Religion Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

“I believe in love―a kind, selfless, unending devotion. I believe it is rare.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Never expect anything less than devotion from someone who has claim on your heart.”

— Dannika Dark

“There is an innocence in admiration: it occurs in one who has not yet realized that they might one day be admired.”

— Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

“You can admire the way someone meets hard circumstances, but you can't admire him because of them.”

— Elizabeth Harrower

“A perfect love is not all about devotion and loyalty, it is understanding little tiny things.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“It seems to me if I were young and in love I should never deem a man of ordinary caliber worthy of my devotion.”

— Kate Chopin

“It is a pleasurable thing to earn the admiration of others, but it is a far better feeling to honestly admire thyself.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“There are things more worthy of our devotion than our own desires.”

— Jerry S. Eicher

“When you admire people, you put them on pedestals. When you love people, you want to be together.”

— Krista Tippett

“One can seldom admire what one loves.”

— Marcel Proust

“It seems love is the most important thing. Someone who doesn't love us and uses us to hurt others was never worth our devotion.”

— Jodi Meadows

“...there's a limit to enduring admiration being a substitute for love.”

— John Irving