Quotes about Prayer
Pray not for lighter burdens but for stronger backs.
- Theodore Roosevelt
When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
- Norman Vincent Peale
A generous prayer is never presented in vain the petition may be refused but the petitioner is always I believe rewarded by some gracious visitation.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day.
- Abraham Lincoln
Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie-I found that out.
- Mark Twain
Though I am weak yet God when prayed Cannot withhold his conquering aid.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The exercise of prayer in those who habitually exert it must be regarded by us doctors as the most adequate and normal of all the pacifiers of the mind and calmers of the nerves.
- William James
Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lord, You made us and gave us breath. May we do justice, love and mercy, and walk honorably before you this day. By the precious name of Jesus, I ask for your help to do this. Amen.
- Dee Henderson
Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is to life.
- Jonathan Edwards
One who prays ceaselessly is one who combines prayer with work and work with prayer.
- Origen
We must wrestle earnestly in prayer like men contending with a deadly enemy for life.
- JC Ryle