Devout Quotes

113 quotes by 102 authors

If a man is devout, we accuse him of hypocrisy; if he is not, of impiety; if he is humble, we look on his humility… — Louis Bourdaloue
But as a kid, I loved 'Monty Python.' My Dad was a devout watcher. We used to watch it when we ate dinner! — Wes Bentley
My grandfather, a devout Christian, had the gift of healing. — Richard Paul Evans
One of my favorite authors is Robert Cormier. He was a devout Catholic and a very nice man, which might not be the impression you… — Sara Zarr
I don't believe in, and I am a devout non-believer, in playing new songs live if the subjected and pathetic crowd has not heard them… — Peter Steele
No one but yourself knows whether you are cowardly and cruel, or loyal and devout; others do not see you; they surmise you by uncertain… — Michel de Montaigne
I don't fly on account of my religion. I'm a devout coward. — Henny Youngman
Soft as Memnon's harp at morning, To the inward ear devout, Touched by light, with heavenly warning Your transporting chords ring out. Every leaf in… — John Keble
I like femininity, not of the devout, but of the self-assured, cool and sophisticated kind. — Jil Sander
Hasidism has a tradition that one of man's purposes is to assist God in the work of redemption by "hallowing" the things of creation. By… — Annie Dillard
It is a very good exercise, at least from a historian's point of view, to imagine oneself a devout pagan while reading various Christian writings. — Ramsay MacMullen
Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the devout worshiper at any shrine reflects something of its golden… — Honore de Balzac
Some devout Christians are among the most fervent advocates of the death penalty, contradicting Jesus Christ and justifying their belief on an erroneous interpretation of… — Jimmy Carter
Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task… — Anatole France
People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate. — George Eliot
Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout. — William James
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person. — Abraham Lincoln
Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same. — Moliere
Saddam Hussein was not an Islamist. He's not a radical jihadist. He's not a radical Muslim. I mean, he was a - he was a… — Rick Santorum
I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real… — Franz Schubert

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