Quotes about prayer

"Our nada who art in nada, nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be nada in nada as it is in nada. Give us this nada our daily nada and nada us our nada as we nada our nadas and nada us not into nada but deliver us from nada; pues nada. Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee."

Hemingway, Ernest on prayer   

"Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night."

Herbert, George on prayer   

"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes."

Hillesum, Etty on prayer
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"Prayer is the voice of faith."

Horne, William Van on prayer
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"There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees."

Hugo, Victor on prayer
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"There is no greater distance than that between a man in prayer and God."

Illich, Ivan on prayer   

"Prayer is a groan."

Jerome, St. on prayer   

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"Religion is in the heart, not in the knees."

Jerrold, Douglas William on prayer
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"Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you."

John of the Cross, St. on prayer
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"The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on prayer
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"Your prayer must be for a sound mind in a sound body."

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) on prayer
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"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."

Kierkegaard, Søren on prayer
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"Father in Heaven! When the thought of thee wakes in our hearts let it not awaken like a frightened bird that flies about in dismay, but like a child waking from its sleep with a heavenly smile."

Kierkegaard, Søren on prayer   

"Prayer does not change God, but changes him who prays."

Kierkegaard, Søren on prayer
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"If this obstacle is from Thee, Lord, I accept it; but if it is from Satan, I refuse him and all his works in the name of Calvary."

Kuhn, Isobel on prayer   

"The time of business does not with me differ from the time of prayer, and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God as if I were upon my knees at the blessed sacrament."

Lawrence, Brother on prayer   

"A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer."

Lessing, Doris on prayer   

"A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer."

Lessing, Gotthold on prayer   

"All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother. I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."

Lincoln, Abraham on prayer
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"All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired."

Luther, Martin on prayer
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"It is good to pray for the repair of mistakes, but praying earlier would keep us from making so many. When puzzled, go to prayer and listen."

Macaulay, J. C. on prayer   

"That prayer has great power which a person makes with all his might. It makes a sour heart sweet, a sad heart merry, a poor heart rich, a foolish heart wise, a timid heart brave, a sick heart well, a blind heart full of sight, a cold heart ardent. It draws down the great God into the little heart; it drives the hungry soul up into the fullness of God; it brings together two lovers, God and the soul, in a wondrous place where they speak much of love."

Magheburg, Mechthild of on prayer
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"Don't put people down, unless it's on your prayer list."

Michalski, Stan on prayer
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"Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world."

Milton, John on prayer
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"There are few men who dare to publish to the world the prayers they make to Almighty God."

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De on prayer   

"The fates are not quite obdurate; they have a grim, sardonic way of granting them who supplicate the thing they wanted yesterday."

Montgomery, Roselle Mercier on prayer   

"Answered prayers cause more tears than those that remain unanswered."

Teresa of Avila, St. on prayer
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"Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers."

O'Malley, Austin on prayer   

"When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him."

Peale, Norman Vincent on prayer   

"We are all weak, finite, simple human beings, standing in the need of prayer. None need it so much as those who think they are strong, those who know it not, but are deluded by self-sufficiency."

Phillips, Harold C. on prayer   

"Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God."

Pilgrim, Peace on prayer
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"One hour in the execution of justice is worth seventy years of prayer."

Proverb on prayer
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"No one can pray well, but those who live well."

Proverb on prayer
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"Short prayers reach heaven."

Proverb on prayer
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"Ask God for what man can give, and you may get it."

Proverb, English on prayer   

"When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us."

Proverb, Indian on prayer
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"Pray that you will never have to bear all that you are able to endure."

Proverb, Jewish on prayer
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"Pray to God but continue to row to the shore."

Proverb, Russian on prayer
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"Prayer and practice is good rhyme."

Proverb, Scottish on prayer   

"Practice in life whatever you pray for and God will give it to you more abundantly."

Pusey, Edward Bouverie on prayer
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