Quotes about prayer

"If you can't pray a door open, don't pry it open."

Rader, Lyell on prayer   

"Indeed many things which we shall not be able to discover either by the experiment of works or by the investigations of reason we shall deserve to be taught by importunate prayer, by the revelation of divine inspiration."

Richard of Saint Victor on prayer   

"Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you."

Robson, Dame Flora on prayer
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"Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end."

Santayana, George on prayer   

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"It is from prayer that the spirit's victory springs."

Schillerbuch on prayer   

"Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us."

Selden, John on prayer   

"Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got."

Seneca on prayer   

"We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods."

Seneca on prayer   

"Bow, stubborn knees!"

Shakespeare, William on prayer   

"Common people do not pray; they only beg."

Shaw, George Bernard on prayer   

"Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us."

Socrates on prayer
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"Prayer is talking with God and telling Him you love Him, conversing with God about all the things that are important in life, both large and small, and being assured that He is listening."

Strait, C. Neil on prayer   

"When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying."

Taylor, Jeremy on prayer   

"Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it."

Taylor, Jeremy on prayer   

"When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't."

Temple, Sir William on prayer   

"Battering the gates of heaven with the storms of prayer."

Tennyson, Lord Alfred on prayer
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"There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers."

Teresa of Avila, St. on prayer
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"Why is it when we talk to God, we're praying, but when God talks to us, we're schizophrenic?"

Tomlin, Lily on prayer
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"If I told you what it takes to reach the highest high you'd laugh and say nothing that simple, but you've been told many times before messiah's point you to the door though no one's got the guts to leave the temple."

Townsend, Peter on prayer   

"Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence."

Tupper, Martin on prayer
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"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer."

Twain, Mark on prayer
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"More than once I had seen a noble who had gotten his enemy at a disadvantage stop to pray before cutting his throat."

Twain, Mark on prayer
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"You can't pray a lie."

Twain, Mark on prayer
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"Prayer is a passport to heaven. Your communication with God."

Unknown, Source on prayer   

"Do not make prayer a monologue -- make it a conversation."

Unknown, Source on prayer   

"Our thanks to God should always precede our requests."

Unknown, Source on prayer   

"Pray for what you want, but work for what you need."

Unknown, Source on prayer
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"Prayer moves the hand that moves the universe."

Unknown, Source on prayer   

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"Seven days without prayer makes one weak."

Unknown, Source on prayer   

"My prayer to God is a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies look ridiculous! God has granted it."

Voltaire on prayer   

"I hate it when people pray on the screen. It's not because I hate praying, but whenever I see an actor fold his hands and look up in the spotlight, I'm lost. There's only one other thing in the movies I hate as much, and that's sex. You just can't get in bed or pray to God and convince me on the screen."

Welles, Orson on prayer   

"We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them."

West, Charles C. on prayer
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"When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers."

Wilde, Oscar on prayer
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"Prayer is less about changing the world than it is about changing ourselves."

Wolpe, David J. on prayer
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"Pray only with our kind heart while keeping either both hands folded or opened"

Anuj Somany on prayer