The more we pray, the more we please God, 

and the more we obtain.

 
St. Claude de la Colombiere, 17th century

We need no wings to go in search of him,
but need only to look upon him present within us.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 15th century

To pray...
is to look at everything from God‘s point of view.

 
Servant of God, Elisabeth Leseur, 20th century

Prayer is a conversation of a friend ,with ‘the Friend’,
to whom one confides all their troubles and difficulties.

 
St. John Vianney, 19th century

Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed.
Even if sickness distracts from thoughts,
all that is needed is the will to love.

 
St. Patrick, 5th century

God our Lord would have us look to the Giver
and love him more than his gift,
keeping him always before our eyes,
in our hearts, and in our thoughts.

 
St. Ignatius of Loyola, 16th century

We must pray without ceasing,
in every occurrence and employment of our lives;
the habit of lifting up our heart to God,
a constant communication with Him.

 
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 19th century

Even if you spend a whole hour doing nothing except
gathering up your heart and putting it close to Jesus,
your hour will have been spent very well.

 
St. Francis de Sales, 17th century