Napoleon Hill Quotes

He who prays without confidence cannot hope that his prayers will be granted.

Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.

Heaven is too busy to listen to half-hearted prayers or to respond to pop-calls.

The most potent and acceptable prayer is the prayer that leaves the best effects. I don't mean it must immediately fill the soul with desire . . . The best effects are those that are followed up by actions-when the soul not only desires the honor of God, but really strives for it.

Scientists believe that every occurrence, including the affairs of human beings, is due to the laws of nature. Therefore a scientist cannot be inclined to believe that the course of events can be influenced by prayer, that is, by a supernaturally manifested wish.

Prayers are like those appeals of ours. Either they don't get through or they're returned with 'rejected' scrawled across 'em.

FAITH is the head chemist of the mind. When FAITH is blended with the vibration of thought, the subconscious mind instantly picks up the vibration, translates it into its spiritual equivalent, and transmits it to Infinite Intelligence, as in the case of prayer.

Begin your day with prayer, and make it so soulful that it may remain with you until the evening.

You almost felt sorry for the devil cause heaven knows he didn't have a prayer, when Mama prayed.

Let us resolve by God's grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.

After saying our prayers, we ought to do something to make them come true.

Unless the Spirit of God is with us, we cannot expect that our prayers will be answered.

It is absolutely imperative at the outset that you come to terms with this simple yet life-changing truth: God is for you. If you don't believe that, then you'll pray small timid prayers; if you do believe it, then you'll pray big audacious prayers.

I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable.

There is no true prayer without confession. As long as we have unconfessed sin in our soul, we are not going to have power with God in prayer. He says if we regard iniquity in our hearts, He will not hear us, much less answer. As long as we are living in any known sin, we have no power in prayer. God is not going to hear it.

Sometimes, perhaps, thou hearest another pray with much freedom and fluency, whilst thou canst hardly get out a few broken words. Hence thou art ready to accuse thyself and admire him, as if the gilding of the key made it open the door the better.

Worrying is just a prayer for the worst possible scenario.

A concentrated mind and a sitting body make for better prayer than a kneeling body and a mind half asleep.

Resolved, never to count that a prayer, nor to let that pass as a prayer, nor that as a petition of a prayer, which is so made, that I cannot hope that God will answer it; nor that as a confession, which I cannot hope God will accept.

No statistical proofs exist that prayer reduces illness and mortality, except perhaps through a psychogenic enhancement of the immune system; if it were otherwise the whole world would pray continuously.

Lord Jesus, cause me to know in my daily experience the glory and sweetness of Thy name, and then teach me how to use it in my prayer, so that I may be a prince prevailing with God.

None can believe how powerful prayer is, and what it is able to effect, but those who have learned it by experience.

Strength comes from choosing to fully trust, pray, and praise. Our circumstances may not change, but in the process we change.

Intercession means raising ourselves up to the point of getting the mind of Christ regarding the person for whom we are praying.

If your prayer is selfish, the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may not recognize it as having come at all, but it is sure to be there.