Quotes about Spiritual Guidance
What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.
— Corrie Ten Boom
It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life.
— St. John Chrysostom
Prayer is not what is done by us, but rather what is done by the Holy Spirit in us.
— Henri Nouwen
If you have trouble hearing God speak, you are in trouble at the very heart of your Christian experience.
— Henry Blackaby
Every time I have had a breakthrough in my life, it has been because of Prayer.
— John Maxwell
Prayer is an art which only the Spirit can teach us. He is the giver of all prayer.
— Charles Spurgeon
God does not lead all His servants by one road, nor in one way, nor at one time; for God is in all things; and that man is not serving God aright, who can only serve Him in his own self-chosen way.
— Johannes Tauler
Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.
— Anne Lamott
Confidence that one's impressions are God-given is no guarantee that this is really so, even when they persist and grow stronger through long seasons of prayer. Bible-based wisdom must judge them.
— JI Packer
Jesus' pattern prayer, which is both crutch, road, and walking lesson for the spiritually lame like ourselves, tells us to start with God: for God matters infinitely more than we do.
— JI Packer
The Lord heareth the prayers of those who ask to put aside hatred. But he is deaf to those who would flee from love.
— Paulo Coelho
No problem is too small for His attention nor so large that He cannot answer the prayer of faith. Prayer surely is the passport to spiritual power.
— Thomas Monson