Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
HippocratesA prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages.
Tennessee WilliamsThe only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.
Billy GrahamBattering the gates of heaven with the storms of prayer.
Alfred Lord TennysonThe general atmosphere of Lord's is more like a prayer meeting than a ball game.
Alistair CookeFar as distress the soul can wound 'Tis pain in each degree; Bliss goes but to a certain bound, Beyond is agony. (A Prayer for Indifference)
Frances GrevilleIn prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
Mahatma GandhiThe 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 GrahamO Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me. [Prayer before Battle of Edgehill, 1642]
Sir Jacob AstleyIntercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbour on our knees.
Charles BentPrayer puts you in touch with the infinite and prepares your mind for the finite.
Peter DanielThe creator who could put a cancer in a believer's stomach is above being interfered with by prayers
Bret HarteHe who sows the ground with care and diligence acquires a greater stock of religious merit than he could gain by the repetition of ten thousand prayers
ZoroasterA child's eyes, those clear, wells of undefiled thought - what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own. In prayer, how earnest; in joy, how sparkling; in sympathy, how tender! The man who never tried the companionship of a little child has carelessly passed by one of the great pleasures of life, as one passes a rare flower without plucking it or knowing its value
Caroline NortonI really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When you're really desperate, you say a few prayers and hope for the best. That's the way I've always lived my life.
Shania TwainJust as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God.
Soren KierkegaardAnything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon.
George MacDonaldMany of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful
William FeatherIt is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
AesopAs we look upon that agony and those tearful prayers, let us not only look with thankfulness; but let that kneeling Saviour teach us that in prayer alone can we be forearmed against our lesser sorrows; that strength to bear flows into the heart that is opened in supplication; and that a sorrow which we are made able to endure is more truly conquered than a sorrow which we avoid
Alexander MaclarenOur prayers are answered not when we are given what we ask but when we are challenged to be what we can be.
Morris AdlerIn prayer the lips ne'er act the winning part
Without the sweet concurrence of the heart
Robert HerrickAnd so with that spirit of confidence in our step and with that prayer in our heart, let us now quicken our pace to the victory that awaits us!
Perry ChristieI admired and valued Robin as a colleague and friend and as one of the greatest parliamentarians of our time. His wife Gaynor and his two sons are in our thoughts and prayers. [on the death of Robin Cook]
Gordon BrownThe object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions.
Robert BraultThe Church should go forward along the path of progress and be no longer satisfied only to represent the Conservative Party at prayer.
Maude RoydenI am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers.
Gerald FordBasically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilisers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.
Frank SinatraThe wish for prayer is a prayer in itself
Georges BernanosPrayer ardent opens heaven
Edward YoungThe sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
Marcus AureliusCourage is fear that has said its prayers.
Dorothy BernardThere are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
Victor HugoThe Saudis would struggle in Europe because of that problem with those prayers five times a day.
Don HoweThe function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
Soren KierkegaardWe must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.
George EliotIf God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.
EpicurusI have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
VoltaireThe torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine.
Ralph Waldo EmersonPeople would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker.
Mary AustinWhatever a man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to this: Great God, grant that twice two be not four
Ivan TurgenevWhat a Friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer! [Hymn]
Joseph ScrivenIf thou shouldst never see my face again, pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.
Alfred Lord TennysonI bought singles until I started working properly and then I started buying albums, so this brings back a lot of teenage memories from being in London before I got work [say a little prayer]
Billy OceanAll the Saints of God are there to protect me, to sustain me and to carry me. And your prayers, my dear friends, your indulgence, your love, your faith and your hope accompany me.
Pope Benedict XVII never pray on a golf course. Actually, the Lord answers my prayers everywhere except on the course.
Billy GrahamThe works of God are great mysteries and may truly always be hidden from us, however it is not wrong to lead your own personal enquiry through your prayers to the Lord.
Jane GreyOld 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.
André GideBernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious.
Daisy AshfordYour prayer must be for a sound mind in a sound body.
Juvenal
Pick another category
|
|
|
| | Content Management System by:
|