Quotes about prayer
prayer illumination inward
Mankind have such a deep stake in inward illumination, that there is much to be said by the hermit or monk in defence of his life of thought and prayer. Ralph Waldo Emerson
prayer commodity vicious
Prayer that craves a particular commodity, anything less than all good, is vicious.
prayer men action
As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action.
prayer prophet our-prayers
Our prayers are prophets.
prayer pride feelings
The religion of England is part of good-breeding. When you see on the continent the well-dressed Englishman come into his ambassador's chapel and put his face for silent prayer into his smooth-brushed hat, you cannot help feeling how much national pride prays with him, and the religion of a gentleman.
prayer mean ends
Prayer as a means to effect a private end is theft and meanness.
prayer coffee genius
Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.
prayer men soul
Is not prayer a study of truth, a sally of the soul into the unfound infinite? No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
prayer schizophrenia
When we talk to god, it's prayer. When god talks to us, it's schizophrenia. Lily Tomlin
prayer psychosis speak
When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
prayer catholic acting
The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer. Liam Neeson
prayer animal
God answered the prayers of animals. Thomas Aquinas
prayer home journey
The greater the charity of the Saints in their heavenly home, the more they intercede for those who are still on their journey and the more they can help them by their prayers; the more they are united with God, the more effective those prayers are. This is in accordance with Divine order, which makes higher things react upon lower things, like the brightness of the sun filling the atmosphere.
prayer way obedience
Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His. If obedience is lacking, even prayer cannot be pleasing to God.
prayer father two
It has a supernatural grandeur which expands the soul and unites it with God. I say an Our Father or a Hail Mary when I feel so spiritually barren that I cannot summon up a single worth while thought. These two prayers fill me with rapture and feed and satisfy my soul. Therese of Lisieux
prayer heart peaceful
Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
prayer sacrifice soul
Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
prayer silence blessed-sacrament
Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
prayer lying moving
My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
prayer looks
Look at Him while He is looking at you.
prayer heart acceptance
For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.
prayer angel partners
The angels can be thought of as our prayer partners. Terry Taylor
prayer conquer one-thing
Prayer is the one thing that can conquer God Tertullian
prayer men moments
Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
prayer fall home
Prayer cleanses from sin, drives away temptations, stamps out persecutions, comforts the fainthearted, gives new strength to the courageous, brings travellers safely home, calms the waves, confounds robbers, feeds the poor, overrules the rich, lifts up the fallen, supports those who are falling, sustains those who stand firm.
prayer believe moving
I think about the poet Rainer Maria Rilke who said that it's the questions that move us, not the answers. As a writer, I believe that it's our task, our responsibility, to hold the mirror up to social injustices that we see and to create a prayer of beauty. The questions serve us in that capacity. Terry Tempest Williams
prayer hair had-enough
I’ve had enough, this is my prayer, that I’ll die living just as free as my hair. Lady Gaga
prayer doe care
sometimes i wonder does god just not care are is he to busy ignoring your prayers Lewis Black
prayer kindness father
I have had prayers answered - most strangely so sometimes - but I think our Heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me. Lewis Carroll
prayer men discipline
The complete novelist would come into the world with a catalog of qualities like this. He would own the concentration of a Trappist monk, the organizational ability of a Prussian field marshal, the insight into human relations of a Viennese psychologist, the discipline of a man who prints the Lord's Prayer on the head of a pin, the exquisite sense of timing of an Olympic gymnast, and by the way, a natural instinct and flair for exceptional use of language. Leon Uris
prayer talking stronger
As you read or listen to God's Word and spend time talking to Him in prayer, your spirit will eventually become stronger than your flesh. Joyce Meyer
prayer believe african-american
I believe in prayer. It's the best... Josephine Baker
prayer thinking flow
My prayers, my God, flow from what I am not; I think thy answers make me what I am. George MacDonald