Quotes about Prayer
Prayer to be fruitful must come from the heart and must be able to touch the heart of God.
— Mother Teresa
Therefore, brethren, pray until God gives us revelation so that "knowing this" in our spirit we may truly confess "that our old man has been crucified with him."
— Watchman Nee
God's first line of defense - and offense - for every situation is prayer.
— Joyce Meyer
When our whole life is one faith, hope, love, prayer and silence, a consecrated life always bound up in the Eucharist, then the 'urge' towards God springs.
— Pope John Paul II
If you are having difficulty loving or relating to an individual, take him to God. Bother the Lord with this person. Don't you be bothered with him - leave him at the throne.
— Charles Swindoll
Put legs to your prayers
— Ray Comfort
Jesus' pattern prayer, which is both crutch, road, and walking lesson for the spiritually lame like ourselves, tells us to start with God: for God matters infinitely more than we do.
— JI Packer
Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
— Timothy Keller
Prayer offered without faith by a person that doesn't truly believe God exists will not be effective. Sin in our lives that we refuse to confess will also render our prayers ineffective.
— Anne Graham Lotz
Prayer is never just an emergency flare or desperate anxious gamble. God's attention is not based on our performance but parental love.
— Timothy Keller
Purity is the fruit of prayer.
— Mother Teresa
The Rosary is a school of Prayer. The Rosary is a school of Faith.
— Pope Francis