Prayer Quotes
The top of this page is made of devotional writers: Bill Hybels, the fourth-century monk Evagrius Ponticus, Shakespeare, the seventh-century bishop Isaac of Nineveh and Muhammad. The sourced counterweight is sceptical. Bertrand Russell, in 1952, says things go as we wish through knowing natural laws, not through prayer and humility, and Bierce, in 1911, defines to pray as asking that the laws of the universe be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy.
A weather prayer credited to General Patton is flagged misattributed. A line saying a Christian without prayer is as impossible as being alive without breathing is credited to Martin Luther King Jr. and disputed, and a “thank you” variant attributed to Meister Eckhart is disputed as well.
Silence to man and prayer to God are the best cures for the evil of slander.
Don't think that you are carrying the whole world; make it easy. Make it play, make it a prayer.
As every minister knows, a prayer is a superb device for airing an opinion.
The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme,
The young men's vision, and the old men's dream!
No morning or evening passes without my offering up a prayer for my people.
The concept of loyalty is a very strange one. My prayer is, may our loyalty never be tested.”
The secret of my success has been prayer, consistency, commitment and hard work.
I truly believe that one day we will find peace in our world, but only through prayer and sacrifice.
Never waste moments of prayer; journey with your mind as you pray.