Quotes about Devotion

We try to reach the heart of God without listening to the Word of God.

Thou knowest our hearts, thou knowest our inmost beings, and we thank thee that thou lovest us anyway, for we are thy children and the sheep of thy pasture. Keep us in thy will that we may bring glory and honor to thy name. In Jesus' blessed name we pray. Amen.

The Bible was meant to be read by those in love. It's sad when it's not.

Is it not a sad thing that after all Christ's love to us, we should repay it with lukewarm love to Him?

Holiness is doing God's will with a smile.

God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance.

Awe rather than faith is the cardinal attitude of the religious Jew.

These are the three pillars on which our prayer rises to God: our own loyalty, the holiness of Israel, the mercy of God.

Through their deeds, the dead of battle have spoken more eloquently for themselves than any of the living ever could. But we can only honor them by rededicating ourselves to the cause for which they gave a last full measure of devotion.

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

THAT FROM THESE HONORED DEAD WE TAKE INCREASED DEVOTION TO THAT CAUSE FOR WHICH THEY GAVE THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION;...

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.