Praying Quotes

Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.

Our praying, however, needs to be pressed and pursued with an energy that never tires, a persistency which will not be denied, and a courage which never fails.

For me writing has always felt like praying even when I wasn't writing prayers.

If, at the time when the mind is praying it is distracted by any extraneous thought or worry about anything, then this prayer is not called pure.

The only way you can fail is if you stop praying.

To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other than oneself.

I hope that this man can be won over by your bearing charitably with him, advising him prudently, and praying for him. This is what I do for your family in general and for you in particular.

When we pray for the Spirit, we are not praying for an answer; we are praying for God to enter us, to fill us with his presence, his thoughts, and his words.

To pray well one must pray much.

I'm folding up my little dreams Within my heart tonight, And praying I may soon forget The torture of their sight.

And pray that he is the man I think he is, he finished silently, and not the man I fear he has become.

My merry, merry, merry roundelay Concludes with Cupid's curse, They that do change old love for new, Pray gods, they change for worse!

I pray, what flowers are these? The pansy this, O, that's for lover's thoughts.

Praying is begging for an unseen deity to alter the laws of nature for someone admittedly unworthy.

We little know the things for which we pray.

Many of us want to know why we don't "hear" God when we pray. Few of us shut up long enough to really listen.

A broken heart is merely an empty manger. Invite the Virgin and the carpenter to pray beside you. Invite the Savior to dwell there.

God gave us family so that when we have a hard time praying for ourselves, we have others who will pray for us.

We didn't wish -- wishes are wasted... We didn't hope -- because our future was inevitable... And we didn't pray -- we were on our own.

I know there are millions of people praying for me, and I strongly believe in prayers.

Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.

To pray is to desire; but it is to desire what God would have us desire.

We will not, therefore, lose our time praying to an imaginary god for things which our own exertions alone can procure.

During the rests - pray.

I'm a very rational person but I pray every day.

It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainment.

I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him the right questions.

The temptation is not here, where you are reading about it or praying about it. It is down in your shop, among bales and boxes, ten-penny nails, and sand-paper.

That man is the most immortal who has done the most and the best praying. They are God heroes, God's saints, God's servants, God's vicegerents.

I've got some good saints out there - that's right - that pray for me constantly. You've gotta have that! You do.

New Living Translation And work for the peace and prosperity of the city where I sent you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, for its welfare will determine your welfare.

The conditions of praying are the conditions of righteousness, holiness, and salvation.

In doing God's work, there is no substitute for praying. The men of prayer cannot be displaced with other kinds of men.

Praying men must be strong in hope, and faith, and prayer.

I've learned... That I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other way.

It's entirely different waking up in the morning and praying. I read aloud six or seven different devotional books, one of which is the Bible and ask the Lord to be with me that day.

It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves.

The white right is trying to set Barack up to be assassinated... There are Christians praying for God to kill Obama.

Let us pray that Allah will guide us safely through such a time as this.

To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.

The few that pray at all pray oft amiss.

I learn the lines and pray to God.

Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.

The key to prayer is simply praying.

Pray devoutly, but hammer stoutly.

The more we work the more we need to pray. In this day of activity there is great danger, not of doing too much, but of praying too little for so much work.

If you would move me with your preaching, or with your praying, or with your singing, first be moved yourself.

I once said coaching a first-year team was a religious experience. You do a lot of praying - but most of the time the answer is NO.

Here we don't pray for the weak, we prey on the weak.

Please join me in praying for America, that we will turn our hearts back toward God.