Anne Lamott Quotes

Prayer is talking with God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart.

Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.

No one is ever too old, too rich, too poor, to pray.

I'm thankful to have Jesus as my Savior. My relationship with God has always been one to where I'm talking to him all day, every day, about anything and everything. It's just a continuous ongoing conversation that I have with the Lord, and I feel like that's brought me closer to Him.

Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue.

Whatever it is that can help to bring God close is something to be revered.

I pray every day. In the mornings and, before I go to bed. I think it's important to pray not just when things are going bad. When things are going bad, it's easy to pray and ask God to help you out, but it's also important to pray when things are going well and show your appreciation.

The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord.

I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.

Prayer is not only asking, it is an attitude of heart that produces an atmosphere in which asking is perfectly natural, and Jesus says, "every one that asketh receiveth."

Prayer enters the pool of God's love and widens outward.

Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.

Prayer is first and foremost an act of love

Only in prayer can we learn to love God with all our heart, mind and soul.

Meditating on the nature and dignity of prayer can cause saying at least one thing to God: Lord, teach us to pray!

Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We must always remember this. The actual words matter less.

Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.

You're not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. You're either devoted to your job, or to your desires. So the best way to spend your life is to try to be devoted to prayer, to Allah.

I ought to pray as much as God's on my mind, because then I'd pray a lot. All I can tell you is God is real, and so that infuses everything.

I speak to God every day.

Praying doesn't mean repeating a prayer.

I say three prayers every night to make sure that God knows I thank him so much.

The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity.

My hectic work schedule does not often permit me time to visit temples, but my conversations with God don't depend on idol worship. Inside my heart, I have developed and sustained a direct communication with Him.

I pray every night, sometimes long prayers about a lot of things and a lot of people, but I don't talk about it or brag about it because that's between God and me, and I'm no better than anybody else in God's sight.