Quotes about Spirituality
Whether we think of, or speak to, God, whether we act or suffer for him, all is prayer, when we have no other object than his love, and the desire of pleasing him.
— John Wesley
If your prayer is selfish, the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may not recognize it as having come at all, but it is sure to be there.
— William Temple
Our true character comes out in the way we pray.
— Oswald Chambers
Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
— Jimmy Carter
Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.
— Charles Spurgeon
Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.
— Victor Hugo
Some men's prayers need to be cut short at both ends and set on fire in the middle.
— DL Moody
The world was made partly that there may be prayer; partly that our prayers might be answered.
— CS Lewis
Prayer is first of all listening to God. It's openness. God is always speaking; he's always doing something.
— Henri Nouwen
Prayer is the exercise of drawing on the grace of God.
— Oswald Chambers
Vocations are born in prayer and from prayer; and only in prayer can they persevere and bear fruit.
— Pope Francis
If we ask of the saints how they achieved spiritual effectiveness, they are only able to reply that, insofar as they did it themselves, they did it by love and prayer.
— Evelyn Underhill