Quotes about Reflection
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 truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.
— John Bunyan
He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
Give yourself to prayer, to reading and meditation on divine truths: strive to penetrate to the bottom of them and never be content with a superficial knowledge.
— David Brainerd
Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God.
— John Knox
Only a life of prayer and meditation will render a vessel ready for the Master's use.
— George Muller
He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
— John of the Cross
All of us would be wiser if we would resolve never to put people down, except on our prayer lists.
— DA Carson
If we grow wiser and more learned in our intercourse with wise and learned persons, how much more will we gain in our inner life by communing with God in prayer.
— Huldrych Zwingli
What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.
— Corrie Ten Boom
Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.
— Mother Teresa
Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.
— William Wilberforce