Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.

Having soon discovered to be great I must appear so and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society and wrapped myself in mystery devoting my time to fasting and prayer.

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.

Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat leading to bad science and worse religion.

In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings no attempts to woo the Religious Right. Few of Lincoln's countrymen knew anything at all of his religious beliefs.

The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.

If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion I should say that it is in one word - prayer. Live and die without prayer and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.

Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.