Devotion Quotes - Page 6

• A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion.

  A. Powell Davies

  Character, Greatness, Vision

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• A grain of devotion is more valuable thank tons of faithlessness.

  A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

  Inspiration, Grain, Valuable

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• Devotion, fervor, longing! Those are my pillars. We have to be the bridge to the future.

  Joseph Goebbels

  Bridges, Pillars, Longing

  "'Michael: ein Deutsches Schicksal in Tagebuchblättern' ('Michael: a German fate in diary notes')". Book by Joseph Goebbels, Zentralverlag der NSDAP, Franz Eher Nachf., Munich, 7th edition, 1935.

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• Real inward devotion knows no prayer but that arising from the depths of its own feelings.

  Wilhelm von Humboldt

  Prayer, Real, Feelings

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• Tyrants and dictators will accept no other gods before them. They require disobedience to the First Commandment. They seek absolute control and are threatened by faith in God. They fear only the power they cannot possess - the power of truth. So they resent the living example of the devout, especially the devotion of a unique people chosen by God.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Unique, Tyrants

  "Bush Speaks At Holocaust Memorial Event". www.cnn.com. April 19, 2001.

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• Great things are done by devotion to one idea.

  John Henry Newman

  Ideas, Done, Great Things

  Blessed John Henry Newman, Aeterna Press (2015). “Historical Sketches”, p.866, Aeterna Press

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• No matter how sinful one may have been, if he has devotion to Mary, it is impossible that he be lost.

  Hilary of Poitiers

  Religious, May, Matter

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• The king-becoming graces,
  As justice, verity, temp'rance, stableness,
  Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness,
  Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,
  I have no relish of them, but abound
  In the division of each several crime,
  Acting in many ways.

  William Shakespeare

  Perseverance, Kings, Justice

  William Shakespeare (2002). “Macbeth”, p.186, Barron's Educational Series

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• Many people have heard the remarkable example of devotion involving a Skye terrier dog who worked for a Scottish shepherd named Old Jock. In 1858, the day after Jock was buried (with almost nobody present to mourn him except his shaggy dog) in the churchyard at Greyfriars Abbey in Edinburgh, Bobby was found sleeping on his master's grave, where he continued to sleep every night for fourteen years.

  Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

  Friendship, Dog, Sleep

  Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (1998). “Dogs Never Lie about Love: Reflections on the Emotional World of Dogs”, Broadway Books

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• To be on the safe and humane side, let every relative and friend ... remember the golden rule, which has never been suspended with respect to the insane. Go to see them, treat them sanely, write to them, keep them informed about the home circle; let not your devotion flag, nor accept any repulse.

  Clifford Whittingham Beers

  Home, Writing, Relatives And Friends

  Clifford Whittingham Beers (2015). “A Mind That Found Itself”, p.46, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Those who wish to attain God and progress in religious devotion, should particularly guard themselves against the snares of lust and wealth. Otherwise they can never attain perfection.

  Ramakrishna

  Religious, Perfection, Lust

  Ramakrishna (1916). “Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna: the most exhaustive collection of the sacred and inspired utterances of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna”

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• The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Profound, Devotion To God, Gita

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• Through their deeds, the dead of battle have spoken more eloquently for themselves than any of the living ever could. But we can only honor them by rededicating ourselves to the cause for which they gave a last full measure of devotion.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Honor, Battle, Deeds

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• Without devotion, action and knowledge are cold and dry and many even become shackles.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Knowledge, Dry, Action

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• A basis for much of the pain women suffer in real life is they must somehow resolve their devotion to men.

  Billy Cannon

  Pain, Real, Men

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• How necessary it is to cultivate a spirit of joy. It is a psychological truth that the physical acts of reverence and devotion make one feel devout. The courteous gesture increases one's respect for others. To act lovingly is to begin to feel loving, and certainly to act joyfully brings joy to others which in turn makes one feel joyful. I believe we are called to the duty of delight.

  Dorothy Day

  Kindness, Believe, Joy

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• Why not simply honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters, be faithful to your friends, care for your mate with devotion, complete your work cooperatively and joyfully, assume responsibility for problems, practice virtue without first demanding it of others, understand the highest truths yet retain an ordinary manner? That would be true clarity, true simplicity, true mastery.

  Laozi

  Sister, Faith, Brother

  Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

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• Through the cold time she holds me with evergreen devotion she bears up my whiteness.

  Earle Birney

  Time, Bears, Cold

  Earle Birney (2014). “The Essential Earle Birney”, p.52, The Porcupine's Quill

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• Your devotion is nothing more than cowardice. You would not be here if you had anywhere else to go.

  J. K. Rowling

  Cowardice, Ifs

  J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”, p.17, Pottermore

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• Is devotion to others a cover for the hungers and the needs of the self, of which one is ashamed? I was always ashamed to take. So I gave. It was not virtue. It was a disguise.

  Anais Nin

  Self, Needs, Hunger

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• Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.

  Krishna Das

  People, Disease

  FaceBook post by Krishna Das from Dec 08, 2016

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• All music is devotional, whether it's devotion to products, face washes, creams, plastic. Everybody is devoted to something.

  Bradford Cox

  Devotional, Music Is

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Oh, only those whose souls have felt this one idolatry can tell how precious is the slightest thing affection gives and hallows.

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon

  Giving, Soul, Affection

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1841). “The Poetical Works of Miss Landon: Complete”, p.37

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• The most Superior amongst the colors in the universe is the color of Devotion.

  Pandurang Shastri Athavale

  Color, Superiors, Universe

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• I don't consider devotion to the past a form of snobbery. Just one of the more disastrous forms of unrequited love.

  Susan Sontag

  Unrequited Love, Past, Form

  Susan Sontag (1983). “A Susan Sontag reader”, Vintage

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