The Power of Prayer Quotes

More things are wrought by prayer
Than this word dreams of.
-- Alfred Lord Tennyson

We do pray for mercy;
And that same prayer doth teach us all
To render the deeds of mercy. --
William Shakespeare

Children are the keys of Paradise. They alone are good and wise, Because their thoughts, their very lives are prayer. -- R. H. Stoddard, The Children's Prayer

As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean
Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can see,
So deep in my soul the still prayer of devotion,
Unheard by the world, rises silent to Thee.
As still to the star of its worship, though clouded,
The needle points faithfully o'er the dim sea,
So dark when I roam in this wintry world shrouded,
The hope of my spirit turns trembling to Thee. -- Thomas Moore

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. -- John Muir

Let never day nor night unhallowed pass,
But still remember what the Lord hath done. -- William Shakespeare

He prayeth best, who loveth best
All things both great and small;
For the dear God who loveth us,
He made and loveth all. --
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I desire no other proof of Christianity than the Lord's Prayer. -- Madame De Stael

Prayers are heard in heaven in proportion to our faith. Little faith gets very great mercies, but great faith still greater. -- Spurgeon