Quotes about Prayer
Without the incense of heartfelt prayer, even the greatest of cathedrals is dead.
— Anonymous
Many pray with their lips for that for which their hearts have no desire.
— Jonathan Edwards
God's ear lies close to the believer's lip.
— Anonymous
Do not pray by heart, but with the heart.
— Anonymous
When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart.
— John Bunyan
Prayer at its best is the expression of the total life, for all things else being equal, our prayers are only as powerful as our lives
— AW Tozer
Be not hot in prayer and cold in praise.
— Anonymous
Productive prayer requires earnestness, not eloquence.
— Anonymous
Many words do not a good prayer make; what counts is the heartfelt desire to commune with God, and the faith to back it up.
— Anonymous
You are coming to a King, Large petitions with you bring For his grace and power are such None can ever ask too much.
— John Newton
Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration its sanctuary, the presence and vision and enjoyment of God its bread and wine.
— CS Lewis
When we make self the end of prayer, it is not worship but self-seeking.
— Thomas Manton