Quotes About Devotion

Hacer falta es la primera ley del amor.

Avanzo lentamente, estoy muy lejos de pintar como el pájaro canta, como lo pedía Renoir. Pero soy tu pájaro al fin y al cabo y he anidado para siempre entre tus manos.

Strictly speaking, there are no holidays for art; art pursues you everywhere, and that's just fine with the artist.

how could I, fool that I am, go on sitting in my office, or here at home, instead of leaping onto a train with my eyes shut and opening them only when I am with you?

You cannot wait to be in the mood of prayer; you have to use the spur of your Prayer Rule to force yourself to pray," as Sergei Fudel writes in his excellent book Light in the Darkness.[xliii

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair, "said G.K. Chesterton.

Having served for nearly half a century in the House of Commons, I now want more time to devote to politics and more freedom to do so.

He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited.

Thirteen, 13 children, and I love - I love them all. And I think I've been a good father to all of them.

I set down my lance, symbol of duty. I spurn those whom I love. I relinquish all, and take up the tools of my quest. No obstacle will stand before me. No plea for help shall find me wanting. No moon will look upon me twice lest I be judged idle. I give my body, heart and soul to the Lady whom I seek...

ANDREW: You probably take it more seriously, that's all. MILO: You have to be serious if you want to be in love. ANDREW: You have to be serious about crime if you want to afford to be in love.

A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.

Do not be like servants who serve their masters expecting to receive a reward be rather like servants who serve their master unconditionally, with no thought of reward.

It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.

love my wife," Francis said. "I love her deeply. I wouldn't be the man I am without her." He shifted in his chair. "That said, were she to leave me, as she has the right to, not to mention the reason, I could bear the absence of her affections.

I feel more confident and more satisfied when I reflect that I have two professions and not one. Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress. When I get tired of one I spend the night with the other. Though it's disorderly it's not so dull, and besides, neither really loses anything through my infidelity.

Quien no vive para algo, ha de vivir para alguien.

Capisce ora Shushanig, fino in fondo, il mistero della forza che unisce l'uomo e la donna che si sono scelti, per sempre. "Dove sei tu, ci sono anch'io." Nessuno può interrompere davvero il colloquio di due sposi amanti, né disciogliere le loro viscere che si sono intrecciate.

In love, there is no criticism. In love, there is no rationality

Part of her - unreasonable Anna- still loved him. Maybe she would never stop loving him.

No hay salud sin denuedo, sin arrojo, como tampoco puede haber devoción o siquiera afecto hacia otros.

Un tenace, fiero sentimento d'indipendenza intellettuale resisteva in lei all'amore. Ella poteva tranquillamente giudicar suo marito, riconoscerne le imperfezioni e sentiva ch'egli non poteva altrettanto, lo sentiva umile nel suo amore, devoto senza fine.

Nadie hay más fuerte que el amado

Think not because you are now wed That all your courtship's at an end.