Quotes about Devotion
I could centre my Happiness in you, I cannot expect to engross your heart so entirely -- indeed if I thought you felt as much for me as I do for you at this moment I do not think I could restrain myself from seeing you again tomorrow for the delight of one embrace. But no -- I must live upon hope and Chance. In case of the worst that can happen, I shall still love you -- but what hatred shall I have for another!
— John Keats
I could be martyr'd for my Religion — Love is my religion — I could die for that — I could die for you.
— John Keats
Be strong, live happy and love, but first of all Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command!
— John Milton
Thou art my father, thou my author, thou my being gav'st me; whom should I obey but thee, whom follow?
— John Milton
When Jesus says you must leave your family to follow Him, he doesn't necessarily mean physically. He means leave your dependence on them, make an emotional break with them.
— Anne Graham Lotz
Excellence is being thwarted not only by laziness but by reckless attachment to causes, programs, and - in some cases, leaders.
— Michael Horton
We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
What the church most needs is not heroes of faith, but faithful followers of Jesus.
— Scot McKnight
Faith is the yes of the heart.
— Martin Luther
Faith, if it be a living faith, will be a working faith.
— John Owen
Your faith will help you realize that it is Jesus Himself Who is present in the Blessed Sacrament, waiting for you and calling you to spend one special specific hour with Him each week.
— Pope John Paul II
If we spoke less and sang songs of faith more, the world would be more Heavenly.
— TB Joshua