Quotes About Devotion

Quelque e tendue d'esprit que l'on ait, l'on n'est capable que d'une grande passion. However vast a man's spirit, he is only capable of one great passion.

Sin keeps a man from prayer, and prayer keeps a man from sin.

Constancy in a man is rare.

Faith is among men what gravity is among planets and suns.

What can be said about a man who is interested in nothing but his painting? It's a pity if a man can only interest himself in one thing. But I can't do any thing else. I have only one interest.

No man is a man unless to his woman he is a pioneer.

The man who loves his wife above all else on earth gains the freedom and power to pursue other noble, but lesser, loves.

If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.

That man is the most immortal who has done the most and the best praying. They are God heroes, God's saints, God's servants, God's vicegerents.

Shakespeare; the only man I'd ever love.

I love a man who loves his mama, which is one of the many reasons I'm crazy about Justin Timberlake.

And I tell you truly, Danaerys, there is no man in all the world who will ever be half so true to you as me.

Love, whether sexual, parental, or fraternal, is essentially sacrificial, and prompts a man to give his life for his friends.

Prayer is the act by which man, detaching himself from the embarrassments of sense and nature, ascends to the true level of his destiny.

When men enter into the state of marriage, they stand nearest to God.

Healthy people love their partners even when they don't make them feel good.

Comprendí que el amor encierra todas las vocaciones, que el amor lo es todo, que abarca todos los tiempos y todos los lugares... en una palabra, que es eterno.

Un domingo mientras miraba una estampa de nuestro Señor crucificado, me impresionó profundamente la sangre que goteaba de sus divinas manos. Experimenté un gran dolor al pensar que esa sangre caía en tierra sin que a nadie le interesara recogerla. Resolví entonces permanecer en espíritu al pie de la cruz para recibir el divino rocío que de ella manaba, comprendiendo que luego tendría que volcarlo en las almas...

I knew that love would not turn the silver devil into an angel. He would remain what he was--subtle yet childish, unfeeling yet passionate, lost irretrievably to everything but his own desire. But he loved me--and I loved him, now and forever.

I will not have you hazard your life, Felicia. It is too precious to me." "And is yours less so to me? Domenico, whether you live or die, let me share it!

Princess," he whispered against her ear. "My beautiful, beautiful princess. I want to spoil you. Pamper you. Indulge you.

You asked me once if I would still love you when your lips were puckered with age and your eyes were faded. I can assure you that I will still love you when I have only the strength (and the scant teeth) left to gum those puckered lips. I shall love you when your bones are sharp enough to pierce my fragile flesh. I shall love you when the light in my own eyes fades for good and yours is the last sweet face I see. Because I am and ever shall be…

His lips nuzzled her ear. "Whether you go or stay, I will love you until I die," he whispered.

O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.