Prayer - Quotes

Every great movement of God can be traced to a kneeling figure.  D.L. Moody

We are too busy to pray, and so we are to busy to have power.  R.A. Torrey

Prayer is the first thing, the second thing and the third thing necessary to a minister. Pray then my dear brother; pray, pray, pray.  Edward Payson

Dear Lord, never let me be afraid to pray for the impossible.  Dorothy Shellenberger

Everything we do in the Christian life is easier than prayer.  D. Martin Lloyd Jones

Hurry is the death of prayer.  Samuel Chadwick

Trouble and perplexity drive us to prayer, and prayer drives away trouble and perplexity.  Philipp Melanchthon

Pray for great things, expect great things, work for great things, but above all, Pray.  R.A. Torrey

Prayer does not lead to greater works, it is the greater work.  Oswald Chambers

Prayer is not conquering God's reluctance, but taking hold of God's willingness.  Phillip Brooks

There is only one limit to what prayer can do; That is what God can do.  R.A. Torrey

When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians the devil smiles. When he stops reading the Bible the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devil shouts for joy.  Corrie Ten Boom

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.  Martin Luther

If you pray for bread and bring no basket to carry it, you prove the doubting spirit which may be the only hindrance to the gift you ask.  D.L. Moody

Prayer is not a convenient device for imposing our will upon God, or bending His will to ours, but it is the main way of our submitting our will to His.  John Stott

If Christians spent as much time praying as they do grumbling, they would soon have nothing to grumble about.  Anonymous

The greatest tragedy in life is not unanswered prayer, but un-offered prayer.  F.B. Meyer

Prayer honors God, acknowledges His being, exalts His power, adores His providence and secures His aid.  E.M. Bounds

Prayer is where the action is.  John Wesley

Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons, but they are helpless against our prayers.  Sidlow Baxter

Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.  E.M. Bounds

I would rather teach one man to pray than teach ten men to pray.  Charles Spurgeon

The man who mobilizes the Christian church to pray will make the greatest contribution to world evangelization in history.  Andrew Murrray