Praying Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old praying quotes, praying sayings, and praying proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Spending time with God through prayer and his word is a prerequisite for having a great life and fulfilling your purpose. Joyce Meyer
Prayer is no fitful, short-lived thing. It is no voice crying unheard and unheeded in the silence. It is a voice which goes into God's ear, and it lives as long as God's ear is open to holy pleas, as long as God's heart is alive to holy things. Edward Mckendree Bounds
True prayer is not asking God for love; it is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection. Prayer is the utilization of the love where with He loves us. Mary Baker Eddy
Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening. Mahatma Gandhi
God shapes the world by prayer. The more praying there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces against evil. E.M. Bounds
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. Meister Eckhart
Prayer lays hold of God's plan and becomes the link between His will and its accomplishment on earth. Amazing things happen, and we are given the privilege of being the channels of the Holy Spirit's prayer. Elisabeth Elliot
Prayer is the forerunner of mercy. Turn to sacred history, and you will find that scarecely ever did a great mercy come to this world unheralded by supplication. Charles Spurgeon
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle. Phillips Brooks
No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; not that he practices it, but he suffers from it. Guy H. King
Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God; it is a sincere seeking for a good thing; and it is a concentration on the thing sought, with faith that it is obtainable. Peace Pilgrim
I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven. Josephine Baker
Being light is turning the other cheek when you have been offended. Being light is not only publically forgiving a person that would choose to be your enemy, but it's also including your enemy in your prayers at night. Matthew Robert Payne
God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in 't. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Prayer is not only asking, but an attitude of mind which produces the atmosphere in which asking is perfectly natural. Oswald Chambers
All vital praying makes a drain on a man's vitality. True intercession is a sacrifice, a bleeding sacrifice. J.H. Jowett
Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life. Jonathan Edwards
Our prayers are strengthened when we know God is listening and that he is faithful. Dr. David Jeremiah
In my deepest, darkest moments, what really got me through was a prayer. Sometimes my prayer was 'Help me.' Sometimes a prayer was 'Thank you.' What I've discovered is that intimate connection and communication with my creator will always get me through because I know my support, my help, is just a prayer away. Iyanla Vanzant
Pray as though no work could help, and work as though no prayer could help. Evan Esar
Some people are greedy even when they pray: they expect a thousand-dollar answer to a one minute prayer. Evan Esar
As long as there are final exams, there will always be prayers in our schools. Evan Esar
Maybe the Lord lets people get into trouble because that's the only time they think of Him. Evan Esar
For me, it is essential to have the inner peace and serenity of prayer in order to listen to the silence of God, which speaks to us in our personal life. I. C. Robledo
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer and forgiveness. H. Jackson Brown Jr.
It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward a distant goal. Helen Keller
The family that prays together stays together. Fr. Patrick Peyton
It is not the man that can preach the best that is the most successful, but the man who knows how to get his people together to pray. Dwight L. Moody
Whatever religion we are, we must pray together. Mother Teresa
If you are searching for God and do not know where to begin, learn to pray and take the trouble to pray every day. Mother Teresa