“O Lord! thou knowest how busy I must be this day: if I forget thee, do not thou forget me.”
“Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.”
“Why is it when we talk to God, we're praying, but when God talks to us, we're schizophrenic?”
“A childish soul not inoculated with compulsory prayer is a soul open to any religious infection.”
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
“My prayer to God is a very short one: ''O Lord, make my enemies look ridiculous!'' God has granted it.”
“Most men pray for power, the strength to do things. Few people pray for love, the quality to be someone.”
“We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.”
“Heaven grant that the burden you carry may have as easy an exit as it had an entrance. [Prayer To A Pregnant Woman]”
“More than once I had seen a noble who had gotten his enemy at a disadvantage stop to pray before cutting his throat.”
“Prayer is not a substitute for work, thinking, watching, suffering, or giving; prayer is a support for all other efforts.”
“Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.”
“There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.”
“Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered.”
“The fates are not quite obdurate; they have a grim, sardonic way of granting them who supplicate the thing they wanted yesterday.”
“Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“It is good to pray for the repair of mistakes, but praying earlier would keep us from making so many. When puzzled, go to prayer and listen.”
“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes.”
“All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother. I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”
“I have not placed reading before praying because I regard it more important, but because, in order to pray aright, we must understand what we are praying for.”
“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.”
“When a man has done all he can do, still there is a mighty, mysterious agency over which he needs influence to secure success. The one way he can reach it is by prayer.”
“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.”
“When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying.”
“Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.”
“Prayer is talking with God and telling Him you love Him, conversing with God about all the things that are important in life, both large and small, and being assured that He is listening.”
“Father in Heaven! When the thought of thee wakes in our hearts let it not awaken like a frightened bird that flies about in dismay, but like a child waking from its sleep with a heavenly smile.”