Quotes about Prayer
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
Prayer is not flight, prayer is power. Prayer does not deliver a man from some terrible situation; prayer enables a man to face and to master the situation.
— William Barclay
Prayer is not a way of making use of God; prayer is a way of offering ourselves to God in order that He should be able to make use of us.
— William Barclay
Your life is going to be determined by your prayer life.
— Charles Stanley
Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
The test of sincerity of one's prayer is the willingness to labor on its behalf.
— St. John Chrysostom
The measure of our love for others can largely be determined by the frequency and earnestness of our prayers for them.
— AW Pink