I am as certain as I am standing here, that the secret of much mischief to our own souls, and to the souls of others, lies in the way that we stint, and starve, and scamp our prayers, by hurrying over them.

Prayer worth calling prayer, prayer that God will call true prayer and will treat as true prayer, takes for more time by the clock than one man in a thousand thinks.

Prayer is the only way to amend your life: and without prayer, it will never be mended.

If you would move me with your preaching, or with your praying, or with your singing, first be moved yourself.

The greatest and best talent that God gives to any man or woman in this world is the talent of prayer.

Every kind of prayer, not intercessory prayer only, which is the highest kind of prayer, but all prayer, from the lowest kind to the highest, is impossible in a life of known and allowed sin.

There are two ways to read Scripture - the way a lawyer reads a will and the way an heir reads a will.