Quotes about Introspection
A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.
— Soren Kierkegaard
The self-sufficient does not pray, the self-satisfied will not pray, the self-righteous cannot pray. No man is greater than his prayer life.
— Leonard Ravenhill
We should seek not so much to pray but to become prayer.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
It is a good rule never to look into the face of a man in the morning till you have looked into the face of God.
— Charles Spurgeon
No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
— JC Ryle
To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.
— Victor Hugo
No man is greater than his prayer life.
— Leonard Ravenhill
Whole days and weeks have I spent prostrate on the ground in silent or vocal prayer.
— George Whitefield
The Christian on his knees sees more than the philosopher on tiptoe. God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves.
— DL Moody
A man who prays much in private will make short prayers in public.
— DL Moody
No man - I don't care how colossal his intellect - No man is greater than his prayer life.
— Leonard Ravenhill
What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer.
— JC Ryle