Quotes about Piety

No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.

You might as reasonably expect to find a living man without breath, as a true Christian without the spirit of prayer and supplication.

A minister may fill his pews, his communion roll, the mouths of the public, but what that minister is on his knees in secret before God Almighty, that he is and no more.

Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.

The person who prays more in public than in private reveals that he is less interested in God's approval than in human praise. Not piety but a reputation for piety is his concern.

The neglect of prayer is a grand hindrance to holiness.

He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as he prays.

I cannot neglect prayer for a single day.

We may sing our hymns and psalms, and offer prayers, but they will be an abomination to God, unless we are willing to be thoroughly straightforward in our daily life.

Do not neglect secret prayer, for it is the soul of religion.

The child is father of the man: And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.

My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.