Best 1001 quotes in «praying quotes» category

Well, pray if you like, only you'd do better to use your judgment.

Well, then, since you say there will be another life for me, let us both pray I do not make as colossal a mess of it as I have this one.

Well, to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonising death, but then be reborn to have an agonising and horrible eternal life of torture, I say, 'Well, good on you. See you there.'

We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.

We must pray for more prayer, for it is the world's mightiest healing force.

...we must pray to the Almighty not to refuse His blessing to this change and not to abandon our people in the times to come.

We must pray to God everyday to show we don't forget that all gifts come from Him. But if some wishes remain unfulfilled we must show our confidence in Him, for He knows best.

We must pray to Jesus to give us that tenderness of the Eucharist.

We must remain in love and develop in love; that must be the compelling force in our lives. It is possible to love everyone. When you sense you lack love, you must quite simply pray.

We often pray for purity, unselfishness, for the highest qualities of character, and forget that these things cannot be given, but must be earned.

We often pray to be better, when in truth we only want to feel better.

We, one and all of us, have an instinct to pray; and this fact constitutes an invitation from God to pray.

We pray when there's nothing else we can do; Jesus wants us to pray before we do anything at all.

We pray for trifles without so much as a thought of the greatest blessings; and we are not ashamed many times, to ask God for that which we should blush to own to our neighbor.

We pray with our hands and often communicate with them. We use them to eat, work, and make love. We employ them as marvelously sophisticated instruments of flexibility and strength, and when they are damaged, we anguish.

We read of preaching the Word out of season, but we do not read of praying out of season, for that is never out of season.

We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the illusion that we are self-made.

We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to be reminded of our sins.

We should also pray for the wicked among the peoples of the world; we should love them too.

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.

We will not, therefore, lose our time praying to an imaginary god for things which our own exertions alone can procure.

We should pray to the angels, for they are given to us as guardians.

We will respond with a heavy hand to the brutal murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by lowly murderers.

Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.

What worse illness can there be than acute conventionality. You should pray every night that you don't wake up with it.

What gods do you pray to?

What we do every time we pray is to confess our impotence and God's sovereignty.

When Americans decry our politicians, we must remember that ultimately, politicians reflect us. When we demand more than mediocrity - and the passing comforts it bestows - we will certainly attain it. One hopes and prays it doesn't take an historic crisis for us to demand and reward excellence in public service.

When Death to either shall come - I pray it be first to me.

When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to pray for his soul.

Whenever I'm in trouble, I pray. And because I'm in trouble all of the time, I pray almost constantly.

When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.

When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray.

When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.

When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't.

When I meet girls, I pray that they don't know who I am. But I know that's limiting myself quite a lot.

When man is with God in awe and love, then he is praying.

When I told you that I’d pray for you, what did you think I was talking about?

When I was praying there was a Presence - I saw nothing and yet Our Lord Crucified seemed present for a few instants.

When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn't that the best position from which to pray?

We should pray when we are in a praying mood, for it would be sinful to neglect so fair an opportunity. We should pray when we are not in a proper mood, for it would be dangerous to remain in so unhealthy a condition.

When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly.

When we change the way that we pray, everything changes.

When praying for the Lord's will about something questionable, don't give up if you don't receive clear leading after one prayer; just keep on praying until God makes it clear.

When the child is ill, the mother will know how to pray.

When things get bad enough, your only resort is to lie in bed and start praying.

When we pray in the name of Jesus, we carry the authority of heaven.

When we pray, we open the door for God to come into our problems and situations and work on them.

When we pray and meditate sincerely and soulfully, we receive an open-hearted invitation from heaven.

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.