Quotes about Devotion
A minister may fill his pews, his communion roll, the mouths of the public, but what that minister is on his knees in secret before God Almighty, that he is and no more.
- John Owen
Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.
- Hannah More
Three principles of prayer: 1. Keep it honest. 2. Keep it simple. 3. Keep it up.
- Nicky Gumbel
Prayer purifies us, reading instructs us. Both are good when both are possible. Otherwise, prayer is better than reading.
- St. Isidore of Seville
Prayer is happy company with God.
- Clement of Alexandria
Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
- John Calvin
He who prays most receives most.
- Alphonsus Liguori
Prayer is beyond any question the highest activity of the human soul. Man is at his greatest and highest when upon his knees he comes face to face with God.
- Martyn Lloyd-Jones
The primary purpose of prayer is not to get something, but to know Someone.
- David Platt
The history of missions is the history of answered prayer. It is the key to the whole mission problem. All human means are secondary.
- Samuel Marinus Zwemer
Prayer is preoccupation with our needs. Praise is preoccupation with our blessings. Worship is preoccupation with GOD Himself.
- Leonard Ravenhill
No man is greater than his prayer life.
- Leonard Ravenhill