Quotes about Balance
Prayer is no substitute for work; equally true is it that work is no substitute for prayer.
- Leonard Ravenhill
I have so much to do that I spend several hours in prayer before I am able to do it.
- John Wesley
Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.
- Ignatius of Loyola
If your life is rushing in many directions at once, you are incapable of the kind of deep, unhurried prayer that is vital to the Christian walk.
- Bill Hybels
To pray well is the better half of study.
- Martin Luther
Theology offers you a working arrangement, which leaves the scientist free to continue his experiments and the Christian to continue his prayers.
- CS Lewis
Those who always pray are necessary to those who never pray.
- Victor Hugo
I have to hurry all day to get time to pray.
- Martin Luther
I can say a prayer while washing my teeth, but that does not mean I should wash my teeth in church.
- CS Lewis
The church expect too much from the pastors and there's barely anytime left for prayer.
- David Wilkerson
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