Quotes about Devotion
He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.
- Bernard of Clairvaux
Prayer is climbing up into the heart of God.
- Martin Luther
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Give yourself to prayer, to reading and meditation on divine truths: strive to penetrate to the bottom of them and never be content with a superficial knowledge.
- David Brainerd
Prevailing prayer is that which secures an answer. Saying prayers is not offering prevailing prayer. The prevalence of prayer does not depend so much on quantity as on quality.
- Charles Finney
Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God.
- John Knox
Prayer - secret, fervent, believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal godliness.
- William Carey
The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.
- John Stott
Only a life of prayer and meditation will render a vessel ready for the Master's use.
- George Muller
We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.
- Oswald Chambers
He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
- John of the Cross
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
- Teresa of Avila