Best 1001 quotes in «praying quotes» category

The creeping wilderness will soon take over that church that trusts in its own strength and forgets to watch and pray.

The Dalai Lama says don't pray for peace, don't wait for peace, don't talk about peace - do it right now.

The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.

The devil smiles when we make plans. He laughs when we get too busy. But he trembles when we pray-especially when we pray together.

The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.

The Eucharist is a priceless treasure: by not only celebrating it but also by praying before it outside of Mass we are enabled to make contact with the very wellspring of grace.

The Eyes of the Future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time.

The family who prays will never be parted. Their circle in Heaven unbroken shall stand. God will say enter my good faithful servant. The family who prays never shall part.

The few that pray at all pray oft amiss.

The first and last stages of holy living are crowned with praying.

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.

The greatest heresy in the American Evangelical and Protestant church is that if you pray and ask Jesus Christ to come into your heart, He will definitely come in!

The grace of God is the thing that is needful. One should pray for the grace of God.

The greatness of prayer is nothing but an extension of the greatness and glory of God in our lives To fail to pray, then, is not to merely break some religious rule - it is a failure to treat God as God. It is a sin against his glory

The greatest thing anyone can do for God or man is pray.

The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.

The great thing about meditation is that I don’t ask for anything. Whereas when I pray I always ask for things!

The human being of all times prays because he cannot fail to wonder about the meaning of his life, which remains obscure and discomforting of it is not put in relations to the mystery of God and if his plan for the world.

The minute a man stops supplicating God for His Spirit and direction, just so soon he starts out to become a stranger to Him and His works. When men stop praying for God's Spirit, they place confidence in their own unaided reason, and they gradually lose the Spirit of God.

The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.

The minister said, “Let us pray,” but as everyone else bowed their head, I could only stare slack-jawed at the sight of Peter Van Houten. After a moment, he whispered, “We gotta fake pray,” and bowed his head.

The 'I' casts off the illusion of the 'I' and yet remains 'I'. Such is the paradox of Self-realization. The Realized do not see any paradox in it. Consider the case of the worshipper. He approaches God and prays to be absorbed in Him. He then surrenders himself in faith and by concentration. And what remains afterwards? In the place of the original 'I', self-surrender leaves a residuum of God in which the 'I' is lost. That is the highest form of devotion or surrender and the peak of detachment.

the inventor of the plow did more good than the maker of the first rosary - because, say what you will, plowing is better than praying.

The love that I pray every day is manifest through me. Not because I'm a loving person, but because the God that I serve loves everybody.

The more deeply we grow into the psalms and the more often we pray them as our own, the more simple and rich will our prayer become.

The more recent effort to encourage everyone to pray in common involves so many people.

The more helpless you are, the better you are fitted to pray, and the more answers to prayer you will experience.

The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.

The more men pray, the less worldly they become. The less they pray, the more worldly they become. I am, of course, speaking of professing Christians at this point.

The more you earn, the less you keep, And now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to take, If the tax-collector hasn't got it before I wake.

The more you praise, the more vigor you will have for prayer; and the more you pray, the more matter you will have for praise.

The most important thing a born again Christian can do is to pray.

The New Testament never once warns us that humbly seeking and praying for spiritual gifts will bring anything other than a blessing.

The NRA, with the fingers on the triggers when they kneel and pray.

The night is given to us to take breath, to pray, to drink deep at the fountain of power.

'The Night Of.' I pray there will be more.

The only times I'm consistent about praying are when I'm on an airplane or when an ambulance goes by.

The one who sings, prays twice.

The Pope is a mere tormentor of conscience. The assembly of his greased and religious crew in praying was altogether like the croaking of frogs, which edified nothing at all.

The Palestinian Rifle is ready and we will aim it if they try to prevent us from praying in Jerusalem.

The possibilities of prayer are found in its allying itself with the purposes of God, for God's purposes and man's praying are the combination of all potent and omnipotent forces.

There come times when I have nothing more to tell God. If I were to continue to pray in words, I would have to repeat what I have already said. At such times it is wonderful to say to God, "May I be in Thy presence, Lord? I have nothing more to say to Thee, but I do love to be in Thy presence.

The presidency has a funny way of making a person feel the need to pray.

The process of praying isn't about letting God know what you need, it's about letting you know more completely how much you need God and how vital having a relationship with Him is.

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.

There is a mighty lot of difference between saying prayers and praying.

There is no better way to serve others than to pray for them. There is nothing about which I do not pray. I go over all my life in the presence of God. All my problems are solved there.

There is a thing, like a bird, weak and fluttering within my chest, i cradle it and care for it as anyone should an injured thing, yet, i silently pray for it's death.

There is no Muslim version of 'love your enemies, pray for those who persecute you' or 'if anyone strikes you on the right cheek turn to him the other also'.

There is no need to get to a place of prayer; pray wherever you are.