"You pray by working; you pray that you can make work that has a certain amount of authenticity."

-- Robert Graham

"I think that every breath is a prayer."

-- Harry Dean Stanton

"Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays."

-- Kierkegaard

"Never make the blunder of trying to forecast the way God is going to answer your prayers."

-- Oswald Chambers

"All prayers are communications with higher, freer energies."

-- Timothy Leary

"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."

-- Kierkegaard

"When the gods choose to punish us, they merely answer our prayers."

-- Oscar Wilde

"Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines."

-- Satchel Paige

".. prayer does not consist in an effort to get across to God, but in opening our eyes to see that we are already there."

-- David Stendl-Rast

"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes."

-- Etty Hillesum

"I found that prayer works alot better with big players."

-- Knute Rockne

"If I had a prayer it would be this: 'God spare me the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen.'"

-- Byron Katie

"If the only prayer you say in your entire life is 'Thank you,' that would suffice."

-- Meister Eckhart