35 Prayer Quotes that Spark the Soul

Prayer is a deeply personal and spiritual practice that involves communicating, connecting, or expressing thoughts, emotions, gratitude, requests, or intentions to a higher power, deity, or the divine. It’s a way for individuals to seek guidance, solace, strength, or simply to express their faith, beliefs, and hopes. Prayer can take various forms across different religions and cultures, including meditation, recitation of sacred texts, silent contemplation, or structured rituals. Ultimately, it serves as a means of establishing a connection with the divine or a higher existence, fostering inner peace, reflection, and a sense of spiritual fulfillment.

Prayer Quotes

1. “The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.”
— James 5:16

2. “Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.”
— George Herbert

3. “God can handle your doubt, anger, fear, grief, confusion, and questions. You can bring everything to him in prayer.”
— Rick Warren

4. “If you only pray when you’re in trouble, you’re in trouble.”
— Anonymous

5. “Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.”
— Soren Kierkegaard

6. “Our prayers are sometimes answered without us realizing.”
— Catherine Pulsifer

7. “Don’t forget to pray today, because God didn’t forget to wake you up this morning.”
— Anonymous

8. “When you can’t put your prayer into words, God hears your heart.”
— Anonymous

9. “I do believe in the power of prayer.”
— Anonymous

10. “Prayer is the greater work.”
— Oswald Chambers

11. “When life is rough pray, when life is great pray.”
— Anonymous

12. “Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?”
— Corrie Ten Boom

13. “Prayer is the nearest approach to God.”
— William Law

14. “Always pro to have eyes that see the best in people, a heart that forgives the worst, a mind that forgets the bad, and a soul that never loses faith in God.”
— Anonymous

15. “Our prayers have no expiration date. You never know when, where, or how God will answer.”
— Anonymous

16. “Many people pray as if God were a big aspirin pill, they come only when they hurt.”
— B. Graham Dienert

17. “Don’t stop praying. He hears you and He is working it out for your good.”
— Anonymous

18. “Never doubt the power of prayer.”
— Anonymous

19. “Prayer changes everything.”
— Anonymous

20. “God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.”
— Mother Teresa

21. “Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.”
— John F. Kennedy

22. “When you feel like worrying, try praying instead. Worrying only creates more stress, but prayer creates more peace. God is bigger than whatever is stressing you out.”
— Dave Willis

23. “Sometimes all it takes is just one prayer to change everything.”
— Anonymous

24. “Prayer is when you talk to God, meditation is when you listen to God.”
— Anonymous

25. “Time spent in prayer is never wasted.”
— Francis Fenelon

26. “Prayers outlive the lives of those who uttered them; outlive a generation, outlive an age, outlive a world.”
— E.M Bounds

27. “Our prayers do make a difference.”
— Max Lucado

28. “Love the people who treat you right. Pray for those who don’t. Life is too short to be anything but happy.”
— Anonymous

29. “No man is greater than his prayer life.”
— Leonard Ravenhill

30. “Prayer – the world’s greatest wireless connection.”
— Anonymous

31. “Prayer – the key to all the treasures of this life and the hereafter.”
— Anonymous

32. “The things you take for granted someone else is praying for.”
— Anonymous

33. “Sometimes all you need to do is pray.”
— Anonymous

34. “Don’t think of the things you didn’t get after praying. Think of the countless blessings God gave you without asking.”
— Anonymous

35. “Prayer is man’s greatest power.”
— W. Clement Stone