Prayer only talks to Him as a friend and that can be the best thing we do every day. A novice will look on himself to create a garden for the enjoyment of his Lord on the most disappointing land abounding in weeds. His Majesty removes the weeds and then positions healthy trees. May us say that this is already achieved as the mind wishes to pray and begins to pray. List of the following 42 motivational quotes for meditation and quotes about prayer
1. “Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered.” — Leonard Cohen
2. “I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.” — Marianne Williamson
3. “Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil… prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon.” — Terry Pratchett
4. “Just as you wouldn’t leave the house without taking a shower, you shouldn’t start the day without at least 10 minutes of sacred practice: prayer, meditation, inspirational reading.” — Marianne Williamson
5. “Spend more time in study and prayer. That’s the secret of successful evangelism.” — Billy Graham
6. “The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, ‘O God, forgive me,’ or ‘Help me.’” — Billy Graham
7. “Prayer is the medium of miracles; in whatever way works for you, pray right now.” — Marianne Williamson
8. “The same group of New York pseudo-intellectuals who’ve put down prayer is the same ones who put down L.A.” — Marianne Williamson
9. “I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.” — Wendell Berry
10. “To gather with God’s people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.” — Martin Luther
11. “Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night.” — Thomas Fuller
12. “This, I thought, is what is meant by ‘thy will be done’ in the Lord’s Prayer, which I had prayed time and again without thinking about it. It means that your will and God’s will may not be the same. It means there’s a good possibility that you won’t get what you pray for. It means that in spite of your prayers you are going to suffer.” — Wendell Berry
13. “My mother was a Sunday school teacher. So I am a byproduct of prayer. My mom just kept on praying for her son.” — Steve Harvey
14. “I don’t know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I’m some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.” — Henri Matisse
15. “I think one thing is that prayer has become more useful, interesting, fruitful, and… almost involuntary in my life.” — Mary Oliver
16. “There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.” — Herbert Hoover
17. “The relationship to one’s fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself is the relationship of striving; it is from prayer that one draws the strength for one’s striving.” — Franz Kafka
18. “God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: ‘Use me.’” — Rick Warren
19. “Animals praise a good day, a good hunt. They praise rain if they’re thirsty. That’s prayer. They don’t live an unconscious life, they simply have no language to talk about these things. But they are grateful for the good things that come along.” — Mary Oliver
20. “Those who are preparing for the coming of Christ should be sober, and watch unto prayer, for our adversary, the Devil, goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; whom we are to resist steadfast in the faith.” — Ellen G. White
21. “Do not neglect secret prayer, for it is the soul of religion.” — Ellen G. White
22. “As you read or listen to God’s Word and spend time talking to Him in prayer, your spirit will eventually become stronger than your flesh.” — Joyce Meyer
23. “Ministers should not pray so loud, and long, as to exhaust the strength. It is not necessary to weary the throat and lungs in prayer. God’s ear is ever open to hear the heart-felt petitions of his humble servants, and he does not require them to wear out the organs of speech in addressing him.” — Ellen G. White
24. “Begin each day with private reading of the Word and prayer.” — Jim Elliot
25. “Think of God; attachments will gradually drop away. If you wait till all desires disappear before starting your devotion and prayer, you will have to wait for a very long time indeed.” — Ramana Maharshi
26. “I feel the presence of a higher power. I believe that what you give is what you get. It’s universal law. I believe in the power of prayer and of words. I’ve learned that when you predict that negative things will happen, they do.” — Alicia Keys
27. “My religion would be a gentle faith that believed in the sacredness of leisure. Napping as a form of prayer.” — Garrison Keillor
28. “Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don’t do any good, but they don’t necessarily do any harm. It’s touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I’ve got my just desserts.” — Christopher Hitchens
29. “Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.” — Andre Gide
30. “I believe in prayer. It’s the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.” — Josephine Baker
31. “My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel’s neighbours.” — Jimmy Carter
32. “I firmly believe in prayer. It is possible to reach out and tap the unseen power which gives strength and anchor in time of need.” — Ezra Taft Benson
33. “The history of our country has been driven by a Judeo-Christian worldview, and so that has dominated the landscape. So it’s important that we recognize the lordship of Jesus Christ without apology in our emphasis on prayer.” — Tony Evans
34. “Some spiritually alert parents hold early-morning devotionals with their families in their homes. They have a hymn, prayer, and then read and discuss the Book of Mormon.” — Ezra Taft Benson
35. “I concluded that all religions had the same foundation – a belief in the supernatural – a power above nature that man could influence by worship – by sacrifice and prayer.” — Robert Green Ingersoll
36. “Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord’s Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.” — Woodrow Wilson
37. “In the Lord’s Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.” — Woodrow Wilson
38. “Prayer is our invitation to God to intervene in the affairs of earth. It is our request for Him to work His ways in this world.” — Myles Munroe
39. “Prayer is the God-given communication link between Heaven and Earth, time and eternity, the finite and the infinite.” — Tony Evans
40. “God does nothing except in response to believing prayer.” — John Wesley
41. “Prayer is where the action is.” — John Wesley
38. “The God of justice is with us, and our word, our work – our prayer for freedom will not, cannot be in vain.” — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
