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William Shakespeare Quotes about Prayer

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

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

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

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".

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

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]

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

Now I am past all comforts here, but prayer.

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

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

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