Christian Quotes on Prayer

"He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands." 

- St. Benedict of Nursia

"Lack of prayer is the cause of lack of time." 

- Peter Kreeft

In the knowledge of God thou shalt find the fire of divine charity. Where shalt thou rejoice? Upon the Cross, with the Spotless Lamb, seeking His honour and the salvation of souls, through continual, humble prayer.

--Saint Catherine of Sienna

See if this grace of prayer, with which the Most High favors you, produces in you a better knowledge of your utter insufficiency.

--Saint Paul of the Cross

"We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend on material success; nor on sciences that cloud the intellect. Neither does it depend on arms and human industries, but on Jesus alone." 

- St. Frances Cabrini

"No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ." 

- St. Leo the Great

"Prayer is like a great love. When you start dating the silence can be awkward, but as you grow to know each other you can sit in silence for hours and just being with each other is a great comfort." 

- Matthew Kelly, The Rhythm of Life

"To make the sign of the cross is to pronounce a visible and public yes to him who died for us and who is risen, to the God who in the humility and weakness of his love is omnipotent, stronger than all the power and intelligence of the world.\" 

- Pope Benedict XVI

'But let our speech and petition when we pray be under discipline, observing quietness and modesty. Let us consider that we are standing in God's sight. We must please the divine eyes both with the habit of body and with the measure of voice.'

--St. Cyprian of Carthage

For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. 

--Saint Teresa 

More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones. 

--Saint Teresa