I’d rather be able to pray than to be a great preacher; Jesus Christ never taught his disciples how to preach, but only how to pray.

No prayer is complete without presence.

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.

Some people think God does not like to be troubled with our constant coming and asking. The way to trouble God is not to come at all.

All my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer.

The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That’s how prayer works.

Positive thoughts and prayer have been the best means available, since the beginning of time, to transform darkness to light.

Prayer is in all things, in all gestures.

Learn to worship God as the God who does wonders, who wishes to prove in you that He can do something supernatural and divine.

It is impossible to have a prayer without power.

I noticed that all the prayers I used to offer to God, and all the prayers I now offer to Joe Pesci, are being answered at about the same 50% rate. Half the time I get what I want, half the time I don’t… Same as the four-leaf clover and the horseshoe…same as the Voodoo Lady who tells you your fortune by squeezing the goat’s testicles, it’s all the same: 50-50. So just pick your superstition, sit back, make a wish, and enjoy yourself.

Prayer is asking for rain. Faith is carrying an umbrella. Faith is the inner sense of knowing that with divine order working on your side, all things will come together for your good. Faith is knowing that there is a divine plan and purpose for everything in life

Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

I am in the House of Mercy, and my heart is a place of prayer.

Empathy feels these thoughts; your hurt is in my heart, your loss is in my prayers, your sorrow is in my soul, and your tears are in my eyes.

Prayer steadies one when he is walking in slippery places – even if things asked for are not given.

The enemy uses all his power to lead the Christian, and above all the minister, to neglect prayer. He knows that however admirable the sermon may be, however attractive the service, however faithful the pastoral visitation, none of these things can damage him or his kingdom if prayer is neglected.

The coming revival must begin with a great revival of prayer. It is in the closet, with the door shut, that the sound of abundance of rain will first be heard. An increase of secret prayer with ministers will be the sure harbinger of blessing.

‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say.

The third petition of the Lord’s Prayer is repeated daily by millions who have not the slightest intention of letting anyone’s will be done but their own.

Prayer is not so much an act as it is an attitude – an attitude of dependency, dependency upon God.

I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach.

It is a good rule never to look into the face of a man in the morning till you have looked into the face of God.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

I always said a prayer before I ran, and my prayer was to win. My prayer was that God would allow me to run my best on that day, or better than my best. So whatever the outcome is, I have to be satisfied with it if I know I gave it my best effort.

In prayer the soul comes nearest the experience of absolute love: in belief it ascends by means of symbols towards absolute truth.

We find, sooner or later, that in prayer we either abandon ourselves or we abandon prayer.

Are you aware that your spirit needs to be fed? Did you know that your spirit would be delighted to partake in a feast of spiritual food? How about a plate full of prayer? Or maybe a few hours of succulent self-reflection. Perhaps a piping-hot selection of spiritual literature, served by the side of a lake or under a tree, would satisfy your spiritual hunger. Can you imagine feasting for a few hours on spiritually uplifting music? What about some forgiveness à la mode, topped with compassion? You cannot imagine how much your spirit would enjoy it.

For prayer is the language of the heart.

Prayer is spiritual breathing; when we pray we breathe in the Holy Spirit; praying in the Holy Spirit (Jd. 1:20). Thus, all church prayers are the breathing of the Holy Spirit; as it were spiritual air and also light, spiritual fire, spiritual food and spiritual raiment.