Much praying but no piety. [ Proverb ]

Praying to God and smiting with the hammer. [ Spanish Proverb ]

Lose not the time that offers itself by praying. [ Ovid ]

The praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer. [ Gurnall ]

Spinner, spin quietly, so as not to disturb me; I am praying. [ Portuguese Proverb ]

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. [ Jean Paul ]

If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting, and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying; walking exercises the body, praying exercises the soul, fasting cleanses both. [ Quarles ]

Mirthfulness is in the mind, and you cannot get it out. It is the blessed spirit that God has set in the mind to dust it, to enliven its dark places, and to drive asceticism, like a foul fiend, out at the back door. It is just as good, in its place, as conscience or veneration. Praying can no more be made a substitute for smiling than smiling can for praying. [ Beecher ]