I pray the better it goes.

The Ancient Mariner said to Neptune during a great storm "O God you will save me if you wish but I am going to go on holding my tiller straight."

Being a messenger of love is all about caring for every person in your orbit unconditionally and ceaselessly. The harder the other person makes it for you, the more love you need to send their way.

Father, in those moments of utter exasperation, help me to want You as much as I need You!

Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but they return with the richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.

I sometimes pray not for self-knowledge in general but for just so much self knowledge at the moment as I can bear and use at the moment

When faced with trials, pray so that you cannot be the trial yourself.

I used to pray that God would do this or that now I pray that God will make His will known to me.

And since He bids me seek His face Believe His word and trust His grace I'll cast on Him my every care And wait for thee sweet hour of prayer.

Do not want things to turn out as they seem best to you but as God pleases. Then you will be free from confusion and thankful in prayer.

O Lord you know what is best for me. Let this or that be done as you please. Give what you will how much you will and when you will.

Prayer among sane people has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.