Devotion Quote by William Wilberforce Download Open image “The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint” — William Wilberforce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Devotion Grows Inspirational Intercession Prayer Religion Soul Spirituality
“Devotion is a spiritual act of egoless surrender. When the Self blinds the spirit too tightly, then devotion expands the blinding by lifting us… — anodea judith Copy Share Image
The soul of a true christian, as I then wrote my meditations, appeared like such a little white flower as we see in the… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can see, So deep in my soul the still… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
Devotion {to the spiritual master} becomes the purest, quickest, and simplest way to realize the nature of our mind and all things. As we… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Devotion is a place where you do not exist; life just flows through you as a certain sweetness and beauty. — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
Devotion means your limited entity has been dissolved; a much larger possibility has become a living reality for you. — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
Devotion is the spark that can fire up your chemistry and energy to such a level that it creates an explosion of ecstasy within… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
The height of devotion is reached when reverence and contemplation produce passionate worship, which in turn breaks forth in thanksgiving and praise in word… — R. Kent Hughes Copy Share Image
Our souls cannot be forced to grow, but like flowers, our spiritual selves can be nurtured until they blossom and flourish. — James Van Praagh Copy Share Image
Devotion is a tool to dissolve yourself into nothingness and become the very hand of the Divine. — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us,… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation. — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Some bolder spirits, indeed, might be expected to despise the cautious moderation of these timid reasoners, and to pronounce decisively, that the Bible was… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
“God Almighty has set before me two Great Objects: the supression of the Slave Trade and the Reformation of Manners.” — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
The title of Christian is a reproach to us, if we estrange ourselves from Him after whom we are denominated. The name of Jesus… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners (morality). — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Life as we know it, with all its ups and downs, will soon be over. We all will give an accounting to God of… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
If there is no passionate love for Christ at the center of everything, we will only jingle and jangle our way across the world,… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Its guilt therefore in these cases, is not to be measure by its effects on the happiness of mankind; nor is it to be… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power. — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
When blessed with wealth, let them withdraw from the competition of vanity and be modest, retiring from ostentation, and not be the slaves of… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
In freedom can be found many devotions: a devotion to love, a desire to believe, a willingness to be happy, a perseverance to have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I can remember coming downstairs before school every day and my mom would be reading her Bible and doing her devotion and praying. Both… — Mike Fisher Copy Share Image
I have fallen in love with you my angel. I sought nothing of you but only to see that dazzling smile of yours once… — Mahmoud El Hallab Copy Share Image
I’d never known it was possible to love as he did— with complete devotion yet devoid of promises. — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
Every Holy Mass, heard with devotion, produces in our souls marvelous effects, abundant spiritual and material graces which we, ourselves, do not know...It is… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
Daily simple, sincere, and mighty prayers lift our lives to a higher spiritual altitude. In our prayers we praise God, give thanks to Him,… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Never despise a drink because it is easy to make and/or uses commercial mixes. Unquestioning devotion to authenticity is, in any department of life,… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
“It didn’t break the trance. She wasn’t sure that anything could, and briefly wondered if they’d stay like this until flesh rotted away from… — Ashton Morgan Copy Share Image
