QUOTES

 Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.  (Soren Kierkegaard)

God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.  (Mother Teresa)

Prayers is simply talking to God like a friend and should be the easiest thing we do each day.  (Joyce Meyer)

Prayer should not be regarded as a duty which  must be performed, but rather as a privilege to be enjoyed, a rare delight that is always revealing some new beauty.  (E.M. Bounds)

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.  (Philippians 4:6-7)

Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.  (Hippocrates)

For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.  (Saint Teresa of Avila)

No man is greater than his prayer life.  (Leonard Ravenhill)

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.  (Mahatma Gandhi)

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.  (Corrie Ten Bloom)

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.  (Martin Luther)

Prayer is man’s greatest power.  (W. Clement Stone)

Prayer is translation.  A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered.  (Leonard Cohen)

Got does nothing except in response to believing prayer.  (John Wesley)

I try to remind myself not to go anywhere or do anything without asking for spiritual direction through prayer and meditation. (Marianne Williamson)

I don’t know whether I believe in God or not.  I think, really, I’m some sort of Buddhist.  But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.  (Henri Matisse)

The wish to pray is a prayer in itself.  God can ask no more than that of us.  (Georges Bernanos)

For me, prayer is not so much me setting out a shopping list of requests for God to consider as it is a way of “keeping company with God.”   (Philip Yancey)