William Law Quotes About Prayer

Quotes about: Prayer

• He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.

  William Law

  Christian, Prayer, Happy Life

  William LAW (Author of “A Serious Call, ” etc.) (1759). “A practical treatise upon Christian perfection ... The fifth edition”, p.403

• We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another.

  William Law

  Christian, Prayer, Heart

  William Law (1734). “A practical treatise upon Christian perfection. Repr. [of the 1726 ed.].”, p.266

• They, therefore, who are hasty in their devotions and think a little will do, are strangers both to the nature of devotion and the nature of man; they do not know that they are to learn to pray, and that prayer is to be learnt as they learn other things, by frequency, constancy, and perseverance.

  William Law

  Christian, Perseverance, Prayer

  William Law (1728). “A Practical Treatise Upon Christian Perfection”, p.445

• Perhaps there cannot be a better way of judging of what manner of spirit we are of, than to see whether the actions of our life are such as we may safely commend them to God in our prayers.

  William Law

  Christian, Prayer, Judging

  William Law (1734). “A practical treatise upon Christian perfection. Repr. [of the 1726 ed.].”, p.77

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