Quotes about Prayer
Prayer is the deliberate and persevering action of the soul. It is true and enduring, and full of grace. Prayer fastens the soul to God and makes it one with God's will.
— Julian of Norwich
The true church lives and moves and has its being in prayer.
— Leonard Ravenhill
God sometimes answers our prayers by giving us what we would have asked for had we known what He knows.
— JD Greear
Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.
— Charles Spurgeon
Start today by practicing constant conversation with God and continual mediation on his Word. Prayer lets you speak to God; mediation lets God speak to you.
— Rick Warren
No matter what I preach or what we claim to believe in our heads, the future will depend upon our times of prayer.
— Jim Cymbala
Will God or someone give me the power to breathe my sigh into my canvases, the sigh of prayer and sadness, the prayer of salvation, of rebirth?
— Marc Chagall
To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.
— Victor Hugo
If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear. His eye is upon us, His arm over us, His ear open to our prayer - His grace sufficient, His promise unchangeable.
— John Newton
For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
— Francis de Sales
It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life.
— St. John Chrysostom