P Quotes
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“Prayer! I couldn't live without it; I would have died a thousand times if it had not been for my chance to talk it over with God, and gain strength in it from him.”
“Prayer's a very tricky business.”
Source: I Capture The Castle
“Prayer's important, not just as some kind of a metaphysical exercise, but I think it's a way to refresh one's own mind and motive. If you're praying, you're really looking beyond your own personal thoughts and the pressures that are around you.”
“Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.”
Source: The Life of Reason: Human Understanding
“prayer, and only prayer, restores my vision to one that more resembles God's. i awake from blindness to see that wealth lurks as a terrible danger, not a goal worth striving for; that value depends not on race or status but on the image of God every person bears; that no amount of effort to improve physical beauty has much relevance for the world beyond.”
Source: Prayer
“Prayer, as a means of drawing ever new strength from Christ, is concretely and urgently needed.”
“Prayer, desperate prayer, seems so simple, but it’s a step rarely taken by those in family conflict.”
Source: When You've Been Wronged: Moving From Bitterness to Forgiveness
“Prayer, even more than eating or sleeping, is not a luxury but a necessity, and we are only fully human when we remember this and arrange our life accordingly.”
“Prayer, fasting, vigils, and all other Christian practices, however good they may be in themselves, certainly do not constitute the aim of our Christian life: they are but the indispensable means of attaining that aim. For the true aim of the Christian life is the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God. As for fasts, vigils, prayer and almsgiving, and other good works done in the name of Christ, they are only the means of acquiring the Holy Spirit of God. Note well that it is only good works done in the name of Christ that bring us the fruits of the Spirit.”
“Prayer, humility, and charity toward all are essential in the Christian life: they are the way to holiness.”
Source: The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation
“Prayer, in it's simplest form, is finding out what God wants to do and then asking Him to do it.”
“Prayer, in many ways, is the supreme expression of our faith in God.”
“Prayer, in one phase of its operation, is a disinfectant and a preventive. It purifies the air; it destroys the contagion of evil.”
Source: Purpose in Prayer
“Prayer, like faith, obtains promises, enlarges their operation, and adds to the measure of their results.”
Source: Purpose in Prayer
“Prayer, like radium, is a luminous and self-generating form of energy.”
“Prayer, study, and suffering make a pastor.”
“Prayer, the basic exercise of the spirit, must be actively practiced in our private lives. The neglected soul of the human being must be made strong enough to assert itself once more. For if the power of prayer is again released and used in the lives of common men and women; if the spirit declares its aims clearly and boldly, there is yet hope that our prayers for a better world will be answered.”
“Prayer, to the patriarchs and prophets, was more than the recital of well-known and well-worn phrases-it was the outpouring of the heart.”
Source: All the Prayers of the Bible
“Prayer, to the thinking person, is almost inescapable.”
Source: I've/Talk/Somebd/God
“Prayer,in its truest sense,is an attempt to invoke the mightier potential that is already in us,through mental integration.”
“Prayer-though it is often draining, even an agony-is in the long term the greatest source of power that is possible.”
Source: Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God
“Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night.”
“Prayerful life, blessed life.”
“Prayerful people are not fearful, because they know they have a God who is powerful.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“Prayerful people become powerful and overcome obstacles when they apply God’s Word as they pray.”
Source: The Infallible Word of God: 365 Inspirational Quotes
“Prayerful people can easily move, even where the enemy thought they could not, because prayer clears the path for them.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“Prayerful soul, praise in spirit.”
“Prayerism is self-preservation, activism is world-preservation.”
Source: Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science
“Prayerless people cut themselves off from God's prevailing power, and the frequent result is the familiar feeling of being overwhelmed, overrun, beaten down, pushed around, defeated. Surprising numbers of people are willing to settle for lives like that.”
Source: Prayer: Too Busy Not to Pray
“Prayerless souls are Christless souls, Christless souls are Graceless souls and Graceless souls shall soon be damned souls. See your peril, you that neglect altogether the blessed privilege of prayer! You are in the bonds of iniquity, you are in the gall of bitterness. God deliver you, for Hisname's sake!”
“Prayerlessness means unavailability to God.”
Source: Mighty Prevailing Prayer
“Prayers and promises. The one his sister made to him. The unspoken one I made to my sister. Prayers are promises, too, and these are the days of broken promises.”
“Prayers and Provender hinder no Journey.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
[Prayers and provender hinder no man's journey.]”
“Prayers and sacrifices are of no avail.”
“Prayers and wishes are worthless my friend, if they are not accompanied by tangible human actions.”
Source: Lord is My Sheep: Gospel of Human
“Prayers are answered in one of four ways,” she said. “Yes. No. I have something else in mind. And . . .” She paused long enough for my impatience to show. “And what’s the fourth answer?” “Wait,” she said.”
Source: Bumped
“Prayers are heard in heaven in proportion to our faith. Little faith gets very great mercies, but great faith still greater.”
Source: Brilliants: selected from the works of C.H. Spurgeon
“Prayers are like those appeals of ours. Either they don't get through or they're returned with 'rejected' scrawled across 'em.”
“Prayers are not always—in the crude, factual sense of the word—'granted.' This is not because prayer
is a weaker kind of causality, but because it is a stronger kind. When it 'works' at all it works unlimited
by space and time. That is why God has retained a discretionary power of granting or refusing it; except
on that condition prayer would destroy us. It is not unreasonable for a headmaster to say, 'Such and
such things you may do according to the fixed rules of this school. But such and such other things are
too dangerous to be left to general rules. If you want to do them you must come and make a request
and talk over the whole matter with me in my study. And then—we'll see'. -'Work and Prayer”
Source: God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics
“Prayers are prophecies. They are the best predictors of your spiritual future. Who you become is determined by how you pray. Ultimately, the transcript of your prayers becomes the script of your life.”
“Prayers are to men as dolls are to children.”
Source: The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition
“Prayers are to men as dolls are to children. They are not without use and comfort, but it is not easy to take them very seriously.”
Source: The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Comfort Edition
“Prayers aren't for the deity...They're for you, to recommit yourself to what you believe.”
“prayers at dawn
the world comes alive
to the scent of flowers
roused from sleep”
“Prayers belong strictly to the worship of God. Fasting is a subordinate aid, which is pleasing to God no farther than as it aids the earnestness and fervency of prayer.”
Source: Commentary on Luke
“Prayers born out of murmuring are always dangerous. When, therefore, we are in a discontented mood, let'us take care what we cry for, lest God give it to us, and thereby punish us.”
“Prayers bring comfort, not change. Change requires tangible human efforts.”
Source: 7 Billion Gods: Humans Above All
“Prayers can be whatever you wish them to be. They can be short or long requests, expressions of gratitude and affirmations that your requests are being honored.”
Source: Affirmations for Healing Mind, Body & Spirit
“Prayers don't stop tanks. I stop tanks."--Vlad”
Source: Pulling Teeth and Other Stories: A Grimdark Paranormal Fantasy