Quotes About Devotion

When I love you, I want you to stick around.

And, most important, I love you.

The expression "madly in love" is apt, for it describes a form of temporary insanity.

We believe ourselves to be motivated by self-interest and yet our lives are devoted to aims which are not our own

Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.' Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

God explains to Jonah that the essence of love is to "labor" for something and "to make something grow," that love and labor are inseparable. One loves that for which one labors, and one labors for that which one loves.

Amar a alguien no es meramente un sentimiento poderoso -es una decisión, es un juicio, es una promesa-.

Ma, oltre a conoscere teoria e pratica, c'è un terzo fattore necessario per diventare maestro in qualunque arte: non deve esserci niente al mondo di più importante.

Se alguém quer tomar-se mestre em alguma arte, deve ter a vida inteira devotada a ela, ou pelo menos relacionada com ela. A própria pessoa se toma um instrumento para a prática da arte e deve ser conservada em condições adequadas, de acordo com as funções específicas que tem a desempenhar.

Thus, our religious attitude may be considered an aspect of our character structure, for we are what we are devoted to, and what we are devoted to is what motivates our conduct.

We need such an object of devotion in order to integrate our energies in one direction, to transcend our isolated existence, with all its doubts and insecurities, and to answer our need for a meaning to life.

One loves that for which one labors, and one labors for that which one loves.

Ich lüge auch. Aber ich weiß es. Ich weiß, dass das System falsch ist. Bei uns in der Wirtschaft sieht das ein Blinder. Aber ich diene dem falschen System mit Hingabe. Denn im Rahmen des falschen Systems, dem ich mein bescheidenes Talent zur Verfügung stelle, sind die falschen Maßnahmen naturgemäß richtig und die richtigen sind begreiflicherweise falsch.

Was sollen wir anfangen? Wenn wir einen Mann liebhaben, liefern wir uns ihm aus. Wir trennen uns von allem, was vorher war, und kommen zu ihm. Da bin ich, sagen wir freundlich lächelnd. Ja, sagt er, da bist du, und kratzt sich hinterm Ohr. Allmächtiger, denkt er, nun habe ich sie auf dem Hals. Leichten Herzens schenken wir ihm, was wir haben. Und er flucht. Die Geschenke sind ihm lästig. Erst flucht er leise, später flucht er laut. Und wir sind allein wie nie zuvor.

Why are pious people so rarely loyal

Ona je zabacila glavu i pila. Kosa joj pade na ramena; ona je u tom trenutku izgledala kao da je sva samo pijenje. Ravik je to na njoj primetio ranije. Potpuno se predavala onome što je trenutno ?inila. Neodre?eno ga se ta?e misao da u tome nema samo draži nego i opasnosti. Bila je samo pijenje kad je pila; samo ljubav kad je ljubila; samo o?ajanje kad je o?ajavala; i samo zaborav kad je zaboravljala.

Iubirea înseamn? contopirea suprem?, egoismul maxim în d?ruirea cea mai profund? a sinelui È™i tot ce ai.

He would not question Barretto's love, since to know Jenny is to love Jenny; it's a universal truth

In an aside to his own parliamentary secretary, Churchill said, "Love me, love my dog, and if you don't love my dog you damn well can't love me.

Hunt was the janissary of a dead vernacular.

Churchill said, "Love me, love my dog, and if you don't love my dog you damn well can't love me.

Love me, love my dog, and if you don't love my dog you damn well can't love me.

Angel? he whispered in the dark. Yes? What does it feel like to love someone? A lump caught in my throat and I lightly ran my fingers down his bare arm. It feels like this. That's what I thought. -Erin McCarthy/The Coming Dark

What are you looking at? The woman I love. With all his heart and soul. Reese looked over her shoulder. Where? I don't see any one. Then she laughed, hitting the glass table with the palm of her hand.