Quotes about Prayer
No one can pray and worry at the same time.
— Max Lucado
Contemplative prayer [oración mental] in my opinion is nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with him who we know loves us.
— Teresa of Avila
When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and while your hands are labouring, let your heart be employed, as much as possible, in divine thoughts.
— David Brainerd
Tell me what time you spend alone with God... and I'll tell you how spiritual you are.
— Leonard Ravenhill
To talk with God, no breath is lost. Talk on! To walk with God, no strength is lost. Walk on! To wait on God, no time is lost. Wait on!
— E Stanley Jones
If you'll spend time praying for people instead of talking about them, you'll get better results.
— Joel Osteen
I have never met an old saint who regretted having spent too much time in prayer, but I have met many who regretted having spent too little!
— Paul Washer
Every time we pray our horizon is altered, our attitude to things is altered, not sometimes but every time, and the amazing thing is that we don't pray more.
— Oswald Chambers
Prayer is good; but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but a blatant hypocrisy... Don't hedge! Time flies! ... Enlist!
— CT Studd
Don't imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
— Teresa of Avila
My friends, if we are going to do a great work for God, we must spend much time in prayer; we have got to be closeted with God.
— DL Moody
Pears like I prayed all the time, 'bout my work, everywhere, I prayed an' groaned to the Lord.
— Harriet Tubman