Inspirational Quotes on Prayer

“You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.”

“Prayer is repeating the victor's name (Jesus) into the ears of Satan and insisting on his retreat.”

“Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit.”

“Prayer is partnership with God in His planet-sized purposes, and includes the "all things" beside, as an important detail of the whole.”

“Prayer strikes the winning blow; service is simply picking up the pieces.”

“Prayer does not influence God. Prayer surely does influence God. It does not influence His purpose. It does influence His action.”

“If there be anything that can render the soul calm, dissipate its scruples and dispel its fears, sweeten its sufferings by the anointing of love, impart strength to all its actions, and spread abroad the joy of the Holy Spirit in its countenance and words, it is this simple and childlike repose in the arms of God.”

“Prayer does not mean asking God for all kinds of things we want, it is rather the desire for God Himself, the only Giver of Life.”

“Just as the salt water of the sea is drawn upwards by the hot rays of the sun, and gradually takes on the form of clouds, and, turned thus into sweet and refreshing water, falls in showers on the earth (for the sea water as it rises upwards leaves behind it its salt and bitterness), so when the thoughts and desires of the man of prayer rise aloft like misty emanations of the soul, the rays of the Sun of Righteousness purify them of all sinful taint, and his prayers become a great cloud which descends from heaven in a shower of blessing, bringing refreshment to many on the earth.”

“There are many beautiful things in the world around us, but pearls can only be discovered in the depths of the sea; if we wish to posses spiritual pearls we must plunge into the depths, that is, we must pray, we must sink down into the secret depths of contemplation and prayer. Then we shall perceive precious pearls.”

“People would never begin to pray if they could not ask for earthly things like riches and health and honours; He says to Himself: If they ask for such things the desire for something better will awaken in them, and finally they will only care about the higher things.”

“Prayer is the acid test of devotion.”

“The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayer-less religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray.”

“Intensity is a law of prayer. God is found by those who seek Him with all their heart. Wrestling prayer prevails. The fervent effectual prayer of the righteous is of great force.”

“Prayer turns ordinary mortals into men of power. It brings power. It brings fire. It brings rain. It brings life. It brings God.”

“A season of silence is the best preparation for speech with God.”

“Hurry is the death of prayer.”

“In these days there is no time to pray; but without time, and a lot of it, we shall never learn to pray.”

“The great souls who became mighty in prayer and rejoiced to spend three and four hours a day alone with God were once beginners.”

“The reason so many people do not pray is because of its cost. The cost is not so much in the sweat of agonizing supplication as in the daily fidelity to the life of prayer.”