Spirituality & Faith: Prayer Quotes

Explore a thoughtful collection of prayer quotes that speak to stillness, gratitude, and trust. From timeless scriptures to modern reflections, these words offer encouragement for moments of uncertainty and joy alike, inviting calm focus and gentle perseverance. Find short lines for daily meditation, inspiration for journaling, or affirmations to share with loved ones. Across traditions, the selections highlight compassion, surrender, and hope, supporting a steady, heartfelt practice of spirituality and faith.

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

William Temple, Priest

William Temple

"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action"

Mahatma Gandhi, Leader

Mahatma Gandhi

"Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?"

Corrie ten Boom, Celebrity

Corrie ten Boom

"I talk to God but the sky is empty"

Sylvia Plath, Poet

"Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You and You've got to see me through"

Harriet Tubman, Activist

"Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding"

Corrie ten Boom, Celebrity

Corrie ten Boom

"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

Nat Turner

"Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you"

Saint Augustine, Saint

Saint Augustine

"I believe in prayer and in strong belief"

Tina Turner, Musician

Tina Turner

"There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers"

Saint Teresa of Avila, Saint

Saint Teresa of Avila

"Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon"

Martin Luther, Professor

Martin Luther

"Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden"

Corrie ten Boom, Celebrity

Corrie ten Boom

"An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer"

Sarah Ban Breathnach, Author

Sarah Ban Breathnach

"Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance"

Victor Hugo, Author

Victor Hugo

"Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies"

Robert Louis Stevenson, Writer

Robert Louis Stevenson

"The fewer the words, the better the prayer"

Martin Luther, Professor

Martin Luther

"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

Saint Augustine

"O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand"

William Penn, Leader

William Penn

"If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me"

Joan of Arc, Celebrity

Joan of Arc

"There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees"

Victor Hugo, Author

Victor Hugo

"The Lord's Prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals"

Duke of Wellington, Royalty

Duke of Wellington

"The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions"

Robert Brault, Philosopher

Robert Brault

"Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays"

Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher

Søren Kierkegaard

"Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God"

Billy Graham, Clergyman

Billy Graham

"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

Samuel Butler

"God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poet

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward"

Phillips Brooks, Clergyman

Phillips Brooks

"Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love"

Francis of Assisi, Saint

Francis of Assisi

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

Martin Farquhar Tupper, Writer

Martin Farquhar Tupper

"When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God"

Luis Palau, Clergyman

Luis Palau

"Our Father and Our God, unto thee, O Lord, we lift our souls"

William Pennington, Politician

William Pennington

"Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me"

Robert Frost, Poet

Robert Frost

"All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired"

Martin Luther, Professor

Martin Luther

"Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet"

Saint Augustine, Saint

Saint Augustine

"Grant what thou commandest, and then command what thou wilt"

Saint Augustine, Saint

Saint Augustine

"He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea"

George Herbert, Poet

George Herbert

"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays"

Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher

Søren Kierkegaard

"Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them"

Mo Udall, Politician

"A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer"

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Critic

"Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise"

Karl Rahner, Theologian

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