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Prayer Quotes

Prayer can be a quiet pause, a plea for strength, or a moment of gratitude. Across traditions and personal practices, it helps people find clarity, comfort, and connection, whether to the divine, to others, or to their own deepest hopes. The quotes gathered here explore prayer as reflection, petition, and daily habit, honoring both doubt and devotion. Use them to spark contemplation, accompany a morning ritual, or offer solace in challenging times, wherever you are on your spiritual or secular path.
Small: Prayer is not an old womans idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument
Mahatma Gandhi
"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
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Small: If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough
"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough"
Meister Eckhart, Philosopher
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Small: Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and
Nat Turner
"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer"
Nat Turner, Activist
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Small: I believe in prayer and in strong belief
Tina Turner
"I believe in prayer and in strong belief"
Tina Turner, Musician
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Small: A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer
"A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer"
Doris Lessing, Writer
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Small: Prayer in private results in boldness in public
Edwin Louis Cole
"Prayer in private results in boldness in public"
Edwin Louis Cole, Author
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Small: Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul man cannot live in health without them
"Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them"
Mahalia Jackson, Musician
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Small: Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening
Mahatma Gandhi
"Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
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Small: About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigati
Will Rogers
"About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation"
Will Rogers, Actor
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Small: The Lords prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals
Duke of Wellington
"The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals"
Duke of Wellington, Royalty
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Small: Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence
Martin Farquhar Tupper
"Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence"
Martin Farquhar Tupper, Writer
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Small: Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of ones weakness. It is better in pra
Mahatma Gandhi
"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, Leader
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Small: The fewer the words, the better the prayer
Martin Luther
"The fewer the words, the better the prayer"
Martin Luther, Professor
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Small: The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer
Muhammad Iqbal
"The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer"
Muhammad Iqbal, Poet
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Small: A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward
Phillips Brooks
"A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward"
Phillips Brooks, Clergyman
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Small: Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers
Austin O'Malley
"Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers"
Austin O'Malley, Physicist
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Small: My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That its harnessing the powers of your
"My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That it's harnessing the powers of your mind"
Boyd Rice, Artist
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Small: No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will
"No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will"
Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Writer
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Small: Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance
Victor Hugo
"Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance"
Victor Hugo, Author
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Small: Prayer is a confession of ones own unworthiness and weakness
Mahatma Gandhi
"Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
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Small: The desire is thy prayers and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing.
"The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer"
Saint Augustine, Saint
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Small: Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
Corrie Ten Boom
"Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
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Small: I prayed to dispel my fear, until suddenly, and I do not know how the idea came to me, I began to pray for oth
Corrie Ten Boom
"I prayed to dispel my fear, until suddenly, and I do not know how the idea came to me, I began to pray for others. I prayed for everyone who came into my thoughts - - people with whom I had traveled, those who had been in prison with me, my school friends of years ago. I do not know how long I continued my prayer, but this I do know - - my fear was gone! Interceding for others had released me!"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
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Small: Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden
Corrie Ten Boom
"Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
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Small: The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays
Søren Kierkegaard
"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his make
William Ralph Inge
"Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself"
William Ralph Inge, Clergyman
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Small: Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They dont do any goo
"Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don't do any good, but they don't necessarily do any harm. It's touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I've got my just desserts"
Christopher Hitchens, Author
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Small: Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered
"Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered"
George Meredith, Novelist
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Small: Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand
"Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand"
Hippocrates, Scientist
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Small: I sang at the Inaugural prayer service at the National Cathedral
"I sang at the Inaugural prayer service at the National Cathedral"
Michael W. Smith, Musician
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Small: The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elevation of w
"The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elevation of which the heart is capable; it is the highest degree of prayer. The souls that have reached this point are truly the heart of the Church"
Edith Stein, Saint
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Small: My longing for truth was a single prayer
"My longing for truth was a single prayer"
Edith Stein, Saint
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Small: God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer
"God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers"
Abdul Kalam, Statesman
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Small: Patients describing the benefits of prayer often talk about how it provides a sense of well being
"Patients describing the benefits of prayer often talk about how it provides a sense of well being"
Armstrong Williams, Journalist
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Small: Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer
Mark Twain
"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer"
Mark Twain, Author
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Small: I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted
Voltaire
"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with w
Mahatma Gandhi
"Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
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Small: To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer
Mahatma Gandhi
"To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
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Small: To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing
Martin Luther King Jr.
"To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing"
Martin Luther King Jr., Minister
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Small: Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church it is a goodly Christian weapon
Martin Luther
"Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon"
Martin Luther, Professor
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