The secret of prayer is not getting what you want done in heaven; it's getting what heaven wants done on earth.

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

Don't pray what happens to you; pray to use what happens to you.

You don't just pray for those you like.

I pray hard, work hard and leave the rest to God.

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

Proceed with much prayer, and your way will be made plain.

God answers prayer in His own way, not ours.

In the secret of night, my prayer climbs like the liana, My prayer is, and I am not. It grows, and I perish. I have only my hard breath, my reason and my madness. I cling to the vine of my prayer. I tend it at the root of the stalk of night.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.