“Don't think small when you pray. God has a way to bring your dreams to pass if you'll dare to be bold enough to ask.”

“God is eagerly waiting for the chance to answer your prayers and fulfill your dreams, just as he always has. But he can't if you don't pray, and he can't if you don't dream. In short, he can't if you don't believe.”

Jeffrey R. Holland (1940) Mormon leader

“It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainment.”

Elizabeth Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love

“We need God in ways we do not know. Don't limit your experience of God to what you can think to ask. Ask for the unknown joy.”

John Piper (1946) American writer

“What obstacle are you facing? Ask God for breakthrough thinking. Don't think about small changes. Think radically.”

Craig Groeschel (1967) American priest

“Damn it… Don't you dare ask God to help me.”

Joan Crawford (1904–1977) American actress

“I know what it is to hope and pray so hard that you're sure God will answer your prayer just so you'll stop asking.”

Karen White (1964) American writer

“Always believe in your dreams, because if you don't, you'll still have hope.”

Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India

“If you get far enough away you'll be on your way back home.”

Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor

“You'd better hope and pray
That you make it safe back to your own world
You'd better hope and pray
That you'll wake one day in your own world
Because when you sleep at night
They don't hear your cries in your own world
Only time will tell
If you can break the spell back in your own world.”

Siobhan Fahey (1958) singer and songwriter in Banarama and Shakespears Sister