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Devotion Quotes - Page 5

The greatest competitor of devotion to Jesus is service for Him.

The greatest competitor of devotion to Jesus is service for Him.

Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.47, Discovery House

As Ecclesiastes tells it, a wholesale devotion to pleasure will, paradoxically, lead to a state of utter despair.

Philip Yancey (2002). “The Bible Jesus Read: An Eight-session Exploration of the Old Testament Participant's Guide”, p.97, Harper Collins

The Romans worshipped their standard; and the Roman standard happened to be an eagle. Our standard is only one tenth of an eagle,--a dollar, but we make all even by adoring it with tenfold devotion.

Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1850). “The literati: some honest opinions about autorial merits and demerits, with occasional works of personality. Together with marginalia, suggestions, and essays”, p.527

Religion is a major player in the poaching crisis. We've ignored it, we've accorded religion too much respect in this regard, and we've placed devotion above slaughter.

"God’s Ivory: The Role of Religion in the Elephant Poaching Crisis". Interview with Jamie Joseph, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 2, 2014.

Despair the twin-born of devotion.

Algernon Charles Swinburne (1873). “Poems and Ballads”, p.182