--- title: "4 Devotion Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "4 Devotion quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Devotion sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/william-shakespeare-4_beloved_if-ever-thou-shalt-love-in-the-sweet-pan_298660.jpg" --- > [If ever thou shalt love, In the sweet pangs of it remember me; For such as I am all true lovers are,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/if-ever-thou-shalt-love-in-the-sweet-pangs-of-it-remember-me-for-such/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/william-shakespeare-4_beloved_if-ever-thou-shalt-love-in-the-sweet-pan_298660.jpg) > [We are oft to blame in this, - 'tis too much proved, - that with devotion's visage, and pios action we do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/we-are-oft-to-blame-in-this-tis-too-much-proved-that-with-devotion-s/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f51/william-shakespeare-4_action_we-are-oft-to-blame-in-this-tis-too-much_1027655.jpg) > [The king-becoming graces, As justice, verity, temp'rance, stableness, Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness, Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude, I have no relish of them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/the-king-becoming-graces-as-justice-verity-temp-rance-stableness/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99d/william-shakespeare-4_acting_the-king-becoming-graces-as-justice-veri_1391274.jpg) > [With loves light wings did I o'perch this walls; For stony limits cannot hold love out. - Romeo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/with-loves-light-wings-did-i-o-perch-this-walls-for-stony-limits/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e8/william-shakespeare-4_dedication_with-loves-light-wings-did-i-o-perch-thi_3222523.jpg) ## Other authors on Devotion - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jaggi-vasudev-45888.jpg) Jaggi Vasudev 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devotion/jaggi-vasudev/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oswald-chambers-72884.jpg) Oswald Chambers 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devotion/oswald-chambers/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alan-colmes-10284.jpg) Ranata Suzuki 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devotion/ranata-suzuki/) - [Richelle E. Goodrich 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devotion/richelle-e-goodrich/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devotion/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devotion/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devotion/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mata-amritanandamayi-65340.jpg) Mata Amritanandamayi 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devotion/mata-amritanandamayi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-m-f-moonzajer-244.jpg) M.F. Moonzajer 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devotion/m-f-moonzajer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elizabeth-gilbert-32532.jpg) Elizabeth Gilbert 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devotion/elizabeth-gilbert/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-radhanath-swami-76814.jpg) Radhanath Swami 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devotion/radhanath-swami/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-saint-francis-de-sales-82313.jpg) Saint Francis de Sales 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devotion/saint-francis-de-sales/) ## More by William Shakespeare > [Let us kill all lawyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/let-us-kill-all-lawyers/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-horse-a-horse-my-kingdom-for-a-horse/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [O tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-tiger-s-heart-wrapped-in-a-woman-s-hide/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/time-hath-not-yet-so-dried-this-blood-of-mine-nor-age-so-eat-up-my/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/divers-philosophers-hold-that-the-lips-is-parcel-of-the-mouth/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/short-time-seems-long-in-sorrow-s-sharp-sustaining/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/love-is-a-smoke-made-with-the-fume-of-sighs-being-purg-d-a-fire/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-measuring-his-affections-by-my-own-which-then-most-sought-where/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/ask-god-for-temp-rance-that-s-th-appliance-only-which-your-disease/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep’st so sound. Julius Caesar (2.1.248-251)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thou-hast-no-figures-nor-no-fantasies-which-busy-care-draws-in-the/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Truth needs no color; beauty, no pencil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/truth-needs-no-color-beauty-no-pencil/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/have-you-not-heard-it-said-full-oft-a-woman-s-nay-doth-stand-for/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Omittance is no quittance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/omittance-is-no-quittance/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Yes, madam: yet I cannot choose but laugh, To think it should leave crying and say 'Ay.' And yet, I warrant, it had upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/yes-madam-yet-i-cannot-choose-but-laugh-to-think-it-should-leave/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-take-thee-at-thy-word-call-me-but-love-and-i-ll-be-new-baptized/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devotion/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "4 Devotion Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If ever thou shalt love, In the sweet pangs of it remember me; For such as I am all true lovers are, Unstaid and skittish in all motions else Save in the constant image of the creature That is beloved.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/if-ever-thou-shalt-love-in-the-sweet-pangs-of-it-remember-me-for-such/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/william-shakespeare-4_beloved_if-ever-thou-shalt-love-in-the-sweet-pan_298660.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/william-shakespeare-4_beloved_if-ever-thou-shalt-love-in-the-sweet-pan_298660.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/william-shakespeare-4_beloved_if-ever-thou-shalt-love-in-the-sweet-pan_298660.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If ever thou shalt love, In the sweet pangs of it remember me; 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