52 quotes
“O Lord that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.”
— William Shakespeare
“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer.”
— Maya Angelou
“The function of prayer is not to influence God but rather to change the nature of the one who prays”
— Soren Kierkegaard
“If the only prayer you ever say is thank you that will be enough to open the door of compassion”
— Meister Eckhart
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
— Søren Kierkegaard
“The function of prayer is not to influence God but rather to change the nature of the one who prays through faith”
“If the only prayer you say in your life is thank you that would suffice to fill you with wonder”
“Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.”
— Mahalia Jackson
“Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger.”
— Phillips Brooks
“Appreciation is the highest form of prayer for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.”
— Alan Cohen
“The time of business does not differ from the time of prayer”
— Brother Lawrence
“I prayed for freedom for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my feet and my compassion”
— Frederick Douglass
“Thou that hast given so much to me give one thing more a grateful heart.”
— George Herbert
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you that will be enough for kindness to flow”
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, that will be enough.”
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you that will be enough”
“If the only prayer you ever say in your whole family life is thank you that would suffice.”
“Kindness is my true religion and the practice of it is my daily prayer”
— Dalai Lama
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you that would suffice.”
“You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.”
— Kahlil Gibran
“A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most complete prayer.”
— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
“The prayer that begins with trustfulness and passes on into waiting will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.”
— Alexander Maclaren
“Thou hast given so much to me, give one thing more — a grateful heart.”
“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.”
— Bruce Lee
“If the only prayer you say in your entire life is thank you that will suffice because simplicity is enough”
“I prayed for freedom for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs”
“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.”
— Francis of Assisi
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you it will be enough”
“God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.”
— Reinhold Niebuhr
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.”
“When I marched in Selma my legs were praying for peace.”
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
“Do not pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.”
— Unknown
“Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.”
“A wandering mind is a sign that something is wrong with our prayer”
— Evagrius Ponticus
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you it will be enough for faith to flourish”
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you that will be enough.”
“The time of business does not with me differ from the time of prayer”
“Thank you is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot.”
— Alice Walker
“The prayer of the monk is not perfect until he no longer recognizes himself or the fact that he is praying.”
— Anthony the Great
“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them.”
“Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see; that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.”
— Alexander Pope
“The prayer of the heart is the source of all good, refreshing the soul as if it were a garden.”
— Gregory of Sinai
“You pray in your distress and in your need. Would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of peace and abundance.”
— Khalil Gibran
“The prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up.”
— James 5:15
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