Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. ~Søren Kierkegaard
No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; not that he practices it, but he suffers from it. ~Guy H. King
Trouble and perplexity drive me to prayer and prayer drives away perplexity and trouble. ~Philip Melanchthen
Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~Satchel Paige, 1974
The value of consistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but that we will hear Him. ~William McGill
We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties. ~Oswald Chambers
When at night you cannot sleep, talk to the Shepherd and stop counting sheep. ~Author Unknown
When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality. ~Oswald Chambers
Many people pray as if God were a big aspirin pill; they come only when they hurt. ~B. Graham Dienert
Some have been to the mountain. I have been to my knees by the side of my bed. ~Robert Brault
Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God. ~Author Unknown
Prayer is not merely an occasional impulse to which we respond when we are in trouble: prayer is a life attitude. ~Walter A. Mueller
The Lord's Prayer may be committed to memory quickly, but it is slowly learnt by heart. ~Frederick Denison Maurice
Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out. ~Mark Twain
It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice. ~Matthew Henry
Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Inge
Grow flowers of gratitude in the soil of prayer. ~Terri Guillemets
If we could all hear one another's prayers, God might be relieved of some of his burdens. ~Ashleigh Brilliant
Prayers not felt by us are seldom heard by God. ~Philip Henry
And help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray. ~John Keble
I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven. ~Josephine Baker
Prayer is communication with the Divine. It can be whispered or chanted or written or expressed in the work you do. However it is expressed, it is never in vain. ~Donna Wilk Cardillo
God can pick sense out of a confused prayer. ~Richard Sibbes
I often pray, though I'm not really sure Anyone's listening; and I phrase it carefully, just in case He's literary. ~Mignon McLaughlin
Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue. ~Adam Clarke
God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer. ~Mother Teresa
When you bow deeply to the universe, it bows back; when you call out the name of God, it echoes inside you. ~Morihei Ueshiba
Most people do not pray; they only beg. ~George Bernard Shaw
Prayer draws us near to our own souls. ~Herman Melville, Mardi and A Voyage Thither, 1849
What we usually pray to God is not that His will be done, but that He approve ours. ~Helga Bergold Gross
We must move from asking God to take care of the things that are breaking our hearts, to praying about the things that are breaking His heart. ~Margaret Gibb
We cannot ask in behalf of Christ what Christ would not ask Himself if He were praying. ~A.B. Simpson
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. ~Socrates
Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart. ~Ruth Graham
God tells us to burden him with whatever burdens us. ~Author Unknown
Before we can pray, "Lord, Thy Kingdom come," we must be willing to pray, "My Kingdom go." ~Alan Redpath
Some people think that prayer just means asking for things, and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for, they think the whole thing is a fraud. ~Gerald Vann
Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered. ~George Meredith
God has editing rights over our prayers. He will... edit them, correct them, bring them in line with His will and then hand them back to us to be resubmitted. ~Stephen Crotts
Be thankful that God's answers are wiser than your answers. ~William Culbertson
Prayer is the language of a man burdened with a sense of need. ~E.M. Bounds
Prayer is exhaling the spirit of man and inhaling the spirit of God. ~Edwin Keith
Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. ~Corrie ten Boom
