So much of our lives is celestial and divine as we spend in the exercise of prayer.—­Hooker.

Leave not off praying to God:  for either praying will make thee leave off sinning; or continuing in sin will make thee desist from praying.  —­Fuller.

Let our prayers, like the ancient sacrifices, ascend morning and evening; let our days begin and end with God.—­Channing.

Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire,
Uttered or unexpressed,
The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast. 
—­Montgomery.

If He prayed who was without sin, how much more it becometh a sinner to pray!—­St. Cyprian.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.—­Emerson.

He prayeth best who loveth best
All things both great and small. 
—­Coleridge.

More things are wrought by prayer
Than this world dreams of. 
—­Tennyson.

It is as natural and reasonable for a dependent creature to apply to its Creator for what it needs, as for a child thus to solicit the aid of a parent who is believed to have the disposition and ability to bestow what it needs.—­Archibald Alexander.

Prayer is the first breath of Divine life; it is the pulse of the believing soul;—­by prayer “we draw water with joy from the wells of salvation;” by prayer faith puts forth its energy, in apprehending the promised blessings, and receiving from the Redeemer’s fullness; in leaning on His almighty arm, and making His name our strong tower; and in overcoming the world, the flesh and the devil.—­T.  Scott.

No man can hinder our private addresses to God; every man can build a chapel in his breast, himself the priest, his heart the sacrifice, and the earth he treads on the altar.—­Jeremy Taylor.

When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.—­Matthew 6:6.

Prayer moves the hand that moves the universe.

Holy beginning of a holy cause,
When heroes, girt for freedom’s combat, pause
Before high Heaven, and, humble in their might,
Call down its blessing on that coming fight. 

          
                          —­Moore.

It is so natural for a man to pray that no theory can prevent him from doing it.—­James freeman Clarke.

The Lord’s Prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.  —­Wellington.

It lightens the stroke to draw near to Him who handles the rod.  —­Washington Irving.

I desire no other evidence of the truth of Christianity than the Lord’s Prayer.—­Madame de STAEL.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.—­Bunyan.