A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer. Votes: 3
Gotthold Ephraim LessingPraying in tongues charges your spirit like a battery charger charges a battery. Votes: 3
Kenneth E. HaginPraying for revival equates to blaming God for the condition of your local church. Votes: 3
Andy StanleyPraying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet. Votes: 3
Frederick DouglassPraying is not telling God what to do. It's trusting that God knows what to do. Votes: 3
Stormie OmartianPraying for the people that hurt you may not change them, but it will change you. Votes: 3
Shannon L. AlderPraying is begging for an unseen deity to alter the laws of nature for someone admittedly unworthy. Votes: 3
George CarlinPraying is like a rocking chair - it'll give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere. Votes: 3
Gypsy Rose LeePray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. Votes: 2
Saint AugustineDon't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. Votes: 2
Corrie Ten BoomFaith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them. Votes: 2
Mahalia JacksonHe who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life. Votes: 2
William LawSatan does not care how many people read about prayer if only he can keep them from praying. Votes: 2
Paul BillheimerPray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan. Votes: 2
John BunyanWhen did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself. Votes: 2
Peter O'TooleIf you're praying, you're not worrying, and if you're worrying, you're not praying! Votes: 1
Ruffin McNeillHumanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. Votes: 1
Jean PaulI've noticed that worrying is like praying for what you don't want to happen. Votes: 1
Robert Downey, Jr.When God intends great mercy for his people, he first of all sets them praying. Votes: 1
Matthew HenryIf you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. Votes: 1
Thomas SzaszPrayer is a thought, a belief, a feeling, arising within the mind of the one praying. Votes: 1
Ernest HolmesSeeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist. Votes: 1
Damian LewisWhenever God is ready to do something new with His people, He always sets them to praying. Votes: 1
J. Edwin OrrImportunate praying is the earnest inward movement of the heart toward God. Votes: 0
Edward McKendree BoundsAlways remember that somebody is praying for the opportunity that you have. Votes: 0
Adrienne BailonThe conditions of praying are the conditions of righteousness, holiness, and salvation. Votes: 0
Edward McKendree BoundsThe stream of praying cannot rise higher than the fountain of living. Votes: 0
Edward McKendree BoundsNext to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible-reading. Votes: 0
J. C. RyleI can't watch TV longer than five minutes without praying for nuclear holocaust. Votes: 0
Bill HicksLet's be diligent in giving, careful in our living, and faithful in our praying. Votes: 0
Jack HylesOne can believe intellectually in the efficacy of prayer and never do any praying. Votes: 0
Catherine MarshallNo trouble, no matter how great the trouble is, should prevent you from praying. Votes: 0
T. B. JoshuaSatan tries to limit your praying because he knows your praying will limit him. Votes: 0
Rick WarrenFor me writing has always felt like praying even when I wasn't writing prayers. Votes: 0
Marilynne RobinsonHumanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness or else forgiving another. Votes: 0
Jean Paul Friedrich RichterWhen I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying. Votes: 0
Abraham Joshua HeschelI've never thought there was anything I could hope to get by praying for it. Votes: 0
Julianna BaggottA blaspheming Frenchman is a spectacle more pleasing to the Lord than a praying Englishman. Votes: 0
Heinrich HeineIn jail I was just like everybody else, I was sitting there praying, feeling caged. Votes: 0
Dennis RodmanA dynamic praying church must be built from the inside out, employing all four levels of Votes: 0
Richard BurrIf you'll spend time praying for people instead of talking about them, you'll get better results. Votes: 0
Joel OsteenI know there are millions of people praying for me, and I strongly believe in prayers. Votes: 0
Mariano RiveraStay in the race. Keep running. Keep walking. Keep praying. The Lord will renew your strength. Votes: 0
Jeffrey R. HollandPlease join me in praying for America, that we will turn our hearts back toward God. Votes: 0
Billy GrahamI spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera. Votes: 0
Lara Flynn BoyleYou all right?" Diana let out a deep breath. "Ask me again when I'm not praying. Votes: 0
Nora RobertsWhen God is about to do a mighty new thing He always sets His people praying. Votes: 0
Jonathan EdwardsThe world needs more true praying to save it from the reign and ruin of Satan. Votes: 0
Edward McKendree BoundsI never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God. Votes: 0
Francois RabelaisWhen things get bad enough, your only resort is to lie in bed and start praying. Votes: 0
Lana Del ReyI desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears. Votes: 0
PetrarchI am also praying for you, my beloved partner. God has a miracle breakthrough for your life. Votes: 0
Mike EvansIf you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting. Votes: 0
Abraham CahanNot by talking, but by praying And becoming something good, Can we offer peace to the world. Votes: 0
Sri ChinmoyIf we do not feel like praying, then we should pray until we do feel like praying. Votes: 0
Ezra Taft BensonI'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman. Homer Simpson Votes: 0
Matt GroeningPublic prayers are of little worth unless they are founded on or followed up by private praying. Votes: 0
Edward McKendree BoundsI saw some religious people praying in the temples, churches and another just helping on the streets Votes: 0
Paul karanIf there were one million families praying the Rosary every day, the entire world would be saved. Votes: 0
Pope Pius XThere are three ways that men get what they want: by planning, by working, and by praying. Votes: 0
George S. PattonThe best way to encourage your children is to let them know you are praying for them. Votes: 0
Jim GeorgeIf you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting." Votes: 0
Abraham CahanAnd as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen. Votes: 0
Anne LamottI often find myself on my knees praying to something or someone to not be in control. Votes: 0
Dave GahanWe cannot ask in behalf of Christ what Christ would not ask Himself if He were praying. Votes: 0
A. B. SimpsonHe prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying. Votes: 0
Saint Francis de SalesPrior to the meeting, there was a prayer. In general, in the United States there was always praying. Votes: 0
Friedrich DurrenmattPrayer delights God's ear; it melts His heart; and opens His hand. God cannot deny a praying soul. Votes: 0
Thomas WatsonWe can learn more in an hour praying, when praying indeed, than from many hours of rigorous study. Votes: 0
Edward McKendree BoundsLittle praying is a kind of make believe, a salve for the conscience, a farce and a delusion. Votes: 0
Edward McKendree BoundsIt is a reading age, a preaching age, a working age, but it is not a praying age. Votes: 0
Charles SpurgeonWe are hoping and praying that they will not be able to deny what the Lord has ordained. Votes: 0
Roland BurrisGod is able to do anything. All things are possible with Him, but we must not quit praying. Votes: 0
Joyce MeyerI pray, but who I pray to I'm not exactly sure, especially when I'm praying for more money. Votes: 0
Gary PanterAren't we all waiting to be read by someone, praying that they'll tell us that we make sense? Votes: 0
Rudy FranciscoI gave up on cussing - I'd run out of words filthy enough - and just started praying. Votes: 0
Sarah MonetteWe give up too easily. We give up too soon. We quit praying right before the miracle happens. Votes: 0
Mark BattersonThe cause of Christ does not need less working, but it does need among the workers, more praying. Votes: 0
J. C. RyleThere is no such thing as a powerful prayer; we only have powerful people praying to a powerful God. Votes: 0
Chris OyakhilomeThou canst not pray to God without praying to Love, but mayest pray to Love without praying to God. Votes: 0
Richard B. GarnettOne day of praying and six days of fun, the odds against going to heaven are six to one. Votes: 0
Brook BentonIf I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Votes: 0
Robert Murray M'CheyneI'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer. Votes: 0
Denise LevertovI think that I failed by not studying more, and praying more, and spending more time with my family. Votes: 0
Billy GrahamI do a lot of reading, meditating, and praying to stay as grounded as I can be in this crazy world. Votes: 0
Jada Pinkett SmithThe good news is that Jesus is praying for us. The bad news is that we are going to need it! Votes: 0
John WimberI'm praying we don't go to war with Iraq. If we do, I may have to go back to work earlier. Votes: 0
Elizabeth VargasThe whole house came up and I came up with it... I was just praying to the Lord to take care of me. Votes: 0
Willie NelsonI was born odd. I was a strange child. My grandmother was always praying over me. She was always rubbing me and praying over me. Votes: 2 Lorraine Toussaint
I was born odd. I was a strange child. My grandmother was always praying over me. She was always rubbing me and praying over me. Votes: 1 Lorraine Toussaint
Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean. Votes: 1 Geoffrey Chaucer
I've always been a religious guy, but not overly religious. I've always believed in God and Jesus. I pray. Votes: 1 Kevin Sorbo
Usually in films, when Muslims pray, it's either before or after they've blown something up. Votes: 2 Khaled Hosseini
It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves. Votes: 2 William Gurnall
I only pray when it suits my own needs. I'm not proud about that. Votes: 1 Rob Lowe
Pray for intestinal fortitude, work hard, and keep the faith. Oh, and pray for good luck, you're gonna need it. Votes: 1 Jerry Reed
It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat. Votes: 3 Naguib Mahfouz
He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife. Votes: 2 Douglas Adams
But I loved making 'Eat Pray Love,' and I loved working with Julia Roberts. Votes: 2 Richard Jenkins
I pray every day. In the mornings and, before I go to bed. I think it's important to pray not just when things are going bad. When things are going bad, it's easy to pray and ask God to help you out, but it's also important to pray when things are going well and show your appreciation. Votes: 1 Jermain Defoe
I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera. Votes: 2 Lara Flynn Boyle
A dynamic praying church must be built from the inside out, employing all four levels of prayer: the secret closet, the family altar, small group praying and finally, the congregational setting. Votes: 3 Richard Burr
Rather than set aside daily time for prayer, I pray constantly and spontaneously about everything I encounter on a daily basis. When someone shares something with me, I'll often simply say, 'let's pray about this right now.' Votes: 3 Thomas Kinkade
After the first couple of years recording, I did a lot of praying. I said, 'Lord, please give me a hit.' I want one so bad. Votes: 2 George Jones
My dad was a very straight arrow, prayed-at-every-meal kind of guy. Votes: 1 Chris Stapleton
Pray for your mate. Ask God to soften your heart and show you ways to be a better spouse. Votes: 1 Willie Aames
I ideally would like to do three films every year. Every day, I pray for it. But I should like a script before I sign on a film. Votes: 1 Shahid Kapoor
I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will forgive me. I never meant to hurt them!! Votes: 1 Susan Smith
Solitude is very different from a 'time-out' from our busy lives. Solitude is the very ground from which community grows. Whenever we pray alone, study, read, write, or simply spend quiet time away from the places where we interact with each other directly, we are potentially opened for a deeper intimacy with each other. Votes: 1 Henri Nouwen
Pray for someone else's child, your pastor, the military, the police officers, the firemen, the teachers, the government. There's no end to the ways that you can intervene on behalf of others through prayer. Votes: 1 Monica Johnson
I always pray for God's guidance in my life and he always provides it. He opens the right doors he shuts the right doors. And I have tremendous faith in him. He just guided my career in an amazing way. Votes: 1 Ben Carson
My self healing lies in praying for those who have harmed me. Votes: 1 Marianne Williamson
I'm healthy as can be - not an ache or a pain. A lot of my prayer is thanking the Lord that I am healthy. I pray for long life and good health. Votes: 2 Joel Osteen
When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God. Votes: 2 Luis Palau
I was wasting my time, praying for love.For a love that never comes, from someone who does not exist. Votes: 3 Morrissey
Prayer is the medium of miracles; in whatever way works for you, pray right now. Votes: 1 Marianne Williamson
It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves. Votes: 2 William Gurnall
I remember praying for peace all the time as a kid. Votes: 3 Queen Latifah
Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think. Votes: 2 Barry Zito
The reviewers tear me apart. I bleed. I'm a favorite target. They go along for six months looking at movies, praying for rain, and then a new Sandra Dee movie comes out, and their eyes open, and they lick their lips. Before they've ever seen it. Votes: 3 Sandra Dee
But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most? Votes: 1 Mark Twain
Stand up for your rights and be brave, and don't be intimidated. Read your Bible. That's really given me strength, and it will give you strength. Pray, and use God's name, Jehovah. And never tell a lie, ever. Votes: 1 Margaret Keane
Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living. Votes: 1 Mother Jones
Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer. Votes: 1 William Gurnall
And as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen. Votes: 2 Anne Lamott
Sometimes when you're suffering really intensely, you can't pray for yourself. Votes: 1 Anne Graham Lotz
Leaders in the realm of religious activity are to be judged by their praying habits and not by their money or social position. Those who must be placed in the forefront of the Church's business must be, first of all, men who know how to pray. Votes: 3 Edward McKendree Bounds
I am a person whose father had no religion but who went to the nuns for a couple of years. And I think I'm the same: On one hand, I pray; on the other hand, I don't believe. I am constantly between the two. Votes: 3 Anjelica Huston
Picture me inside the misery of poverty, no man alive has ever witnessed struggles ive survived, praying hard for better days promised to hold on me and my dogs aint have a choice but to hold on. Votes: 3 Tupac Shakur
I don't have freedom in the United States to go into a public school and preach the Gospel, nor is a student free in a public school to pray, or a teacher free to read the Bible publicly to the students. At the same time, we have a great degree of freedom for which I am grateful. Votes: 1 Billy Graham
If you want to pray at a town hall meeting or a school board meeting or in the halls of Congress, that ought to be acceptable in the United States. Votes: 1 Tim Walberg
Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul 'prays in us with unspeakable groanings'. Votes: 1 Edith Stein
I know divers, and divers men know me, which love me as I do them: yet if I should pray them, when I meet them in the street openly, they would abhor me; but if I pray them where they be appointed to meet me secretly, they will hear me and accept my request. Votes: 1 William Tyndale
The moment you don't feel like praying, get on your knees. And the moment you don't feel like reading your bible, you'd better get that Book open. Votes: 2 Lori Wick
When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God. Votes: 1 Luis Palau
I pray every night, sometimes long prayers about a lot of things and a lot of people, but I don't talk about it or brag about it because that's between God and me, and I'm no better than anybody else in God's sight. Votes: 3 Peyton Manning
I imagine the life of an atheistic praying mantis to be rather torturous. Votes: 4 Brian Celio
Prayer is a thought, a belief, a feeling, arising within the mind of the one praying. Votes: 1 Ernest Holmes
A praying mother symbolizes grace, strength and wisdom; she is an icon of productivity and ingenuity. Votes: 3 Agu Jaachynma N.E.
Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living. Votes: 2 Mother Jones
You could probably go three or four months without the word 'God' coming from my dad's mouth; Mum would pray for a parking space. Votes: 1 Laurence Fox
We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods. Votes: 2 Lucius Annaeus Seneca
I thank Him every chance I get - on my knees praying. Votes: 1 Magic Johnson
When I'm standing in a stadium packed with 80,000 screaming fans, I can't just whip out my Bible before I run. That's when I start praying! It's so loud that I can't even hear what I'm saying, but it always helps. Votes: 1 Lolo Jones
I think about my parents all the time, especially on Sunday when I'm at Mass. My mother always said, 'We do not pray to win elections. We pray for people's health, we pray that God's will be done, we pray that we do our best. But we do not pray to win elections.' Votes: 2 Nancy Pelosi
We give up too easily. We give up too soon. We quit praying right before the miracle happens. Votes: 3 Mark Batterson
I come from a very, very Catholic family. We used to pray the rosary every day after dinner. Votes: 2 Juanes
A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God. Votes: 2 Leonard Ravenhill
I've been praying to God to show me how to forgive myself. Because... maybe... that's the thing I've been searching for. Votes: 1 Mary J. Blige
Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel? Votes: 1 Adam Savage
Therefore I do pray and entreat you in the name of Jesus Christ to do so much as to make my being here in Japan known to my poor wife, in a manner a widow and my two children fatherless; which thing only is my greatest grief of heart and conscience. Votes: 1 William Adams
Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That's fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you're talking to God. Even if it's in your thoughts. Votes: 3 Joel Osteen