Devotion Quotes

824 quotes by 607 authors

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise, fear and surprise; two chief weapons, fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency! Er, among our… — Graham Chapman
Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and… — Yann Martel
The heart can think of no devotion Greater than being shore to the ocean- Holding the curve of one position, Counting an endless repetition. — Robert Frost
Even when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones. — Jeffrey McDaniel
A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not. — Jane Austen
Words can never fully say what we want them to say, for they fumble, stammer, and break the best porcelain. The best one can hope… — Margaret Weis
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… — Abraham Lincoln
Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading. — Eudora Welty
Always there comes an hour when one is weary of one's work and devotion to duty, and all one craves for is a loved face,… — Albert Camus
Perhaps, in the extravagance of youth, we give away our devotions easily and all but arbitrarily, on the mistaken assumption that weâ€™ll always have more… — Michael Cunningham
Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man… — Ayn Rand
Devotion is diligence without assurance — Elizabeth Gilbert
The year 1776, celebrated as the birth year of the nation and for the signing of the Declaration of Independence, was for those who carried… — David McCullough
These days, Clarissa believes, you measure people first by their kindness and their capacity for devotion. You get tired, sometimes, of wit and intellect; everybody's… — Michael Cunningham
I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. — Frank Lloyd Wright
Dogs are my favorite role models. I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I… — Oprah Winfrey
Our need for worth is so powerful that whatever we base our identity and value on we essentially 'deify.' We will look to it with… — Timothy Keller
The questioners had that beautiful detachment and devotion to stern justice of men dealing in death without being in any danger of it. — Ernest Hemingway
Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism. It is actually the opposite of Conservatism, since it is a devotion to something that is always changing… — George Orwell
He looked so lost, so soulful, so lonely. I wanted him to kiss me now. I wanted to let him know I was his for… — Ellen Schreiber

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