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"Pagodas are, like mosques, true houses of prayer; ?Tis prayer that church bells waft upon the air; Kaaba and temple, rosary and cross, All are but divers tongues of world-wide prayer." »Omar Khayyam
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"Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem, or saying a prayer." »Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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"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 tranquility of bearing, a facial and bodily repose, are observed in those whose inner lives are thus enriched. . . . Properly understood, prayer is a mature activity indispensable to the fullest development of personality . . . . Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strengths." »Alexis Carrel
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"We are living in a 'one morning' world; we get up one morning and many things have changed! Tomorrow morning, there will be another 'one morning!'" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"Who rises from a prayer a better man, his prayer is answered." »George Meredith
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"Greetings on this most exceedingly beautiful spring morning. A morning swollen with new life, a morning on which, if I had the voice, I would let loose with song. It's hard to believe just a few short weeks ago we were eating our cornflakes in the wintery dark. Now, well it's still kind of dim out there, but I can see the golden glow of Apollo's chariot waiting in the wings, about to make its entrance. Winter's on the lam, no doubt." »Andrew Schneider
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"The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless. The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless." »William Franklin Billy Graham
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"What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good on this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?" »J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
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"If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is "thank you," that would suffice." »Meister Eckhart
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"The fewer the words, the better the prayer." »Martin Luther
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"prayer does not change God, but changes him who prays." »Sren Aaby Kierkegaard
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"To saints their very slumber is a prayer." »Saint Jerome
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"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice." »Johannes Meister Eckhart
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"If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is thank you, that would suffice." »Meister Eckhart
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"For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God." »Saint Teresa of Avila
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"As I was leaving this morning, I said to myself 'the last thing you must do is forget your speech.' And sure enough, as I left the house this morning, the last thing I did was to forget my speech." »Rowan Atkinson
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"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer." »Mark Twain
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"Heaven is full of answers to prayer for which no one bothered to ask." »Billy Graham
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"A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward." »Phillips Brooks
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"prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living." »Abraham Joshua Heschel
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"prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand." »Hippocrates
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"prayer is .... the salve on the wounds of our spirit that we order from God in our moments with Him." »Unknown
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"I believe that God prays in us and through us, whether we are praying or not (and whether we believe in God or not). So, any prayer on my part is a conscious response to what God is already doing in my life." »Malcolm Boyd
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"Whoever in prayer can say, "Our Father," acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind." »Tyron Edwards
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"One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer." »G. E. Lessing
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"prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God." »John Bunyan
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"There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing." »Herbert Clark Hoover
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"Praising God is one of the highest and purest acts of religion. In prayer we act like men in praise we act like angels." »Thomas John Watson, Sr.
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"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it." »Voltaire
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"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it." »Voltaire
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