Thomas a Kempis Quotes

Everything starts with prayer. Love to pray-feel the need to pray often during the day and take the trouble to pray. If you want to pray better, you must pray more. The more you pray, the easier it becomes. Perfect prayer does not consist of many words but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Jesus.

Prayer is man's greatest power!

I find a great deal of comfort and care in my faith and prayer. I'd sooner do without air than prayer.

Our family was just really passionate about Jesus.

I'd rather be able to pray than to be a great preacher; Jesus Christ never taught his disciples how to preach, but only how to pray.

No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack.

Good praying is more easily caught than taught.

When prayer fades out, power fades out. We are as spiritual as we are prayerful; no more, no less.

A pair of hands clasped in earnest prayer is the best means we have this side of heaven to hang onto Jesus for dear life.

Dear young friends, learn to pray every day: this is the way to know Jesus and invite him into your lives.

My faith plays a big part in my life. And when I was answering that question what I was really saying to the person was that I pray a lot. And I do. And my faith is a very, it's very personal. I pray for strength. I pray for wisdom. I pray for our troops in harm's way. I pray for my family. I pray for my little girls.

My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.

A life of prayer is a life whose litanies are ever fresh acts of self-devoting love.

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.

We can learn more in an hour praying, when praying indeed, than from many hours of rigorous study.

Prayer is first and foremost an act of love

That is to say, I pray for you. And there's an intimacy in it. That's the truth.

. . . it seemed to me that where others had prayed before to their God, in their joy or in their agony, was of itself a sacred place.

...the power of prayer can never be overrated. They who cannot serve God by preaching need not regret. If a man can but pray he can do anything. He who knows how to overcome with God in prayer has Heaven and earth at his disposal.

If I should neglect prayer but a single day, I should lose a great deal of the fire of faith.

He only can truly pray who is all aglow for holiness, for God, and for heaven.

To saints their very slumber is a prayer.

Let us keep the flame of faith alive through prayer and the sacraments: let us make sure we do not forget God.

If you look at the life of Jesus, that's an example of true worship. You know look at the stories, if you want to learn about real worship read Matthew through John. Seriously. You just read it and you will see the true level. You see when Jesus is in the boat and the storm comes when it comes and the winds are blowing and Jesus is sleeping in the boat and the disciples are freaking out. And Jesus wakes up and says "What you guys got is a problem, no?" and he commands the seas to be calm that's true worship.

Work for god, love god alone, and be wise with god. When an ordinary man puts the necessary rime and enthusiasm into meditation and prayer, he becomes a divine man.