Anne Lamott Quotes

It's like when I look into the depths of things, dealing with my spirituality and the most high, it's serious. It's nothing to play with, nahmean. I try my best to be as humble as I can be.

To this day I always say my prayers on my knees 'cause I think maybe they get there sooner.

My secret is simple -- I pray.

Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.

When I say, 'I love Christ and love the teachings of Christ,' I mean that in the most simple and naive way. I'm not saying I'm right.

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.

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.

Every day I'm trying to be more humble and how do you do that? I guess, every day, we have mass. Every day, I pray the rosary. That's what I do.

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.

The most meaningful and spiritual prayers I have experienced contained many expressions of thanks and few, if any, requests.

I believe in prayer. I believe in gratitude and serving people.

Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.

I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.

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.

All I know is that, thanks to a sort of habit which has always been ingrained in me, I have never, at any moment of my life, experienced the least difficulty in addressing myself to God as to a supreme Someone.

I pray everywhere and with all my heart.

I don't think it's corny to pray at all.

Each morning and night I get down on my knees and thank God for my life and ask Him to make me grateful all the time instead of just most of the time.

Prayer is not passive. It takes a big man to pray - and to admit that he prays.

Pray God, keep us simple.

One thing I really, truly believe in is having something greater than myself to be grateful to.

Prayer is the difference between the best we can do and the best God can do.

The best and sweetest flowers of paradise God gives to His people when they are upon their knees. Prayer is the gate of heaven.

The correct prayer is never one of supplication but one of gratitude.

Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.