Devotion Quotes

• I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal

  Abdul Kalam

  Motivational, Goal, Succeed

  Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari (1999). “Wings of Fire: An Autobiography”, p.89, Universities Press

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• Devotion is a place where you do not exist; life just flows through you as a certain sweetness and beauty.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Divinity, Flow

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• With every breath, I plant the seeds of devotion, I am a farmer of the heart.

  Rumi

  Heart, Plant, Farmers

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• With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Worthwhile Things, Discipline, Selfless

  Address to the officers and men of the 5th Heavy Ack Ack and 6th Light Ack Ack Regiments in Malir, Karachi, February 21, 1948.

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• Devotion is diligence without assurance. If faith were rational, it wouldn't be by definition faith. Faith is walking face-first and full speed into the dark.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Dark, Definitions, Faces

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.184, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.

  Henry Miller

  Life, Strength, Lying

  Henry Miller (1962). “The Time of the Assassins: A Study of Rimbaud”, p.131, New Directions Publishing

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• Devotion is diligence without assurance

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Diligence, Assurance

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.167, A&C Black

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• There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Motherhood, Trying

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• No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.

  Matsuo Basho

  Lying, Passion, Matter

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• But love, I’ve come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Love, Life, Marriage

  FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Apr 02, 2013

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• The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.

  Charles Stanley

  Inspirational, Integrity, Character

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• Your depth of commitment,
  your quality of service,
  the product of your devotion --
  these are the things that count in life.

  Scott O'Grady

  Wisdom, Commitment, Quality

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• In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated.

  Willie Mays

  Dedication, Order, Constructive Criticism

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• Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Sports, Loyalty, Sacrifice

  Morihei Ueshiba (2005). “The Art of Peace”, p.67, Shambhala Publications

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• Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, Ambition

  Albert Einstein (2013). “Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives”, p.46, Princeton University Press

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• Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

  Xunzi

  Sacrifice, Feelings, Longing

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• Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Real, Unbroken, Receptivity

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• You cannot buy loyalty; you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, and souls. You have to earn these things.

  Clarence Francis

  Loyalty, Heart, Soul

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• Push hard to get better, become smarter, grow your devotion to the truth, fuel your commitment to beauty, refine your emotional intelligence, hone your dreams, negotiate with your shadow, cure your ignorance, shed your pettiness, heighten your drive to look for the best in people, and soften your heart -- even as you always accept yourself for exactly who you are with all of your so-called imperfections.

  Rob Brezsny

  Dream, Commitment, Heart

  Rob Brezsny (2005). “Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings”, p.8, Frog Books

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• Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy.

  William Ralph Inge

  Patriotic, Patriotism, Noble

  William Ralph Inge (1920). “Outspoken Essays”

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• I have moved from certainty to doubt, from devotion to rebellion.

  Phil Donahue

  Uprising, Doubt, Rebellion

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• Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Business, Work, Men

  Robert Louis Stevenson (1999). “The Lantern-Bearers and Other Essays”, p.40, Cooper Square Press

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• Love grows from stable relationships, shared experience, loyalty, devotion, trust.

  Richard Wright

  Loyalty, Love Grows, Shared Experiences

  Richard Wright (1957). “Native Son”, p.368, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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• Unswerving loyalty to duty, constant devotion to truth, and a clear conscience will overcome every discouragement and surely lead the way to usefulness and high achievement.

  Grover Cleveland

  Loyalty, Achievement, Community

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