Prayer Quotes for Whatsapp and Facebook Status
Bow, stubborn knees!
Claudius, Hamlet William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist, poet Pray.
To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) American author
Whatever a man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to this: “Great God, grant that twice two be not four.”
Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) Russian author
Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.
Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) English churchman, writer
Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, writer
If you want to make a man very angry, get someone to pray for him.
Ed (E. W.) Howe (1853-1937) American journalist, novelist
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.
Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) Danish philosopher
The Lord’s Prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.
Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) English soldier, statesman
The man who says his prayers in the evening is a captain posting his sentries. After that, he can sleep.
Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) French poet
I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and his Angels thither, and when they are there, I neglect God and his Angels, for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.
John Donne (1572-1631) English metaphysical poet
Prayer should be short without giving God Almighty reasons why He should grant this or that. He knows best what is good for us.
John Selden (1584-1654) English jurist, statesman
The best prayers have often more groans than words.
John Bunyan (1628-1688) English author
A short prayer enters heaven; a long drink empties the flagon.
Rabelais (1494-1553) French humanist, author
We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.
Seneca (c. 5-65)Roman writer, philosopher, statesman
He didn’t actually accuse God of inefficiency, but when he prayed his tone was loud and angry, like that of a dissatisfied guest in a carelessly managed hotel.
Clarence Day (1874-1935) American author
God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get things.
H. E. Fosdick (1878-1969) American Baptist minister
Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.
Jean Ingelow (1820-1897)
O Lord! thou knowest how busy I must be this day: if I forget thee, do not thou forget me.
Sir Jacob Asdey (1579-1652) English Royalist soldier
It is best to read the weather forecasts before we pray for rain.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American author
