Quotes about Dedication

I am persuaded that the church today has many more consumers than committed participants.

It means that as parents we need to daily remind ourselves that we're called to rescue our children again and again, and we should not resent those moments when that rescue is necessary.

A good relationship is a good relationship because the people in the relationship never quit working on the relationship.

Routine has nothing to do with repetition. To become really good at anything, you have to practice and repeat, practice and repeat, until the technique becomes intuitive.

I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

True Gospel ministry is not a party, but a battle for souls.

and each spouse in the relationship should believe that the other is worth saving and the marriage is worth fighting for.

Perhaps her long dark night fueled her life, where she kept moving anyway, as an act of trust so deep it cannot be rationally explained—and indeed would look foolish if anyone tried. And the result was about as clear a Jesus movement as you can point to in recent history. Mother Teresa learned

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.

Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”

You know that I have served your father with all my strength.

“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”