Quotes about Work
Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working.
- St. Francis Of Assisi
The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are true prayers heard throughout nature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.
- Oswald Chambers
Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work.
- AB Simpson
I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working.
- Hudson Taylor
Prayer is no substitute for work; equally true is it that work is no substitute for prayer.
- Leonard Ravenhill
Tomorrow I plan to work work from early until late. In fact I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.
- Martin Luther
One who prays ceaselessly is one who combines prayer with work and work with prayer.
- Origen
Do not work so hard for Christ that you have no strength to pray for prayer requires strength.
- Hudson Taylor
Help me to work and pray. Help me to live each day. That all I do may say "Thy kingdom come."
- AB Simpson
God is calling you to a passionate love relationship with Himself. The answer to religious complacency isn't working harder at a list of do's and don'ts-it's falling in love with God.
- Francis Chan
Pride adversely affects all our relationships - our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and employee, teacher and student, and all mankind.
- Ezra Taft Benson