Prayer Quotes

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
Small: Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains
Samuel Butler
"Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things"
Samuel Butler, Poet
Small: Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness
"Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness"
H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author
Small: The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divin
"The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching"
Joseph Smith, Jr., Clergyman
Small: The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep
Charles Baudelaire
"The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep"
Charles Baudelaire, Poet
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
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
Small: Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer.
Andre Gide
"Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon"
Andre Gide, Novelist
Small: There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fi
Herbert Hoover
"There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing"
Herbert Hoover, President
Small: Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes down to this - Almighty Go
"Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes down to this - Almighty God, grant that two times two not equal four"
Ivan Turgenev, Novelist
Small: Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or
"Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer"
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Writer
Small: The issue of prayer is not prayer the issue of prayer is God
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
Small: The relationship to ones fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself is the relation
Franz Kafka
"The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself is the relationship of striving; it is from prayer that one draws the strength for one's striving"
Franz Kafka, Novelist
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
Small: Ill tell you right now. Im for prayer in school
"I'll tell you right now. I'm for prayer in school"
Kinky Friedman, Musician
Small: Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy
"Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy"
Laurence Sterne, Novelist
Small: Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is ones self. When one prays, he goes to
Madame de Stael
"Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own"
Madame de Stael, Writer
Small: I mean, George Bush is a man of prayer. He talks to the lord. He tries to get his direction from the lord
"I mean, George Bush is a man of prayer. He talks to the lord. He tries to get his direction from the lord"
Pat Robertson, Clergyman
Small: I also pray for favor and His anointing on my life and ministry that I might have spiritual blessing when I mi
"I also pray for favor and His anointing on my life and ministry that I might have spiritual blessing when I minister to people. They're my principal prayers; I don't have a prayer list that I go down"
Pat Robertson, Clergyman
Small: Well the basic thesis is that theres a god in heaven who is all powerful who wants to help people. And that -
"Well the basic thesis is that there's a god in heaven who is all powerful who wants to help people. And that - he will answer prayer, and does miraculous things in people's lives. And so I've documented some of these wonderful things"
Pat Robertson, Clergyman
Small: The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in pr
Billy Graham
"The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'"
Billy Graham, Clergyman
Small: Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God
Billy Graham
"Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God"
Billy Graham, Clergyman
Small: Im just one of many moms who will say an extra prayer each night for our sons and daughters going into harms w
Sarah Palin
"I'm just one of many moms who will say an extra prayer each night for our sons and daughters going into harm's way"
Sarah Palin, Politician
Small: There is a strong correlation between belief in evolution and liberal views on government control, pornography
"There is a strong correlation between belief in evolution and liberal views on government control, pornography, prayer in schools, abortion, gun control, economic freedom, and even animal rights"
Phyllis Schlafly, Activist
Small: We dont have a prayer of defeating the Red Threat of our generation without a long boom of almost unprecedente
"We don't have a prayer of defeating the Red Threat of our generation without a long boom of almost unprecedented duration"
Mitch Daniels, Politician
Small: Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the one just before the Dying Service
"Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the one just before the Dying Service in a large Prayer book"
Charles Lamb, Critic
Small: Its clearly more important to treat ones fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching on
"It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat"
Naguib Mahfouz, Novelist
Small: I believe that prayer is our powerful contact with the greatest force in the universe
"I believe that prayer is our powerful contact with the greatest force in the universe"
Loretta Young, Actress
Small: Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon
"Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon"
George MacDonald, Novelist
Small: Prayer in private results in boldness in public
Edwin Louis Cole
"Prayer in private results in boldness in public"
Edwin Louis Cole, Author
Small: Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That action is not always external,
Dean Inge
"Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That action is not always external, but it is always some kind of effective energy"
Dean Inge, Philosopher
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
Small: There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is f
"There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer"
John Wooden, Coach
Small: Prayer is mans greatest power!
"Prayer is mans greatest power!"
W. Clement Stone, Businessman
Small: It would be unthinkable in Canadian public life today for the public inauguration of our supreme political fig
"It would be unthinkable in Canadian public life today for the public inauguration of our supreme political figures to be accompanied by prayer"
Stockwell Day, Politician
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
Small: An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer
Sarah Ban Breathnach
"An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer"
Sarah Ban Breathnach, Author
Small: One cannot help being impressed by the protesters. They have begun each day of the protest in Kiev in prayer a
"One cannot help being impressed by the protesters. They have begun each day of the protest in Kiev in prayer and all activities are accomplished with a collective sense of respect, kindness, and an intention to conduct a peaceful revolution"
Bob Schaffer, Politician
Small: I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness
"I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness"
Marianne Williamson, Author
Small: Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of the creation. It makes history possible
"Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of the creation. It makes history possible"
Jacques Ellul, Philosopher