When I look back at my childhood on the Ayrshire coast, I recall a basic devotion to the idea that human nature… — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image
One sees a trend in our political and legal cultures toward treating religious beliefs as arbitrary and unimportant, a trend supported by… — Stephen L. Carter Copy Share Image
I'm speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
The relationship between a military working dog and a military dog handler is about as close as a man and a dog… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
The army of Grant and the army of Lee are together. They are one now in faith, in hope, in fraternity, in… — William McKinley Copy Share Image
Think of God; attachments will gradually drop away. If you wait till all desires disappear before starting your devotion and prayer, you… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
You have to plan it [your devotion to God] every day. And, the best time to plan it is before your day… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
So this is the space during tutoring hours. It's very busy. Same principles: one-on-one attention, complete devotion to the students' work and… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
“He himself, he realized, had always been most abominably frightened, even at the height of his divine power, a frail god upon… — Patrick White Copy Share Image
“Son, I hope your opinion of your mother hasn’t lessened, knowing what you now know.” Gavin glanced up; incredulity skewed his eyebrows.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
America was born a Christian nation. America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness, which are derived from… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
The American Constitution is remarkable for its simplicity; but it can only suffice a people habitually correct in their actions, and would… — Francis Grund Copy Share Image
“His morning hours were set apart for the nourishment of his own soul; not, however, with the view of laying up a… — Andrew Bonar Copy Share Image
To have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of… — Frances Farmer Copy Share Image
Many people have heard the remarkable example of devotion involving a Skye terrier dog who worked for a Scottish shepherd named Old… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
All true and living devotion presupposes the love of God and indeed it is neither more nor less than a very real… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
The greatest competitor of devotion to Jesus is service to Him. It is never 'Do, do' with the Lord, but 'Be, be'… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
There is not a single day when I haven't thought about You. There is not a single night when I haven't dreamt… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And when they [American soldiers] came, they found fit comrades for their courage and their devotion. ... Joining hands with these, the… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best, I put before you what I have… — Eric Liddell Copy Share Image
A state of temperance, sobriety and justice without devotion is a cold, lifeless, insipid condition of virtue, and is rather to be… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities… — Allen Weinstein Copy Share Image
Rabbi Kushner writes from a wealth of Jewish wisdom and pastoral devotion, but his theology is, I find, is wholly in keeping… — Gerald Priestland Copy Share Image
There we will, I pray, remain and learn and grow until the time when we will rise together to the ultimate heights,… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
Before you, I engage myself to serve my country with the devotion and the exemplary that this post demands. I understand responsibilities… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
Why is it that we think that god sent us to earth for his good.. we worship him, he truly deserves it,… — Ramandeep Singh Copy Share Image
Your powers are dead or dedicated. If they are dedicated, they are alive with God and tingle with surprising power. If they… — E. Stanley Jones Copy Share Image
For love is a willful stirring of our thoughts unto God, so that it receive nothing that is against the love of… — Richard Rolle Copy Share Image
In these momentous hours of our history we call on every Hungarian worker who is led by devotion to the people and… — Janos Kadar Copy Share Image
We need Jesus like we need oxygen. Like we need water. Like the branch needs the vine. Jesus is not merely a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The devotion of democracy to education is a familiar fact. . . . [A] government resting upon popular suffrage cannot be successful… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Devotion is diligence without assurance. Faith is a way of saying "Yes, I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I embrace… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The pure mystic wishes to approach his God only in the all-embracing love. The yogi, too, walks toward one single aspect of… — Franz Bardon Copy Share Image
There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
For a mother the project of raising a boy is the most fulfilling project she can hope for. She can watch him,… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
Suffer me never to think that I have knowledge enough to need no teaching, wisdom enough to need no correction, talents enough… — Eric Milner-White Copy Share Image
It would seem that the full meaning of the word marriage can never be known by those who, at their first outspring… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“I am not like any of them. I am disillusioned with spirituality. I am far too well-read to devote myself to a… — Abhaidev Copy Share Image