Devotion Quotes - Page 27

• Devotion to you, O Blessed Virgin, is a means of salvation which God gives to those whom he wishes to save.

  John of Damascus

  Religious, Blessed, Mean

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• The pious sectarian is proud because he is confident of his right of possession in God. The man of devotion is meek because he is conscious of God's right of love over his life and soul.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Men, Soul, Proud

  Rabindranath Tagore (1994). “The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore: A miscellany”, p.47, Sahitya Akademi

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• Indian standards of artistry, and Indian standards of humanity, and Indian standards of love, and of family, devotion, commitment, stand for me as the standard for how one should behave.

  Clark Blaise

  Commitment, Humanity, Should

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• The nicest characters in A Week in December research are, in fact, Muslims - and their religious devotion is one of the things that defines them.

  Sebastian Faulks

  Religious, Character, Facts

  "Sebastian Faulks moves to head off Islam row" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. August 24, 2009.

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• Creating music is a wonderful way to celebrate our devotion for Lord Shiva.

  Amish Tripathi

  Creating, Shiva, Way

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• The abortion industry can try to improve its messaging all it wants. But unless abortion advocates change their devotion to abortion-on-demand, the only message Americans will receive is that the abortion industry is only really interested in improving its bottom line at the expense of the most defenseless among us.

  Gary Bauer

  Abortion, Trying, Demand

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• Yes, I pray that my pain might be removed, that it might cease; but more so, I pray for the strength to bear it, the grace to benefit from it, and the devotion to offer it up to God as a sacrifice of praise.

  Joni Eareckson Tada

  Pain, Sacrifice, Grace

  Joni Eareckson Tada (2010). “A Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain, and God's Sovereignty”, p.35, David C Cook

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• Personally, I always find it especially piquant when cultural conservatives, usually quick to profess their devotion to the Free Market, rail against the success in said market of some product of which they disapprove.

  Patrick Nielsen Hayden

  Said, Free Market, Rail

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• What is natural in me, is natural in many other men, I infer, and so I am not afraid to write that I never had loved Steerforth better than when the ties that bound me to him were broken. In the keen distress of the discovery of his unworthiness, I thought more of all that was brilliant in him, I softened more towards all that was good in him, I did more justice to the qualities that might have made him a man of a noble nature and a great name, than ever I had done in the height of my devotion to him.

  Charles Dickens

  Writing, Character, Men

  Charles Dickens (2012). “Four Novels: Great Expectations, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, and Hard Times”, p.997, Graphic Arts Books

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• His perfect kingdom of killing, suffering and pain Demands devotion, atrocities done in his name.

  Trent Reznor

  Pain, Names, Perfect

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• After my engagement with Muslim friends, I pray more than I used to pray. My prayer life has been enriched by my encounter with some Muslims, encouraged by their devotion and also enriched by the ways in which they pray. Have I compromised in this way at all? No, to the contrary, I've gone deeper in my faith and I think my love for God has been deepened and made more intelligent in a sense, more rich by that very encounter.

  Miroslav Volf

  Prayer, Intelligent, Thinking

  "Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly" with Bob Abernethy, www.pbs.org. September 19, 2008.

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• The best gifts to give: To your friend, loyalty; To your enemy, forgiveness; To your boss, service; To a child, a good example; To your parents, gratitude and devotion; To your mate, love and faithfulness; To all men and women, charity.

  Oren Arnold

  Loyalty, Gratitude, Children

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• Mary is the sure path to our meeting with Christ. Devotion to the Mother of the Lord, when it is genuine, is always an impetus to a life guided by the spirit and values of the Gospel.

  Pope John Paul II

  Mother, Path, Spirit

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• Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of kindness.

  Emanuel Swedenborg

  Prayer, Kindness, Doe

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• Other people's devotions embarrassed me, perhaps because, like other people's kisses, they rarely looked genuine when viewed too closely.

  Walter Kirn

  Kissing, People, Genuine

  Walter Kirn (2006). “Mission to America”, p.170, Anchor

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• [Middleton] contended that the religious leaders of the fourth century had admitted, eulogised, and habitually acted upon principles that were diametrically opposed, not simply to the aspirations of a transcendent sanctity, but to the dictates of the most common honesty. He showed that they had applauded falsehood, that they had practised the most wholesale forgery, that they had habitually and grossly falsified history, that they had adopted to the fullest extent the system of pious frauds, and that they continually employed them to stimulate the devotion of the people.

  William Edward Hartpole Lecky

  Religious, Honesty, People

  William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1870). “History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe”, p.154

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• Are not the daily devotions conducted by these legal ecclesiastics already degenerating into a scanty attendance, and a tiresome formality?

  James Madison

  Atheism, Attendance, Tiresome

  James Madison (1999). “Writings”

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• And may I not be allowed to ... read in the character of the American people, in their devotion to true liberty and to the Constitution which is its palladium [protection], ... a Government which watches over ... the equal interdict [prohibition] against encroachments and compacts between religion and the state.

  James Madison

  Character, Government, People

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• I devote myself to what I love the most, and for this very reason I hesitate to designate it with lofty words: I do not want to risk believing that it is a sublime compulsion, a law, which I obey: I love what I love the most too much to wish to appear to it as one compelled.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Love, Believe, Law

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• My people - before I was changed - they exchanged this as a sign of devotion. It's a Claddagh ring. The hands represent friendship; the crown represents loyalty... and the heart... Well, you know... Wear it with the heart pointing towards you. It means you belong to somebody. Like this.

  Joss Whedon

  Loyalty, Heart, Mean

  "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". www.imdb.com. 1997–2003.

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• Someone once told me that the finer points of devotion are about the size of a pinhole, and there are millions of them. And if you could connect each dot, then you’ve got a diagram of what you think you thought you knew, and if you’re willing to admit that you know nothing…you have the blueprint for a breakthrough.

  Shane Koyczan

  Thinking, Dots, Size

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• The celebration of Lent, in the context of the Year of Faith, offers us a valuable opportunity to meditate on the relationship between faith and charity: between believing in God - the God of Jesus Christ - and love, which is the fruit of the Holy Spirit and which guides us on the path of devotion to God and others.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Jesus, Believe, Opportunity

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• Your devotion to God is illustrated, demonstrated, and authenticated by your love for others.

  Andy Stanley

  Devotion To God

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• Two conditions that warrant someone's unconditional devotion: 1. Save their life 2. Help them move a pillow top mattress

  Tim Hawkins

  Moving, Two, Helping

  Twitter post from Jul 31, 2013

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• Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion. But strictly speaking, there is no call to that. Service is what I bring to the relationship and is the reflection of my identification with the nature of God.

  Oswald Chambers

  Reflection, Identification, Overflow

  Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.3, Discovery House

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