Quotes about Prayer
Pray, and let God worry.
— Martin Luther
He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
God does not delay to hear our prayers because He has no mind to give; but that, by enlarging our desires, He may give us the more largely.
— Anselm of Canterbury
Prayer is climbing up into the heart of God.
— Martin Luther
If you are a stranger to prayer, you are a stranger to the greatest source of power known to human beings.
— Billy Sunday
Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
— John Bunyan
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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
More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Prevailing prayer is that which secures an answer. Saying prayers is not offering prevailing prayer. The prevalence of prayer does not depend so much on quantity as on quality.
— Charles Finney
Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God.
— John Knox
To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.
— Karl Barth