Quotes about Action
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
Believing prayer will lead to whole-hearted action.
— Hudson Taylor
Prayer in action is love, love in action is service.
— Mother Teresa
Prayer and action...can never be seen as contradictory or mutually exclusive. Prayer without action grows into powerless pietism, and action without prayer degenerates into questionable manipulation.
— Henri Nouwen
One can believe intellectually in the efficacy of prayer and never do any praying.
— Catherine Marshall
The open secret of many Bible believing Churches is that a vanishingly small percentage of those talking about prayer and Bible reading are actually doing what they are talking about.
— Dallas Willard
See that you do not use the trick of prayer to cover up what you know you ought to do.
— Oswald Chambers
We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.
— George Eliot
The more we can give in our silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life.
— Mother Teresa
Prayer will become effective when we stop using it as a substitute for obedience.
— AW Tozer
We never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to become so. You must undertake something so great that you cannot accomplish it unaided.
— Phillips Brooks