Quotes about Prayer
I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.
— Mother Teresa
Today, Jesus stands ready to hear your cry and to answer prayer for you. He is interested in every detail of your life. He knows you better than you know yourself.
— Kathryn Kuhlman
Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.
— St. John Chrysostom
Prayer doesn't change things - God changes things in answer to prayer.
— John Calvin
All my weak days have a common cause - I have neglected communion with God through my neglect of the Scriptures & prayer. When will I learn?
— Paul Washer
I'd rather be able to pray than to be a great preacher; Jesus Christ never taught his disciples how to preach, but only how to pray.
— DL Moody
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
— Soren Kierkegaard
You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.
— John Bunyan
You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That's how prayer works.
— Pope Francis
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
— John Bunyan
He prays best who does not know that he is praying.
— St. Anthony of Padua
Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
— Corrie Ten Boom