Praying Quotes

Prayer means that the total you is praying. Your whole being reaches out to God, and God reaches down to you.

Although both sides of my family were religious, I was never forced to practice the Jewish faith. I did not really rebel against it, but then, as today, I disliked organized religion. I have a strange inhibition about praying with others.

When Queer Eye hit, the church told my mom they were praying for me. She said, God loves him too. And I support him 100 percent.

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.

I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera.

The only times I'm consistent about praying are when I'm on an airplane or when an ambulance goes by.

I'm praying we don't go to war with Iraq. If we do, I may have to go back to work earlier.

I don't believe in praying to win.

Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God.

Farewell all relations and friends in Christ; farewell acquaintances and all earthly enjoyments; farewell reading and preaching, praying and believing, wanderings, reproaches, and sufferings.

In jail I was just like everybody else, I was sitting there praying, feeling caged.

Prayer is a thought, a belief, a feeling, arising within the mind of the one praying.

Are you living for the things you are praying for?

When we talk to God, we're praying. When God talks to us, we're schizophrenic.

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter is in pressing it, and he needs not proceed by a surer measure.

Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.

Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life.

With Ciel and with Rex, I said 'no epidural.' I recovered, I was walking right after I had them, just did a lot of praying all through my pregnancy that they would be healthy and my deliveries would go without a problem. I was really blessed.

It's been a difficult thing because some great opportunities have come and I've just been holding my breath and praying... I'm basically gambling hoping something will come along this season and if not, I don't know what the future holds.

I do destroy men on a weekly basis. It's like a hobby. I'm like a praying mantis.

In particular, I found praying very disturbing, like swimming with bricks tied to your feet. And yet I was drawn to it constantly.

I have not placed reading before praying because I regard it more important, but because, in order to pray aright, we must understand what we are praying for.

Praying is like a rocking chair - it'll give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere.

I'm sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I don't think there's any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around with a smoking purse and an African painting his face white and praying to a rock.

Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since I was on my daddy's knee. During the 1948 election, we were praying for Truman. I know a lot about politics.