<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Prayer - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64495]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I ask not a life for the dear ones, All radiant, as others have done,  But that life may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48058]]></link><description><![CDATA[I ask not a life for the dear ones, All radiant, as others have done,  But that life may have just enough shadow   To temper the glare of the sun;    I would pray God to guard them from evil,     But my prayer would bound back to myself:      Ah! a seraph may pray for a sinner,       But a sinner must pray for himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Father! no prophet's laws I seek,-- Thy laws in Nature's works appear;--  I own myself corrupt and weak,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Father! no prophet's laws I seek,-- Thy laws in Nature's works appear;--  I own myself corrupt and weak,   Yet will I pray, for thou wilt hear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray to be perfect, though material leaven Forbid the spirit so on earth to be;  But if for any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray to be perfect, though material leaven Forbid the spirit so on earth to be;  But if for any wish thou darest not pray,   Then pray to God to cast that wish away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He prayeth best who loveth best All things, both great and small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48053]]></link><description><![CDATA[He prayeth best who loveth best All things, both great and small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He prayeth well who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48054]]></link><description><![CDATA[He prayeth well who loveth well Both man and bird and beast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The saints will aid if men will call: For the blue sky bends over all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48055]]></link><description><![CDATA[The saints will aid if men will call: For the blue sky bends over all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But maybe prayer is a road to rise, A mountain path leading toward the skies  To assist the spirit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48056]]></link><description><![CDATA[But maybe prayer is a road to rise, A mountain path leading toward the skies  To assist the spirit who truly tries.   But it isn't a shibboleth, creed, nor code,    It isn't a pack-horse to carry your load,     It isn't a wagon, it's only a road.      And perhaps the reward of the spirit who tries       Is not the goal, but the exercise!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48057]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48045]]></link><description><![CDATA[God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face,  A gauntlet with a gift in 't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope, he called, belief In God,--work, worship . . . therefore let us pray! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope, he called, belief In God,--work, worship . . . therefore let us pray!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She knows omnipotence has heard her prayer And cries, "It shall be done--sometimes, somewhere." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48047]]></link><description><![CDATA[She knows omnipotence has heard her prayer And cries, "It shall be done--sometimes, somewhere."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just my vengeance complete, The man sprang to his feet,  Stood erect, caught at God's skirts, and prayed!  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just my vengeance complete, The man sprang to his feet,  Stood erect, caught at God's skirts, and prayed!   So, I was afraid!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48049]]></link><description><![CDATA[They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Father of Light! great God of Heaven! Hear'st thou the accents of despair?  Can guilt like man's be e'er ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Father of Light! great God of Heaven! Hear'st thou the accents of despair?  Can guilt like man's be e'er forgiven?   Can vice atone for crimes by prayer?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And from the prayer of Want, and plaint of Woe, O never, never turn away their ear!  Forlorn, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48039]]></link><description><![CDATA[And from the prayer of Want, and plaint of Woe, O never, never turn away their ear!  Forlorn, in this bleak wilderness below,   Ah! what were man, should Heaven refuse to hear!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48041]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray, n:. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray, n:. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every wish Is like a prayer--with God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every wish Is like a prayer--with God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a vast difference between saying prayers and praying ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48030]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a vast difference between saying prayers and praying]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48031]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray, and let God worry ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray, and let God worry]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt not but God who sits on high, Thy secret prayers can hear;  When a dead wall thus cunningly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt not but God who sits on high, Thy secret prayers can hear;  When a dead wall thus cunningly   Conveys soft whispers to the ear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O God, if in the day of battle I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48035]]></link><description><![CDATA[O God, if in the day of battle I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pray the prayer the Easterners do, May the peace of Allah abide with you;  Wherever you stay, wherever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48036]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pray the prayer the Easterners do, May the peace of Allah abide with you;  Wherever you stay, wherever you go,   May the beautiful palms of Allah grow;    Through days of labor, and nights of rest,     The love of Good Allah make you blest;      So I touch my heart--as the Easterners do,       May the peace of Allah abide with you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet then from all my grief, O Lord, Thy mercy set me free,  Whilst in the confidence of pray'r ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet then from all my grief, O Lord, Thy mercy set me free,  Whilst in the confidence of pray'r   My soul took hold on thee.   - Joseph Addison,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is fear that has said its prayers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is fear that has said its prayers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10406</guid></item></channel></rss>