Quotes about Devotion
As much as I admire the brilliance of the Jewish Talmud—especially the way it hallows sacred debate across the centuries—I cannot have it. It belongs to those in whose lifeblood it was written. As much as my soul leans toward the whirling of the Sufis who bring heaven to earth with their ethereal spinning, I cannot have that either. It belongs to those who have devoted their lives to the love of Allah.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Faithful attendance at Church meetings brings blessings you can receive in no other way.
— Ezra Taft Benson
This time we live in is saying, 'Live for yourself, and whatever makes you happy' and all this kind of stuff, and it's so contrary. And we so don't want to go and be reckless for the Lord.
— Jeremy Camp
My grandfather, a devout Christian, had the gift of healing.
— Richard Paul Evans
I've been in the Bible every day since I've been the president.
— George W. Bush
Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do---then do it with all your strength.
— George Washington
I am a hard worker who looks to give everything.
— Edinson Cavani
I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a good Buddhist, a good Shintoist, a good Zoroastrian, a good friend, a good lover, a good mother, a good buddy - it's serious business.
— Maya Angelou
You, Eternal Trinity, are my Creator, and I am the work of Your hands, and I know through the new creation which You have given me in the blood of Your Son, that You are enamored of the beauty of Your workmanship.
— Catherine of Siena
God does not change; he is Love, ever and always. In himself, he is communion, unity in Trinity, and all his words and works are directed to communion.
— Pope Benedict XVI
The Lord is pleased with every effort, even the tiny, daily ones in which we strive to be more like Him.
— Ezra Taft Benson