Benjamin Whichcote Quotes

You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.

Anyone can believe when God is already moving. But real faith is when you step out when it seems that God is not moving.

Waiting is a sustained effort to stay focused on God through prayer and belief.

Pray as if all depended on God and work as if all depended upon you.

The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.

Prayer is the hard-work business of Christianity, and it nets amazing results.

Believe in the power of prayer - it is real, it is wonderful, it is tremendous.

It is not sufficient to pray diligently for guidance, but this prayer must be followed by meditation as to the best methods of action and then action itself... because prayers can only be answered through action and if someone's action is wrong, God can use that method of showing the pathway which is right.

Get on your knees and pray, then get on your feet and work.

We pray to you, O God ... for strength, determination, and willpower, to do instead of just to pray, to become instead of merely to wish.

I pray hard, work hard, and leave the rest to God.

Let us resolve by God's grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.

A ton of prayer will never produce what an ounce of obedience will.

Anything in life worth working for, is worth praying for.

Miracles happen. But prayer is needed! Prayer that is courageous, struggling and persevering, not prayer that is a mere formality.

Prayer and hard work are a pretty good one-two punch to get things done.

Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.

I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working.

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

Act, and God will act.