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Quotes About Devotion

Let Rufus weep, rejoice, stand, sit, or walk, Still he can nothing but of Nævia talk: Let him eat, drink, ask Questions, or dispute, Still he must speak of Nævia, or be mute. He writ to his Father, ending with this Line, I am, my Lovely Nævia, ever thine.
~ Joseph Addison
Let Caesar have the world, if Marcia's mine.
~ Joseph Addison
Christ does not control his subjects by force, but is King of a willing people. They are, through His grace, freely devoted to His service.
~ Joseph Alleine
Christ keeps not his subjects in by force, but is King of a willing people. They are, through his grace, freely devoted to his service; they serve out of choice, not as slaves, but as the son or spouse, from a spring of love and a loyal mind. In a word, the laws of Christ are the convert's love, delight, and continual study.
~ Joseph Alleine
Two days she watched them, seeing them refuse all food or comfort and seeking each other as blind men seek, wretched apart and together more wretched still, for then they trembled each for the first avowal.
~ Joseph Bédier
Nor will I live longer so, for though I will not say one word of penance for my love, which is there and remains forever, yet from now on I will be separate from him.
~ Joseph Bédier
Subt copaci, f?r? de a rosti cuvânt, el o strânse la pieptul s?u; bra?ele li se împletir? în jurul trupurilor ?i pân? în zori, ca ?i cum ar fi fost cusu?i cu a?e tari, nu-?i desf?cur? strânsoarea. În pofida regelui ?i a str?jerilor, iubi?ii se bucurar? de dragostea lor.
~ Joseph Bédier
Noi am pierdut lumea ?i lumea pe noi, nu-i a?a Tristan, iubitule? — Iubito, când te am cu mine, ce s? mai îmi trebuiasc?? Dac? lumea toat? ar fi într-acest loc cu noi, eu nu te-a? vedea decât pe tine.
~ Joseph Bédier
Nu de Brangien cea credincioas?, ci de ei însu?i au a se teme iubi?ii. Îns? cum s? stea de veghe inimile lor bete de dragoste? Iubirea îi îmbolde?te, a?a cum setea îl repede pe cerb c?tre râu, la ananghie, ori tot a?a precum, dup? o lung? înfometare, ?oimul slobozit se las? pe prad?. Vai! dragostea nu se poate t?nui.
~ Joseph Bédier
Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.
~ Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Methodist, madam,' said he, 'pray what is that?' She replied, 'Why, the Methodists are a people that do nothing but pray: they are praying all day and all night.
~ Joseph Benson
For the great mass of mankind the only saving grace that is needed is steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart in the short moment of each human effort.
~ Joseph Conrad
For the great mass of mankind, the only saving grace needed is a steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart for the short moment of each human effort.
~ Joseph Conrad
I can't be yours forever, Mab," I told her, the words flying into my mouth as if by magic. "I already belong to someone else. I belong to Alice!
~ Joseph Delaney
I love you and it's getting worse.
~ Joseph E. Morris
Byron, do you take Jean to be your wife, to be true to her in good times and bad, to love and honor her in all the days of your life?" "I do," he said.
~ Joseph Flynn
Devotion, fervor, longing! Those are my pillars. We have to be the bridge to the future.
~ Joseph Goebbels
Generosity, love, compassion, or devotion do not depend on a high IQ.
~ Joseph Goldstein
And I drove it straight to you. Well, maybe "straight" is not the word I want. Maybe I mean, I drove it gaily to you, all right?
~ Joseph Hansen
Those for whom the world is not enough: saints, conquerors, poets, and all lovers of books.
~ Joseph Joubert
love is the strongest emotion. we never feels the distance. even at large distances apart from each other, both lovers will feel the closeness always.
~ Joseph Mathew
I will love you like no other for I have died a thousand tiny deaths and everytime I died I thought of you.
~ Joseph Michael Linsner
The faithful of to-day should try by a more ardent contrition to make up for the enforced mildness of the Church in the administration of Penance. 43
~ Joseph Pohle
St. Augustine says: " It would be an affront to pray for a martyr; we should [rather] commend ourselves to his prayers.'*
~ Joseph Pohle