Quotes About Devotion

Il volersi bene si costruisce. Ma l'amore quello vero, no. L'amore lo senti immediato, non ha tempo. É dire "ti sento". Un contatto di pelle, un abbraccio, un bacio. Mantenersi, il mio verbo preferito, tenersi per mano. Ti può bastare per la vita intera, un attimo, un incontro. Rinunciarvi è folle,sempre e comunque.

I do not know how I stand this parting from Molly, save that by a paradox we are so absolutely one that in the sense we never part, but talk to one another and watch one another and commune night and day, and grip fast the same ideals. The North Star is our only meeting place, in this manner. We both look at it every night. A 1915 letter written to his aunt in regards to his wife Molly Childers.

Artists love without reservation. They give their hearts completely and leave nothing on the table. They are naked and unashamed. They leave no room for pretension. And because they have given all of themselves, they live without regret.

When we are passionate about God, we can trust our passions.

No glue can make a person stick like that

The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens.

She made a gesture of impatience. 'Do you never think of the future?' 'Not in your presence,' laughed Nick. 'I think of you—you—and only you. Didn't you know?

My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be.

Oh, Lord, let me feel at one with myself. Let me perform a thousand daily tasks with love, but let every one spring from a greater central core of devotion and love.

Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.

She read Dickens in the same spirit she would have eloped with him.

Hoje roubei todas as rosas dos jardins e cheguei ao pé de ti de mãos vazias.

War is brutish, inglorious, and a terrible waste... The only redeeming factors were my comrades' incredible bravery and their devotion to each other. Marine Corps training taught us to kill efficiently and to try to survive. But it also taught us loyalty to each other - and love. That espirit de corps sustained us.

Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines.

A fanatic is one compelled to action by the need to find a strong meaning in life. The fanatic determines for himself what role he is to play in life, and his intense devotion to a cause is the means.

Prayer is a refusal to live as an outsider to my God and my own soul.

Christians worshiped only when they felt like it, there would be precious little worship. Feelings are important in many areas but completely unreliable in matters of faith.

Prayer consists in the transformation of what we do in the name of Jesus to what Holy Spirit does in us as we follow Jesus.

If vocational holiness is to be anything more than a pious wish, pastors must dive to the ocean depths of prayer.

So watch your step. Use your head. Make the most of every chance you get. These are desperate times! 17 Don't live carelessly, unthinkingly. Make sure you understand what the Master wants. 18-20 Don't drink too much wine. That cheapens your life. Drink the Spirit of God, huge draughts of him. Sing hymns instead of drinking songs! Sing songs from your heart to Christ. Sing praises over everything, any excuse for a song to God the Father in the name of our Master, Jesus Christ.

Talking to God, I felt, is always better than talking about God; those pious conversations—there's always a touch of self-approval about them. THERESE OF LISIEUX[1] I

Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love

Prayer is a way of language practiced in the presence of God in which we become more than ourselves while remaining ourselves.

Know this well, then. Take it to heart right now: GOD is in Heaven above; GOD is on Earth below. He's the only God there is. Obediently