Top 25 Devotion Quotes of 144 - Page 3

With every breath, I plant the seeds of devotion, I am a farmer of the heart.

With every breath, I plant the seeds of devotion, I am a farmer of the heart.

Rumi

Heart, Devotion, Plant

Devotion to God is still a voluntary thing; hence the differences of attainment among Christians.

Hudson Taylor

Christian, Differences, Devotion To God

James Hudson Taylor (1900). “Separation and Service or Thoughts on Numbers VI, VII.”, p.5, Library of Alexandria

Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.

Ramakrishna

Devotion To God, God Love, Stand Alone

whatever our ignorance left to itself, and whatever the wounds that other human beings are, we ought to study ourselves with a sort of devotion.

Henri Barbusse

Ignorance, Study, Devotion

Henri Barbusse (2009). “The Inferno”, p.236, The Floating Press

Love of Mary and devotion to her are a sure sign of obtaining eternal salvation.

Bernard of Clairvaux

Devotion, Salvation, Mary

Friendship is strengthened by...that which ever so lightly elevates us from the trough of self-concern and self-devotion.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Self, Devotion, Concern

The secret of true happiness lies within unwavering devotion to God

Shri Radhe Maa

Lying, Secret, Devotion To God

Knowledge without devotion to God produces hatred.

Sathya Sai Baba

Hatred, Devotion To God, Devotion

At a certain stage in the path of devotion, the devotee finds satisfaction in God with form, and at another stage, in God without it.

Ramakrishna

Satisfaction, Path, Devotion

Ramakrishna (1960). “Sayings: The Most Exhaustive Collection of Them, Their Number Being 1120”

Attention is the beginning of devotion.

Mary Oliver

Motivational, Attention, Devotion

Mary Oliver (2016). “Upstream: Selected Essays”, p.11, Penguin

Great things are done by devotion to one idea.

John Henry Newman

Ideas, Done, Devotion

Blessed John Henry Newman, Aeterna Press (2015). “Historical Sketches”, p.866, Aeterna Press

You will find that hate can unify people more quickly and more fervently than devotion ever could.

Brandon Sanderson

Hate, People, Devotion

Brandon Sanderson (2007). “Elantris: Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition”, p.74, Macmillan

Devotion is a certain act of the will by which man gives himself promptly to divine service.

Thomas Aquinas

Men, Giving, Devotion

The devotion which God sends to the succor of His Church and of the nations at the present time is the devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist. It is the highest of all devotions.

Pope Leo XIII

Holy Eucharist, Church, Devotion

Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives and the sincerest part of our devotion.

Jonathan Swift

Prayer, Heaven, Devotion

Jonathan Swift (1755). “The works of Jonathan Swift ...: accurately revised ... adorned with copperplates; with some account of the author's life, and notes historical and explanatory”, p.227

Their devotion showed me there were no versions of love there was only... Love. That it had no equal and that it was worth searching for, even if that search took a lifetime.

Jennifer Worth

Lifetime, Devotion, Equal

Devotion is diligence without assurance

Elizabeth Gilbert

Devotion, Diligence, Assurance

Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.167, A&C Black

Fine music without devotion is but a splendid garment upon a corpse.

Charles Spurgeon

Devotion, Splendid, Fine

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1983). “Psalm LXXIX to CIII”

Men who refuse to worship the true God now worship themselves with tender devotion.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Men, Worship, Devotion

[Americans know] the traditional values of Islam, devotion to faith and good works, to family and society, are in harmony with the best of American ideals.

William J. Clinton

Islam, Harmony, Devotion