Quotes about Wisdom
It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life.
- St. John Chrysostom
Prayer purifies us, reading instructs us. Both are good when both are possible. Otherwise, prayer is better than reading.
- St. Isidore of Seville
God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.
- Oswald Chambers
Prayer and praise are the oars by which a man may row his boat into the deep waters of the knowledge of Christ.
- Charles Spurgeon
God's purposes and plans will not fail. Before you spend all your prayer time telling Him about yours, ask about His.
- Louie Giglio
The Christian on his knees sees more than the philosopher on tiptoe. God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves.
- DL Moody
God can pick sense out of a confused prayer.
- Richard Sibbes
If man is man and God is God, to live without prayer is not merely an awful thing: it is an infinitely foolish thing.
- Phillips Brooks
God does not lead all His servants by one road, nor in one way, nor at one time; for God is in all things; and that man is not serving God aright, who can only serve Him in his own self-chosen way.
- Johannes Tauler
God answers prayer in His own way, not ours.
- Mahatma Gandhi
God will only give you what you would have asked for if you knew everything he knows
- Timothy Keller
Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.
- Victor Hugo