“The only prayer which a well-meaning man can pray is O ye gods give me whatever is fitting unto me!”
— Appollonius of Tyana
“Real prayer seeks an audience and an answer.”
— William S. Plumer
“We ought not to tolerate for a minute the ghastly and grievous thought that God will not answer prayer.”
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“I would have no desire other than to accomplish thy will. Teach me to pray pray thyself in me.”
— Francois de Fenelon
“Our prayer life will become restful when it really dawns upon us that we have done all we are supposed to do when we have spoken to Him about it. From the moment we have left it with Him it is His responsi-bility.”
— O. Hallesby
“There are four ways God answers prayer: No not yet No I love you too much Yes I thought you’d never ask Yes and here’s more.”
— Anne Lewis
“Beyond our utmost wants His love and power can bless To praying souls he always grants More than they can express.”
— John Newton
“True prayer brings a person’s will into accordance with God’s will not the other way around.”
— Anonymous
“Before we can pray “Lord Thy Kingdom come ” we must be willing to pray “My Kingdom go.””
— Alan Redpath
“No answer to prayer is an indication of our merit every answer to prayer is an indication of God’s mercy.”
— John Blanchard
“The firmament of the Bible is ablaze with answers to prayer.”
— T. L. Cuyler
“Do not forget that prayer is ordained for the purpose of glorifying the name of God. Therefore whether you pray for big things or for little things say to God “If it will glorify Thy name then grant my prayer and help me.””
— O. Hallesby
“We need to learn to know Him so well that we feel safe when we have left our difficulties with Him. To know Jesus in that way is a prerequisite of all true prayer.”
— O. Hallesby
“God answers all true prayer either in kind or in kindness.”
— Adoniram Judson
“In Gethsemane the holiest of all petitioners prayed three times that a certain cup might pass from Him. It did not. After that the idea that prayer is recommended to us as a sort of infallible gimmick may be dismissed.”
— C. S. Lewis
“It is only when we pray for something according to the will of God that we have the promise of being heard and answered.”
— O. Hallesby
“When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.”
— Norman Vincent Peale
“More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.”
— Alfred
“In seasons of distress and grief My soul has often found relief And oft escaped the tempter’s snare By thy return sweet hour of prayer.”
— W. W. Walford
“I used to pray that God would do this or that now I pray that God will make His will known to me.”
— Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
“There is nothing that makes us love a man so much as praying for him.”
— William Law
“When I have a problem I pray about it and what comes to mind and stays there I assume to be my answer. And this has been right so often that I know it is God’s answer.”
— J. L. Kraft
“Those who trade with heaven by prayer grow rich by quick returns.”
— William S. Plumer
“How many of us will ever sit… bow our heads and pray “Lord show me where I’m wrong”?”
— Anonymous
“Prayer indeed is good but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.”
— Hippocrates
“Whenever the insistence is on the point that God answers prayer we are off the track. The meaning of prayer is that we get hold of God not of the answer.”
— Oswald Chambers
“Amazing things start happening when we start praying!”
— Anonymous
“They tell about a fifteen-year-old boy in an orphans’ home who had an incurable stutter. One Sunday the minister was detained and the boy volunteered to say the prayer in his stead. He did it perfectly too without a single stutter. Later he explained “I don’t stutter when I talk to God. He loves me.””
— Bennett Cerf
“Most people do not pray they only beg.”
— George Bernard Shaw
“We may as well not pray at all as offer our prayers in a lifeless manner.”
— William S. Plumer