William Shakespeare Quotes About Prayer

• There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is. ~William Shakespeare

  William Shakespeare

  Music, Wisdom, Prayer

• To this urn let those repair
  That are either true or fair;
  For these dead birds sigh a prayer.

  William Shakespeare

  Prayer, Bird, Fairness

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, Samuel Johnson (1840). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: With Notes Critical, Historical and Explanatory, Selected from the Most Eminent Commentators”, p.942

• We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good; so find we profit By losing of our prayers.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Prayer, Ignorant

  William Shakespeare, David Bevington (2005). “Antony and Cleopatra”, p.120, Cambridge University Press

• Now my charms are all o'erthrown,
  And what strength I have's mine own,
  Which is most faint: now, 'tis true,
  Or sent to Naples. Let me not,
  Since I have my dukedom got
  And pardon 'd the deceiver, dwell
  In this bare island by your spell;
  I must be here confined by you,
  But release me from my bands
  With the help of your good hands:
  Gentle breath of yours my sails
  Must fill, or else my project fails,
  Which was to please: now I want
  Spirits to enforce, art to enchant,
  And my ending is despair,
  Unless I be relieved by prayer,
  Which pierces so, that it assaults
  Mercy itself, and frees all faults.
  As you from crimes would pardon'd be,
  Let your indulgence set me free.

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Prayer, Hands

  "Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest".

• His worst fault is, he's given to prayer; he is something peevish that way.

  William Shakespeare

  Prayer, Atheism, Way

  1597-8 Mistress Quickly.TheMerryWives ofWindsor, act1, sc.4, l.11-12.

• After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. Treason has done his worst. Nor steel nor poison, malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing can touch him further.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Prayer, Sleep

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 3, sc. 2, l. 11

• Never, never, never, never, never! Pray you, undo this button.

  William Shakespeare

  Prayer, Buttons, Praying

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 5, sc. 3, l. [307]

• Nymph, in thy orisons be all my sins remembered!

  William Shakespeare

  Prayer, Nymphs, Hamlet And Ophelia

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 89

• Bow, stubborn knees, and, heart with strings of steel,
  Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe.
  All many be well.

  William Shakespeare

  Prayer, Heart, Steel

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Weller Singer, Charles Symmons (1841). “The Dramatic Works and Poems of William Shakspeare,: With Notes, Original and Selected, and Introductory Remarks to Each Play,”, p.494

• Let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer, for here he comes in the likeness of a Jew.

  William Shakespeare

  Prayer, Devil, Crosses

  William Shakespeare, Isaac Ambrose ECCLES (1805). “The Comedy of the Merchant of Venice ... With the Notes and Illustrations of Various Commentators, and Remarks by the Editor [A. Eccles].”, p.116

• I do not know
  What kind of my obedience I should tender.
  More than my all is nothing; nor my prayers
  Are not words holy hallowed, nor my wishes
  More worth than empty vanities; yet prayers and wishes
  Are all I can return.

  William Shakespeare

  Prayer, Vanity, Wish

  William Shakespeare (2015). “King John and King Henry VIII”, p.215, Hackett Publishing

• Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.

  William Shakespeare

  Prayer, Saint, Use

  William Shakespeare (1871). “A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. 1871”, p.81

• Watch tonight, pray tomorrow. Gallants, lads, boys, hearts of gold, all the titles of good fellowship come to you!

  William Shakespeare

  Prayer, Heart, Boys

  William Shakespeare, David M. Bevington (1998). “Henry IV”, p.192, Oxford University Press, USA

• Good God, the souls of all my tribe defend
  From jealousy!

  William Shakespeare

  Jealousy, Prayer, Soul

  William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.2154, Oxford University Press

• We do pray for mercy, and that same prayer doth teach us all to render the deeds of mercy.

  William Shakespeare

  Prayer, Venice, Mercy Of God

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. [182]

• Now I am past all comforts here, but prayer.

  William Shakespeare

  Prayer, Past, Comfort

  William Shakespeare (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.581

• O my good lord, that comfort comes too late,
  'Tis like a pardon after execution.
  That gentle physic, given in time, had cured me;
  But now I am past all comforts here but prayers.

  William Shakespeare

  Prayer, Past, Execution

  William Shakespeare, John Fletcher (2000). “King Henry VIII: Third Series”, p.384, Cengage Learning EMEA

• I think thy horse will sooner con an oration than
  thou learn a prayer without book.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Prayer, Book

  William Shakespeare, Anthony B. Dawson (2003). “Troilus and Cressida”, p.113, Cambridge University Press

• If yon bethink yourself of any crime
  Unreconcil'd as yet to heaven and grace,
  Solicit for it straight.

  William Shakespeare

  Prayer, Heaven, Grace

  William Shakespeare, Roma Gill (2002). “Othello”, p.126, Oxford University Press, USA

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