Prayer Quotes

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Mahatma Gandhi

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

Martin Luther King Jr

The greatest prayer is patience

Buddha

Prayer is the voice of faith.

William Van Horne

Pray often; for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan

John Bunyan

Prayers go up and blessings come down

Yiddish Proverb

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

Socrates

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

Aesop

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

Ambrose Bierce

Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man

Bernard of Clairvaux

Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night

Thomas Fuller

Prayer changes things? No! Prayer changes people, and people change things.

Burton Hills

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.

W. R. Inge

Prayer only from the mouth is no prayer

Jamaican Proverb

Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered.

Leonard Cohen