“Prayer – secret, fervent, believing prayer – lies at the root of all personal godliness.” – William Carey1
“If weak in prayer we are weak everywhere.” – Leonard Ravenhill
“The devil is not terribly frightened of our human efforts and credentials. But he knows his kingdom will be damaged when we begin to lift up our hearts to God.” – Jim Cymbala
“Intercession is the truly universal work for the Christian. No place is closed to intercessory prayer: no continent, no nation, no city, no organization, no office. No power on earth can keep intercession out.” – Richard Halverson
“The measure of our love for others can largely be determined by the frequency and earnestness of our prayers for them.” – Arthur W. Pink
“I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.” – Phillips Brooks
“We can do nothing without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. It surmounts or removes all obstacles, overcomes every resisting force and gains its ends in the face of invincible hindrances.” – E. M. Bounds
“I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach.” – Charles Spurgeon
“When the problem is worry, the prescription is prayer.” – David Jeremiah
“People may refuse our love or reject our message, but they are defenseless against our prayers.” – Rick Warren
“God’s promises are to be our pleas in prayer.” – Matthew Henry
“We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there’s nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do anything at all. Most of us would prefer, however, to spend our time doing something that will get immediate results. We don’t want to wait for God to resolve matters in His good time because His idea of ‘good time’ is seldom in sync with ours.” – Oswald Chambers
“He who kneels the most, stands the best.” – D. L. Moody
“We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in God’s work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.” – Corrie Ten Boom
“Prayer delights God’s ear; it melts His heart; and opens His hand. God cannot deny a praying soul.” – Thomas Watson
“The man who mobilizes the Christian church to pray will make the greatest contribution to world evangelization in history.” – Andrew Murray
“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” – Augustine
“Prayer is the nearest approach to God and the highest enjoyment of Him that we are capable of in this life.” – William Law
“Prayer honors God, acknowledges His being, exalts His power, adores His providence, secures His aid.” – E. M. Bounds
“Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do.” – Andrew Murray
“Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons—but they are helpless against our prayers.” – Sidlow Baxter
“A day without morning and evening prayers and personal intercessions is actually a day without meaning or importance.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Prayer is not learned in a classroom but in the closet.” – E. M. Bounds
“All of us would be wiser if we would resolve never to put people down, except on our prayer lists.” – D. A. Carson
1 All of these quotes are from the websites below:
850 Quotes About Prayer | ChristianQuotes.info