Quotes About Devotion

That we ought, once for all, heartily to put our whole trust in GOD, and make a total surrender of ourselves to Him, secure that He would not deceive us.

That we ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.

That we should feed and nourish our souls with high notions of GOD; which would yield us great joy in being devoted to Him.

That many do not advance in the Christian progress because they stick in penances, and particular exercises, while they neglect the love of God, which is the end . That this appeared plainly by their works, and was the reason why we see so little solid virtue.

It would slowly become evident that when they committed themselves at last to secession, not as a threat but as an accomplished fact armed for violence, the devoted men who wanted to preserve the Southern way of life had made a tactical error. The ultimate fate of their cause would be largely determined by what was done in Washington. Leaving Washington forever, they had fatally surrendered the initiative. Now their enemies would seize it.

I looked far and wide For a heart to stay true, I found it at last When at last I found you. Though I may wander In paths far from you I'll always return To the heart that stays true.

May your first word be adventure and last word love.

Those who live most devoutly for the world to come are often in the best position to change the present.

I'll love you forever. And I have dipping sauce for you! I'll be your dipping sauce bitch!

Lead me, guide me to the light of your paper. Keep me in your arc of acuity. And when the ream is spent. Write a poem on my back. I'll never wash it off.

A cross centered life is made up of Christ centered days.

And because she loved him so much, because she would always love him, she forced herself to say what needed to be said, although the words tore open every old bleeding wound she'd hidden away so deep within her. "And I would do it again," she whispered, "because you are who you are, while I am . . . what I am." His

The price of purity is purists.

That is what love is I thought. A possibility that becomes a choice. A choice you keep making over and over. Day after day. Year after year. Time after time.

Maybe all young men who love us become knights in shining armor when we love them back.

Oswald: All your life Aurore: What? Oswald: All your life, isn't that what you wanted to know? How long I loved you? Aurore: Well, yes, I suppose I did, but that wasn't what I was going to ask just now. Oswald: I tell you I've loved you since the day you were born, and you tell me you want to know something else. There's no one quite like you, is there, Aurore?

That is what love is. A possibility that becomes a choice. A choice you keep making, over and over. Day after day. Year after year. Time after time.

The altar, as in pre-history, is anywhere you kneel.

I'm looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't-live-without-each-other love.

A guy who is crazily, madly in love with you. A guy who sees how incredible and amazing you are, even though you're not the cheerleader or even close to the prettiest girl in the school. A guy who thinks you're beautiful, just the way you are.

their hearts in it. It was well

He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms it is far off, nor is it he who says it is near. It is he who, whether it be far or near, awaits it with sincere faith, steadfast hope, and fervent love. —Augustine of Hippo

This is not a well person. This is a man who put a shock collar on your husband, a man who gets high off frog slime. He's done things you don't want to know about, probably even killed people.' 'At least he believes in something.

In the meadow, in adoration: am I not yours?