Quotes about Spirituality
Prayer - secret, fervent, believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal godliness.
— William Carey
If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation.
— John Owen
Only a life of prayer and meditation will render a vessel ready for the Master's use.
— George Muller
We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.
— Oswald Chambers
He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
— John of the Cross
There are more battles won through prayer than by any other means.
— Chuck Smith
If we grow wiser and more learned in our intercourse with wise and learned persons, how much more will we gain in our inner life by communing with God in prayer.
— Huldrych Zwingli
What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.
— Corrie Ten Boom
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
— Teresa of Avila
Always respond to every impulse to pray. The impulse to pray may come when you are reading or when you are battling with a text. I would make an absolute law of this: always obey such an impulse.
— Martyn Lloyd-Jones
We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the illusion that we are self-made.
— Walter Brueggemann
Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.
— Mother Teresa