Quotes by Prayer She went from opera, park, assembly, play, Alexander Pope prayer morning life Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw; Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite; Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age. Pleased with this bauble still, as that before, Till tired he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er. Alexander Pope prayer life children Prayer is the only way to amend your life: and without prayer, it will never be mended. Alexander Whyte prayer way The greatest and best talent that God gives to any man or woman in this world is the talent of prayer. Alexander Whyte prayer giving men No prayer!-No faith!-No Christ in the heart. Little prayer!-Little faith!-Little Christ in the heart. Increasing prayer!-Increasing faith!-Increasing Christ in the heart!. Much prayer!-Much faith!-Much Christ in the heart! Praying always!-Faith always!-Christ always! Alexander Whyte prayer heart littles If you find your life of prayer to be always so short, and so easy, and so spiritual, as to be without cost and strain and sweat to you, you may depend upon it, you have not yet begun to pray. Alexander Whyte sweat prayer spiritual I am as certain as I am standing here, that the secret of much mischief to our own souls, and to the souls of others, lies in the way that we stint, and starve, and scamp our prayers, by hurrying over them. Alexander Whyte soul prayer lying Prayer is a rising up and a drawing near to God in mind and in heart, and in spirit. Alexander Whyte rising-up prayer heart Admit sin, and you banish prayer. But, on the other hand, entertain, and encourage, and practice prayer, and sin will sooner or later flee before it. Alexander Whyte practice prayer hands No prayer!--No faith!--No Christ in the heart. Little prayer!--Little faith!--Little Christ in the heart. Alexander Whyte prayer heart littles No man's prayer is acceptable with God whose life is not well pleasing before God. Alexander Whyte prayer life-is men Every kind of prayer, not intercessory prayer only, which is the highest kind of prayer, but all prayer, from the lowest kind to the highest, is impossible in a life of known and allowed sin. Alexander Whyte kind prayer impossible Prayer worth calling prayer, prayer that God will call true prayer and will treat as true prayer, takes for more time by the clock than one man in a thousand thinks. Alexander Whyte prayer men thinking Why do you pray if you doubt you are heard? Alexandra David-Neel praying prayer doubt For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God. Alexandre Dumas prayer men mean in prosperity prayers seem but a mere medley of words, until misfortune comes and the unhappy sufferer first understands the meaning of the sublime language in which he invokes the pity of heaven! Alexandre Dumas sublime prayer heaven If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible mark our actions and demeanor. A tranquillity of bearing, a facial and bodily repose, are observed in those whose inner lives are thus enriched. Within the depths of consciousness a flame kindles. And man sees himself. He discovers his selfishness, his silly pride, his fears, his greeds, his blunders. He develops a sense of moral obligation, intellectual humility. Thus begins a journey of the soul toward the realm of grace. Alexis Carrel selfish prayer silly Prayer is the most powerful form of energy one can generate....It supplies us with a flow of sustaining power in our daily lives. Alexis Carrel powerful prayer spiritual Prayer is the force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men, after all other therapy had failed, lifted out of disease and melancholy by the serene effort of prayer. Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strength. Alexis Carrel strength real prayer Man offers himself to God. He stands before Him like the canvas before the painter or the marble before the sculptor. At the same time he asks for His grace, expresses his needs and those of his brothers in suffering. Such a type of prayer demands complete renovation. The modest, the ignorant, and the poor are more capable of this self-denial than the rich and the intellectual. Alexis Carrel brother prayer men «345678910111213»