Prayer is the breath of the soul; without it you will turn blue.
Arguments never settle things, but prayer changes things.
Nothing makes us love our enemies as much as praying for them.
A small boy asked his parents, “I’m going to pray now–do you need anything?”
An important part of praying is a willingness to be a part of the answer.
If we pray in times of victory, we will not need to plead in times of defeat.
Many prayers end up in the dead-letter office because they lack sufficient direction.
The best way to influence people for God is to intercede with God for people.
When it seems hardest to pray, we should pray the hardest.
You can turn any care into prayer anywhere.
Too much of prayer is asking instead of thanking.
Bending our knees in prayer keeps us from breaking under the load of care.
Prayer is not a way of getting what we want, but the way to become what God wants us to be.
Spiritual growth soars up when we have prayed up, made up, and said up.
Prayerless pews make powerless pulpits.
Prayer is like a computer–you can only get out of it what you put into it.
Prayer will either make a man stop sinning, or sin will make him stop praying.
People who do not believe in prayer will make an exception when tragedy strikes.
Prayer is not a device for getting our wills done through heaven, but a desire that God’s will may be done on earth through us.
No one is poor who can by prayer open the storehouse of God.
Prayer is measured by its depth, not its length.
Prayer is a golden river at whose brink some die of thirst while others kneel and drink.
Overheard in a prayer meeting: “Lord, I talk too much.”
God not only prompts the asking–He also provides the answer.
The melody of prayer is best played with the notes of praise, adoration, confession, and thanksgiving.
We lie to God in prayer if we don’t rely on God after prayer.
Prayer must mean something to us if it is to mean anything to God.
Prayer is the place where burdens change shoulders.
Prayer is not a last extremity–it’s a first necessity.
If a care is too small to be made into a prayer, it is too small to be made into a burden.
If there is no appointed time for prayer, soon there will be no time at all for prayer.
Prayer is asking for rain, and faith is carrying the umbrella.
No man who is selfish, cynical, and superficial on his feet is ever a saint on his knees.
You can expect God to intervene when you have taken time to intercede.
Pray is a four-letter word you can use anywhere.
Nothing is discussed more and practiced less than prayer.
Prayer must come not from the roof of the mouth, but from the root of the heart.
There is no time lost in waiting if you are waiting on the Lord.
Keep a secret and it is yours; tell it to God and it’s prayer; tell it to people and it’s gossip.
The prayer that yields the richest rewards of grace is the prayer we pray for our enemies.
I reach new heights when I get down on my knees to pray.
God is easier to talk to than most people.
Strange that you can sell drugs in school and show X-rated movies in health classes, but you are forbidden to pray.
A praying man will never be a useless man.
Prayer is not a substitute for working, thinking, watching, suffering, and giving.
Prayer is the one weapon the enemy cannot duplicate or counterfeit.
A church stays on its feet when its members get on their knees.
He who waits on the Lord will not be crushed by the weights of adversity.
Never take on more work than you have time to pray about.
When it comes to prayer, don’t hang up–hang on.
Prayer is the pause that empowers.
When life knocks you to your knees, you are then in the best position to pray.
Productive prayer requires earnestness, not eloquence.
God does more than hear words–He reads hearts.
Don’t expect a million-dollar answer to a five-cent prayer.
The tragedy of our day is not unanswered prayer but unoffered prayer.
Prayer is the mortar that holds our house together.
Trouble will drive you to prayer, but prayer will drive away the trouble.
More is said about prayer and less done about it than any other subject in the Bible.
Anything worth worrying about is worth praying about.
While prayer ascends, God’s mercy descends.
Prayer is a time of exposure of the soul to God.
Fifty percent of sick persons need prayer more than pills, aspirations more than aspirins, meditation more than medicine.
God does not measure our prayers–He weighs them.
Let your prayer be without words rather than your words being without prayer.
Strength in prayer is better than length in prayer.
Nothing lies outside the reach of prayer except that which is out of the will of God.
Change your prayers sometimes–wake up in the morning and say, “God, what can I do for You today?”
Instead of praying for God to change things, situation, and people, pray, “Lord, change me.”
If your troubles are deep-seated and long-standing, try kneeling.
The kindness of Christ is best developed in the darkness of prayer.
Courage is fear that has prayed through.
Adversity should never get the Christian down–except on his knees.
A short prayer will reach heaven if you don’t live far away.
If you cannot sleep at night, don’t count sheep–talk to the Shepherd.
God hears the heart without words but never words without heart.
Satan laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray.
Prayer doesn’t need proof–it needs practice.
The world seeks victory by trying to get back on its feet–the Christian by getting down on his knees.
We do our best praying when the I, me, and mine have worked their way out of our way.
Things begun in prayer usually end in power.
If you work for God, form a committee; if you work with God, form a prayer group.
The Christian can see more on his knees than the educated can see on his tiptoes.
Let prayer be our portion. Let prayer be our pastime, our passion. Let prayer be our practice.
Prayer: Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change–and when we are right, make us easy to live with.
Sooner or later we will need some foreign aid–the kind we get from prayer.
Some people could well pray in the morning, “Now I lay me down to sleep” for all the spiritual effort they make during the day.
Keep praying, but be thankful that God’s answers are wiser than our prayers.
He who walks upright must learn to kneel daily.
Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance but taking hold of God’s willingness.
Never face a day until you have prayed.
The devil is never very far away when you are too busy to pray.
God will supply that for which we have knee’d.
You cannot pray for peace with your hands clenched into fists.
He who cannot pray when the sun shines will not know how to pray when the clouds come.
The angel brought Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that brought the angel.
Short prayers have the largest range and the surest arms.
Don’t wait to be driven to your knees by the realization you have nowhere to go.
Preaching moves men, prayer moves God.
A saint is a person whose life makes it easier to believe in God.
Peace of mind depends upon strength of mind.
Some people talk more about their problems than praying for them.
Some people pray one way, then live another.
The devil would rather you wear out your shoes going to church than your trousers praying.
Life is fragile–handle with prayer.
Prayer: Lord, don’t let anything come my way that we cannot handle.
Prayer need not be long when faith is strong.
The prayers of a man on his feet are just as important as those he says on his knees.
No one can live wrong and pray right–no one can pray right and live wrong.
To walk with God, we must make it a practice to talk with God.
The man who does all his praying on his knees does not pray enough.
True prayer is a way of life, not just a case of emergency.
Tarry at a promise until God meets you there.
If prayer does not drive sin out of your life, sin will drive prayer out.
Prayer is the child’s helpless cry to the Father’s attentive ear.
Long prayers in public could indicate short prayers in private.
Some tears are liquid prayers.
Living a life of prayer is worth more than writing a book on it.
Don’t pray for an easy life; pray to be stronger men.
You’ll never find a busy signal on the prayer line to heaven.
Prayer and praise are like the wings of a bird–both must work together.
Too many want God to change things and people when they pray, but they are not willing to let God change them.
Powerful praying is not a pretty phrase; but persistent prevailing.
True prayer does not begin when we kneel, nor does it cease when we rise.
He who moves God must be first moved by God.
By praying, learn to pray.
Most people have too little prayer and too much propaganda.
Pray, yes, but when you get off your knees, don’t sit down–hustle.
Prayer will loosen many a knot that my own hands cannot untie.
God has a solution planned before we even know we have a problem.
A person who takes time for prayer will find time for all the other things needing his attention.
Morning prayers lead to evening praise.
The best way to bring people to God is to bring them to God in prayer.
It may be difficult to wait on the Lord, but it’s worse to wish you had.
Strange that in prayer we often ask for a change in circumstance rather than in our character.
Stay on your knees before God and on your feet before men.
True prayer is a way of life, not just an emergency detour.
How rare it is to find a person quiet enough to hear God speak.
Christians need to pray two prayers: “Lord, give me light,” and, “Give me grace to walk in the light.”
God tells us to burden Him with whatever burdens us.
When you pray and aim at nothing, you are sure to hit it.
Frequent prayers lessen daily cares.
God rules the world by the prayer of His saints.
Through prayer, finite man taps the power of the infinite God.