Quotes about Reverence
We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of course, but we should go with a childlike confidence and simplicity.
— Martyn Lloyd-Jones
You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
— Teresa of Avila
Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.
— Victor Hugo
Some men's prayers need to be cut short at both ends and set on fire in the middle.
— DL Moody
If we rely on the Holy Spirit, we shall find that our prayers become more and more inarticulate; and when they are inarticulate, reverence grows deeper and deeper.
— Oswald Chambers
Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers.
— Anne Lamott
The fewer the words the better the prayer.
— Martin Luther
We look upon prayer as a means of getting things for ourselves The Bible idea of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.
— Oswald Chambers
Father!—to God himself we cannot give a holier name.
— William Wordsworth
The people who related to God best--Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah--treated him with startling familiarity. They talked to God as if he were sitting in a chair beside them, as one might talk to a counselor, a boss, a parent, or a lover. They treated him like a person.
— Philip Yancey
O'Captain, My Captain.
— Dead Poets Society
We learn to love imperfect people by serving them out of reverence for a perfect God...
— Gary Thomas