Praying famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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We cannot ask in behalf of Christ what Christ would not ask Himself if He were praying.
-- A. B. Simpson -
It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act.
-- Abbe Pierre -
If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.
-- Abraham Cahan -
When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
-- Abraham Joshua Heschel -
It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended Power to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness...
-- Abraham Lincoln -
Pray tell us, what's your favorite number?
-- Abraham Verghese -
If my children do not behave according to Islam, if they do not pray for instance, I will punish them.
-- Abu Bakar Bashir -
He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
-- Abu Bakr -
They who pray not, know nothing of God, and know nothing of the state of their own souls.
-- Adam Clarke -
As a pastor, I have a deep desire to lead people to God and encourage people to pray, read the Bible, and carry their faith into every part of their lives.
-- Adam Hamilton -
Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?
-- Adam Savage -
Pray and doubt; you’ll do without. Pray and believe; you will receive.
-- Adrian Rogers -
But I will place this carefully fed pig Within the crackling oven; and, I pray, What nicer dish can e'er be given to man.
-- Aeschylus -
Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.
-- Aeschylus -
Pray; and as you pray, surrender; and as you surrender, believe.
-- Aiden Wilson Tozer -
You believe in God, then you don't believe anymore and when you have a big problem, you pray anyway.
-- Alain Delon -
Before we can pray, "Lord, Thy Kingdom come," we must be willing to pray, "My Kingdom go."
-- Alan Redpath -
I am his Highness' dog at Kew; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?
-- Alexander Pope -
Why do you pray if you doubt you are heard?
-- Alexandra David-Neel -
When we pray we link ourselves with an inexhaustible motive power.
-- Alexis Carrel -
I'm definitely someone who likes to fly by the seat of her pants. My mum always prays for the best...
-- Ali Larter -
Is it mad to pray for better hallucinations?
-- Alice Liddell -
You must pray to God for forgiveness because I can give you none
-- Alison Weir -
If we should be saved and become saints, we ought always to stand at the gates of the Divine mercy to beg and pray for, as an alms, all that we need.
-- Alphonsus Liguori -
We should pray to the angels, for they are given to us as guardians.
-- Ambrose -
I pray not for victory, but to do my best.
-- Amos Alonzo Stagg -
If you are ever inclined to pray for a missionary, do it at once, where ever you are. Perhaps he may be in great peril at that moment.
-- Amy Carmichael -
You're here, on your knees, praying as the seconds on your Mickey Mouse clock tick by, but in God's time, you're working with Him at the moment of creation, when there is no time.
-- Amy Welborn -
Nothing's more attractive than a heavy praying woman,
-- Andre Benjamin -
I go to churches to pray, but I don't go to mass.
-- Andrea Corr -
As believers, you don't need to pray for a new heart, you need to pray for a new head.
-- Andrew Wommack -
It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing's going to change.
-- Andy Stanley -
Go with the flow, but pray God keeps you afloat.
-- Angie Martinez -
There is power in prayer. When men work, they work. but when men pray, God works.
-- Angus Buchan -
After you pray, accept, adapt and move on, .. That's what winners do.
-- Ann Jillian -
Praying with eyes wide open is the only way to pray without ceasing.
-- Ann Voskamp -
We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
-- Anna Letitia Barbauld -
Remember me when you do pray that hope doth lead from day to day.
-- Anne Boleyn -
And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me.
-- Anne Boleyn -
Sometimes when you're suffering really intensely, you can't pray for yourself.
-- Anne Graham Lotz -
And as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen.
-- Anne Lamott -
When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
-- Anne Lamott -
When you pray, you are not starting the conversation from scratch, just remembering to plug back into a conversation that's always in progress.
-- Anne Lamott -
We do not pray for immortality, but only not to see our acts and all things stripped suddenly of all their meaning; for then it is the utter emptiness of everything reveals itself.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery -
the fear of death is that you are dying too soon. Nobody wants to, but at the point that you die you can pray that you are no longer the same person. I pray that when I am about to die I will not be the same person that I am now.
-- Audre Lorde -
When we pray, we must begin by conceiving God in full and vigorous images, but we must go on to acknowledge the inadequacy of them and to adhere nakedly to the imageless truth of God.
-- Austin Farrer -
Are you living for the things you are praying for?
-- Austin Phelps -
Every woman dreams of love. When she is young she prays she will find it. When she is middle aged she hopes for it and when she is old she remembers it.
-- Barbara Cartland -
Although I myself don't go to church or synagogue, I do, whether it's superstition or whatever, pray every time I get on a plane. I just automatically do it. I say the same thing every time.
-- Barbara Walters -
There are three things that are not to be credited: a woman when she weeps, a merchant when he swears, nor a drunkard when he prays.
-- Barnabe Rich -
I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.
-- Beck -
The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.
-- Ben Jonson -
O Music! Miraculous art! A blast of thy trumpet and millions rush forward to die; a peal of thy organ and uncounted nations sink down to pray.
-- Benjamin Disraeli -
The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
-- Bernard of Clairvaux -
It’s amazing how many coincidences occur when one begins to pray.
-- Bill Hybels -
I think that I failed by not studying more, and praying more, and spending more time with my family.
-- Billy Graham -
We should not pray for God to be on our side, but pray that we may be on God's side.
-- Billy Graham -
Please join me in praying for America, that we will turn our hearts back toward God.
-- Billy Graham -
When you pray with this pipe, you pray for and with everything.
-- Black Elk -
Dear Lord, I pray that my place will never be with the cold, timid souls who do not compete yet criticize, for they never know or feel success or failure.
-- Bob Stoops -
If you've never tried drugs, don't. And if you have, pray.
-- Brad Renfro -
As a young man I prayed for success. Now I just pray to be worthy of it.
-- Brendan Fraser -
The Word we study has to be the Word we pray.
-- Brennan Manning -
When ordinary people pray, extraordinary things can happen.
-- Brian Houston -
If you don't feel like praying, pray until you do!
-- Brigham Young -
Pray as if all depended on God and work as if all depended upon you.
-- Brigham Young -
I am often, I believe, praying for others when I should be doing things for them. It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see him.
-- C. S. Lewis -
I don't pray so that I can change God. I pray so that God can change me.
-- C. S. Lewis -
When golden moments come, when God enables one really to pray without words, who but a fool would reject the gift?
-- C. S. Lewis -
Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.
-- C. S. Lewis -
It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.
-- C. S. Lewis -
I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. It doesn't change God - it changes me.
-- C. S. Lewis -
You may pray for an hour and still not pray. You may meet God for a moment and then be in touch with Him all day.
-- Carl Fredrik Wisløff -
One can believe intellectually in the efficacy of prayer and never do any praying.
-- Catherine Marshall -
I don't like to fly. What's it called when the plane shakes? Turbulence, takeoffs... I grab my chair, close my eyes, count to 30, breathe, and pray.
-- Chanel Iman -
It's been a difficult thing because some great opportunities have come and I've just been holding my breath and praying... I'm basically gambling hoping something will come along this season and if not, I don't know what the future holds.
-- Charisma Carpenter -
We should always pray with as much earnestness as those who expect everything from God; we should always act with as much energy as those who expect everything from themselves.
-- Charles Colson -
Do you believe in telepathy? No? Then what are you doing when you pray?
-- Charles R. Moore -
We, one and all of us, have an instinct to pray; and this fact constitutes an invitation from God to pray.
-- Charles Sanders Peirce -
If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we will we need the truth. We need to know what is going right and we need to know what is going wrong. There is no greater time than now.
-- Charles Schumer -
It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.
-- Charles Spurgeon -
The Christian should work as if all depended upon him, and pray as if it all depended upon God.
-- Charles Spurgeon -
Anything is a blessing which makes us pray.
-- Charles Spurgeon -
I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach.
-- Charles Spurgeon -
A man can preach no better than he prays.
-- Charles Stanley -
To God your every Want In instant Prayer display, Pray always; Pray, and never faint; Pray, without ceasing, Pray.
-- Charles Wesley -
The only times I'm consistent about praying are when I'm on an airplane or when an ambulance goes by.
-- China Chow -
Pray when you feel like praying," somebody has said. "Pray when you don't feel like praying. Pray until you do feel like praying.
-- Chip Ingram -
I danced out my pain...It felt like praying, like flying.
-- Christie Watson -
Pray as if all things depend on God, and work as if all things depend on you.
-- Christina Dodd -
Praying the sinners prayer does not heal you. It saves you
-- Christine Caine -
Love is not ful of pittie (as men say) But deaffe and cruell, where he meanes to pray.
-- Christopher Marlowe -
Some coaches pray for wisdom. I pray for 260-pound tackles. They'll give me plenty of wisdom.
-- Chuck Noll
