Quotes about Reflection
Three principles of prayer: 1. Keep it honest. 2. Keep it simple. 3. Keep it up.
— Nicky Gumbel
Prayer purifies us, reading instructs us. Both are good when both are possible. Otherwise, prayer is better than reading.
— St. Isidore of Seville
We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another.
— William Law
The primary purpose of prayer is not to get something, but to know Someone.
— David Platt
Prayer is preoccupation with our needs. Praise is preoccupation with our blessings. Worship is preoccupation with GOD Himself.
— Leonard Ravenhill
God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.
— Oswald Chambers
God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our heart, and God listens. And this listening and this speaking is what prayer is meant to be.
— Mother Teresa
No man is greater than his prayer life.
— Leonard Ravenhill
Pray inwardly, even if you do not enjoy it. It does good, though you feel nothing. Yes, even though you think you are doing nothing.
— Julian of Norwich
Prayer can never be in excess.
— Charles Spurgeon
To pray is to listen, to move through my own chattering to God, to that place where I can be silent and listen to what God may have to say.
— Madeleine L'Engle
If you want to determine if your thoughts are from the enemy or from God, ask yourself, 'Are these thoughts I'd choose to have?
— Stormie Omartian