Prayer Quotes

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

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

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.

Isobel Kuhn

The influence of prayer on the human mind and body is as demonstrable as that of secreting glands. Its results can be measured in terms of increased physical buoyancy, greater intellectual vigor, moral stamina, and a deeper understanding of the realities underlying human relationships.

Dr. Alex Carrel

Why is it when we talk to God, we're praying, but when God talks to us, we're schizophrenic?

Lily Tomlin

Bow, stubborn knees!

William Shakespeare

Who prays for Satan? Who, in 1,800 years, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

Mark Twain

Prayer is like water - something you can't imagine has the strength or power to do any good, and yet give it time and it can change the lay of the land.

Jodi Picoult

We are to be shut out from men, and shut in with God.

Andrew Murray

Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

Ambrose Bierce

If I regard wickedness in my heart the Lord will not hear. Psalms 66:18

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Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks. I Thessalonians

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So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

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Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, but I will instruct you in the good and right way. I Samuel 12:23

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But if it were I, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before Him. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted. Job 5:8-9

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Pray that you will never have to bear all that you are able to endure.

Yiddish Proverb

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

Oscar Wilde

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

Proverb

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

Socrates

What was more needed by this old man who divided the leisure hours of his life, where he had so little leisure, between gardening in the daytime, and contemplation at night? Was not this narrow enclosure, with the sky for a background, enough to enable him to adore God in his most beautiful as well as in his most sublime works? Indeed, is not that all, and what more can be desired? A little garden to walk, and immensity to reflect upon. At his feet something to cultivate and gather; above his head something to study and meditate upon: a few flowers on the earth, and all the stars in the sky.

Victor Hugo

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

Edward Bouverie Pusey