Quotes About Devotion

There is no cause so hopeless, no creed so mad, no idea so ludicrous that it will not attract some believers

Eu ama Ceinwyn demais. Mesmo agora, anos depois, sorria ao pensar nela, e algumas vezes acordo de noite com lágrimas no rosto e sei que se devem a ela.

What is an oath? A promise to serve a lord, but to Christians there is always a higher allegiance.

Houve um tempo em que Sansum se ajoelhava diante de mim e beijava minha espada

Ele a amava — protestei. Guinevere me encarou e achei que estava prestes a irromper numa fúria total, mas em vez disso deu um sorriso triste. — Ele me cultuava, Derfel — falou em voz cansada —, e isso não é o mesmo que ser amada. — Ela se sentou de repente, desmoronando num banco junto ao baú. — E ser cultuada, Derfel, é muito cansativo.

What binds a man to his land? What power within allows him to give his life to preserve his land and the lives of the families who work it? It can only be love.

Father Hobbe, his cassock skirts hitched up to his waist, was fighting with a quarterstaff, ramming the pole into French faces. 'In the name of the Father,' he shouted, and a Frenchman reeled back with a pulped eye, 'and of the Son,' Father Hobbe snarled as he broke a man's nose, 'and of the Holy Ghost!

Entendo que é possível olhar nos olhos de alguém e de súbito saber que a vida será impossível sem eles. Saber que a voz da pessoa pode fazer seu coração falhar, e que a companhia dessa pessoa é tudo que sua felicidade pode desejar, e que a ausência dela deixará sua alma solitária, desolada e perdida.

our oaths.' He advanced down the path

Lust is the deceiver. Lust wrenches our lives until nothing matters except the one we think we love, and under that deceptive spell we kill for them, give all for them, and then, when we have what we have wanted, we discover that it is all an illusion and nothing is there. Lust is a voyage to nowhere, to an empty land, but some men just love such voyages and never care about the destination.

INTERVIEWER: What specific piece of advice would you give to young writers? MALAMUD: Write your heart out.

Save yourself for my sake. And I will go with you to the end of the world.

Madame de la Tour occasionally read aloud some affecting history of the Old or New Testament. Her auditors reasoned but little upon these sacred volumes, for their theology centred in a feeling of devotion towards the Supreme Being, like that of nature: and their morality was an active principle, like that of the Gospel. These families had no particular days devoted to pleasure, and others to sadness. Every day was to them a holyday, and all that surrounded them one holy temple

In spite of the fact that she pushed me away again and again, and again and again I crawled to her.

All the labor of all the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius are destined to extinction. So now, my friends, if that is true, and it is true, what is the point?

It is quite impossible to guess in advance what will interest a man, but most men are capable of a keen interest in something or other, and when once such an interest has been aroused their life becomes free from tedium.

Love of England is very nearly the strongest emotion that I possess.

I speak from the heart words I have no right to say. Words that I should have never uttered to you, yet I cannot help myself. I love you and I shall love you through eternity itself.

He loved her! Despite it all, he still loved her! He was willing to wait!

Life works most perfectly when a reciprocal love relationship is in place between man and God.

True prayer, not just mindless, halfhearted petitions, is what digs the well God wants to fill with faith.

Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,' says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

If your expectation of God's Word in your life has been small, I ask you to consider giving it far more credit. Second Timothy 3:16 (NIV) says, "All Scripture is God-breathed," so don't just read it like any other inspirational or instructional text. Inhale it!

Acknowledge God. Acknowledging God first thing every morning transforms my day. I often begin my day by reconfirming His authority over me and submitting to Him as Lord in advance of my daily circumstances. I try to accept the words of Joshua 24:15 as a personal daily challenge: "Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve.