Prayer makes the presence of the Lord alive and changes every work which could have been fruitless into light and glory to the Heavenly Father. Theses from the Philokalia, Watchfulness and Prayer, by Archimandrite Ioannikios Kotsonis.
Prayer changes everything.
Prayer is the means to holiness which will shine through even the murkiest of human lanterns as soon as that person begins to pray. It intoxicates, but it is also hard work. The greatest and most radiant saints are always those who have spent themselves in the battle and won through with Christ's victory.