“The greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, but unoffered prayer.” – F.B. Meyer1
“When the devil sees a man or woman who really believes in prayer, who knows how to pray, and who really does pray, and, above all, when he sees a whole church on its face before God in prayer, he trembles as much as he ever did, for he knows that his day in that church or community is at an end.” – R. A. Torrey
“Prayer is the link that connects us with God.” – A. B. Simpson
“Prayer is the supreme instance of the hidden character of the Christian life.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.” – George Herbert
“Time spent in prayer is never wasted.” – Francois Fenelon
“Prayer is the nearest approach to God and the highest enjoyment of Him that we are capable of in this life.” – William Law
“Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks.” – Phillips Brooks
“Why do we need to pray? Because the Christian life is a journey, and we need God’s strength and guidance along the way.” – Billy Graham
“All that God is, and all that God has, is at the disposal of prayer. Prayer can do anything that God can do, and as God can do everything, prayer is omnipotent.” – R. A. Torrey
“If your knees are shaking, kneel on them.” – Charles Allen
“Prayer will never do our work for us; what it will do is to strengthen us for work which must be done.” – William Barclay
“Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons—but they are helpless against our prayers.” – Sidlow Baxter
“Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbour on our knees.” – Charles Bent
“Prayer is designed to adjust you to God’s will, not to adjust God to your will.” – Henry Blackaby
“We need more Christians for whom prayer is the first resort, not the last.” – John Blanchard
“God likes to see his people shut up to this, that there is no hope but in prayer. Herein lies the church’s power against the world.” – Andrew Bonar
“The richness of God’s Word ought to determine our prayer, not the poverty of our heart.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Work as if everything depended upon your work, and pray as if everything depended upon your prayer.” – William Booth
“We are obliged to pray if we are citizens of God’s Kingdom. . . . The gospel cannot live, fight, or conquer without prayer—prayer unceasing, instant, and ardent.” – E. M. Bounds
“We were created to live a life of prayer.” – Billy Graham
“The more you pray, the less you’ll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You’ll feel more patient and less pressured.” – Rick Warren
“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
1 All of these quotes are from the websites below:
850 Quotes About Prayer | ChristianQuotes.info