Quotes about Praying
The Constitution was never meant to prevent people from praying, it's declared purpose was to protect their freedom to pray
— Ronald Reagan
The Pope is a mere tormentor of conscience. The assembly of his greased and religious crew in praying was altogether like the croaking of frogs, which edified nothing at all.
— Martin Luther
Moods never go by praying, moods go by kicking. A mood nearly always has its seat in the physical condition, not in the moral.
— Oswald Chambers
So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
— Acts 12:5
Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
— Acts 14:23
Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
— Acts 22:17
But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
— Jude 1:20
Lord, protect our decisions, because making Decision is a way of praying. Give us the courage after our doubts, to be able to choose between one road and another. May our YES always be a YES and our NO always be a NO. Once we have chosen our road, may we never look back nor allow our soul to be eaten away by remorse. And in order for this to be possible.
— Paulo Coelho
As sure, therefore, as there is any wisdom in praying for the Spirit of God, so sure is it, that we are to make that Spirit the rule of all our actions;
— William Law
the way in which He worked miracles, namely because He worked miracles . . . of His own power, and not by praying (petitioning), as others do. .
— Peter Kreeft
Singing is as much the language of holy joy as praying is of holy desire.
— John Wesley
the spiritualizing of duty gives life to it. Without this it is only dead praying, dead hearing—and dead things are not pleasing. A dead flower has no beauty, a dead breast has no sweetness.
— Thomas Watson