Quotes About Devotion

they can still think of their daily work as an offering, their desk or anvil or stovetop as an "altar" to God, and they can still offer their work

Dixon was Stern's brother-in-law, married to Silvia, his sister, Stern's sole living immediate relation and the enduring object of his affections.

It's just programming No. It's because I love him

I would have killed him to save the Leviathan. To save you." He put his hands on her shoulders. "It was the only thing in my mind, when it came time to choose – that I couldn't lose you. That's when I knew.

Only a God can take in all of them, The whole lot, for He dwells in eternal light, While we poor devils are stuck down below 1810 In darkness and gloom, lacking even candlelight, And all you qualify for is, half day, half night.

Half the night I was on my knees before those flowers, and I regarded them as the pledges of your love; but those impressions grew fainter, and were at length effaced.

I possess so much, but my love for her absorbs it all. I possess so much, but without her I have nothing.

Hay ocasiones en que no comprendo cómo puede amar a otro hombre, cómo se atreve a amar a otro hombre, cuando yo la amo con un amor tan perfecto, tan profundo, tan inmenso; cuando no conozco más que a ella, ni veo más que a ella, ni pienso más que en ella.

Ho tante cose in me, e ciò che sento per lei divora tutto; ho tante cose, e senza di lei non ho più nulla.

Why are you here, Katrina dear, In daylight clear, At your lover's door? [3685] No, no! When, It will let in, A maid, and then, Let out a maid no more!

Un ángel! ¡Bah! Todos dicen lo mismo de la que aman, ¿no es verdad? Y, sin embargo, yo no podré decirte cuán perfecta es y por qué es perfecta; en resumen, ha esclavizado todo mi ser.

Non, je ne me trompe pas ! je lis dans ses yeux noirs le sincère intérêt qu'elle prend à moi et à mon sort. Oui, je sens, et là-dessus je puis m'en rapporter à mon coeur, je sens qu'elle… Oh ! l'oserai-je ? oserai-je prononcer ce mot qui vaut le ciel ?… Elle m'aime ! Elle m'aime ! combien je me deviens cher à moi-même ! combien… j'ose te le dire à toi, tu m'entendras… combien je m'adore depuis qu'elle m'aime !

When he is by, I could not pray to Heaven.

Tengo tanto para dar y mis sentimientos hacia lo consumen todo, tengo tanto, tanto, y sin ella todo se convierte en nada.

Certe volte mi accade di non poter capire come un altro possa volerle bene, abbia il diritto di volerle bene, mentre io l'amo così esclusivamente, così intensamente e non conosco, non so, e non ho altro che lei.

Isso é bem outra coisa", replicou Alberto, "porque um homem que se deixa arrastar por uma paixão violenta perde a faculdade de refletir e deve ser considerado como um ébrio, como um demente.

Yeter bu kadar! Sevgilin orada oturuyor, Ve her ?ey ona üzüntü ve s?k?nt? veriyor. Ç?km?yorsun hiç onun akl?ndan, Kar?? konulmaz biçimde seviyor seni. Evvela k?zg?n a?k?n ta??p geldi, Eriyen karlar?n dereyi ta??rd??? gibi; Yüre?ine ak?tt?n onu sen, Ve ?imdi yine s??la?t? senin bu deren.

please practice moderation. Your mind, your knowledge, your talents offer you resources to happiness! Be a man, and conquer this tragic devotion from a creature who can do nothing but pity you.

True love is that which remains for ever the same whether all that it asks is granted or all refused.

Ljubav odoleva vremenu koje sve otima.

Albert fell upon her neck, and kissed her, and exclaimed, "We are so, and we shall be so!" Even Albert, generally so tranquil, had quite lost his composure; and I was excited beyond expression.

Mnoga se srca gube u opštem, samo se najplemenitije posve?uje jednome.

Ich habe so viel, und die Empfindung an ihr verschlingt alles, ich habe so viel, und ohne sie wird mir alles zu nichts.

and yet when she speaks of her betrothed with so much warmth and affection, I feel like the soldier who has been stripped of his honours and titles, and deprived of his sword.