Devotion Quotes

If she had loved him, he would have opened windows, allowed all of that precious light of hers in she wanted! If she could tolerate him, he would have donated to every stinking animal shelter in her name, quit his drinking habits completely, and played music for her anytime she wanted! He would have gone out, faced the cruel public, and embraced their scorn just to be close to her, continued to hide in the shadows of her life until she needed him…If she had loved him, he would have done anything.

~ Amanda Lance

I pray to God to give me perseverance and to deign that I be a faithful witness to Him to the end of my life for my God.

~ St. Patrick

Lord Ram gave Hanuman a quizzical look and said, What are you, a monkey or a man? Hanuman bowed his head reverently, folded his hands and said, When I do not know who I am, I serve You and when I do know who I am, You and I are One.

~ Tulsidas

Isabella. He pronounced my full name carefully, then playfully ruffled my hair with his free hand. A shock ran through my body at his casual touch. Bella, I couldn't live with myself if I ever hurt you. You don't know how it's tortured me. He looked down, ashamed again. The thought of you, still, white, cold . . . to never see you blush scarlet again, to never see that flash of intuition in your eyes when you see through my pretenses . . . it would be unendurable. he lifted his glorious, agonized eyes to mine. You are the most important thing to me now. The most important thing to me ever.

~ Stephenie Meyer

Do you see, Harry? Do you see the flaw in my brilliant plan now? I had fallen into the trap I had foreseen, that I had told myself I could avoid, that I must avoid.”“I don’t —”“I cared about you too much,” said Dumbledore simply. “I cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for your peace of mind than my plan, more for your life than the lives that might be lost if the plan failed. In other words, I acted exactly as Voldemort expects we fools who love to act.“Is there a defense? I defy anyone who has watched you as I have — and I have watched you more closely than you can have imagined — not to want to save you more pain than you had already suffered. What did I care if numbers of nameless and faceless people and creatures were slaughtered in the vague future, if in the here and now you were alive, and well, and happy? I never dreamed that I would have such a person on my hands.

~ J.k. Rowling

He became...the ideal of that virtue which delights in its own work...doing everything with simplicity and dignity, for he seemed to realize that his objective added nobility to everything he did.

~ Honoré De Balzac

What moved me was the theme of the harmony which is born only of sacrifice, the twofold experience of love. It's not a question of mutual love: what nobody seems to understand is that love can only be one-sided, that no other love exists, that in any other form it is not love. If it involves less than total giving, it is not love. It is impotent; for the moment, it is nothing.

~ Andrei Tarkovsky

Sacrifice demands the surrender of things we cherish above all else. Only out of the agony of those loses can a new resolution be born. An undying devotion to a cause greater than one’s self, and a moral duty to see a journey through to its absolute completion.

~ Emily Thorne

I believe that many who find that nothing happens when they sit down, or kneel down, to a book of devotion, would find that the heart sings unbidden while they are working their way through a tough bit of theology with a pipe in their teeth and a pencil in their hand.

~ C.s. Lewis

You’re the one thing I want the most in the world yet the one thing I cannot have. Because to have you completely would be impossible. You can’t go where I walk.

~ Abbi Glines

The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasums, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at best know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

~ Theodore Roosevelt

It never cost a disciple anything to follow Jesus, to talk about cost when you are in love with anyone is an insult.

~ Oswald Chambers

The only thing I want more than you, is to do right by you.

~ Angela N. Blount

Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.

~ Napoléon Bonaparte

...don't think love is just an emotion - I am dangerous and you know it because I will do anything you ask me to do...

~ John Geddes

What thief does not fight to hold what he has?One that has something better - Locke Lamora to the Gray king

~ Scott Lynch

...writing with ferocity is a gift, provided that ferocity is a monomaniacal devotion to pursuing the truth ...

~ John Geddes

They are strong wives, devoted moms, and beautiful women, trying to find a way to earn and keep their wings because God knows, it's not easy being married to the military.

~ L.m. Fields

Face me and learn that I’m not alone, attack and you’ll find that my Leader stands beside me. I will bleed and I may die, but this warrior will not be shaken!” -Regan

~ Brittany L. Engels

... your grasp, even in fury, would have a charm for me...

~ Charlotte Brontë

You can see I have no will to stay away from you, no tolerance to live without you.

~ Amanda Lance

She now saw that she wanted a boy to do more than follow her in blind devotion. She wanted a boy to challenge her, to tell her about things she'd never thought of, to show her new points of view.

~ Anna Godbersen

Tyler. His handsome, lion-eyed ravagement. His capacity for devotion. Which is so sexy. Why do so many gay men lack that? Why are they so distracted, so in love with the idea of more and more and then more, again?

~ Michael Cunningham

... both pleasure and devotion require a stress-free space in which to flourish...

~ Elizabeth Gilbert

It was evenings like that when beneath dim light and relaxing in a sultry bath that she missed him the most. A flicker of candlelight, wind breathing snow against the window and the soothing scent of creme caramel – all were a comfort to her as she closed her eyes, summoned memories and many a tender thought. She didn't feel deserving of the devotion bestowed upon her, but she had finally learned to accept its wondrous gift, knowing that love was the source of existence and its only end.

~ Donna Lynn Hope

I talk to him when I'm lonesome like; and I'm sure he understands. When he looks at me so attentively, and gently licks my hands; then he rubs his nose on my tailored clothes, but I never say naught thereat. For the good Lord knows I can buy more clothes, but never a friend like that.

~ W. Dayton Wedgefarth

She was the one who wanted to be with him, the one who watched and waited for him, who felt his absence badly.

~ Sonya Hartnett

Each evening she held his head in her hands and ran her aching fingers thru the thick ruff of fur around his neck. He burrowed against her, sighing devotion.

~ Meg Rosoff

We were both satellites orbiting Denny’s sun, struggling for gravitational supremacy. Of course, she had the advantage of her tongue and her thumbs, and when I watched her kiss and fondle him sometimes she would glance at me and wink as if to gloat: Look at my thumbs! See what they can do!

~ Garth Stein

I understand the loss of a comrade is something to mourn, but our responsibilities do not end because one has lost the fight. We as defenders of this nation have an obligation to those who've sworn allegiance to us. And I intend to uphold my oath to the people of this land, no matter the cost.

~ Charles Lee

I may not be the kind of person you want me to, but I will always be there for you.

~ Alfusainey Jallow

The totality of love is just three simple acts; devotion, loyalty and sacrifice.

~ M.f. Moonzajer

When it comes to relationships, empaths truly shine. This is because it is not the face, body or personality of a person that empaths fall in love with, it is their Soul.

~ Mateo Sol

As lost as I get, I will find you, Heather. Always - Dante

~ Adrian Phoenix

For God's sake, let's take the word 'possess' and put a brick round its neck and drown it ... We can't possess one another. We can only give and hazard all we have.

~ Dorothy L. Sayers

...you called me poet-priest - I am. ...devoted to my art, faithful to you...or, is the other way around?...

~ John Geddes

Rather than a vanity paycheck it feels better to give something of far more value than entertainment or money. Sometimes gifts can be priceless like that of love which is everything, connection, inspiration, devotion, attention, purpose…

~ Di Lee

Methinks I lied all winter, when I sworeMy love was infinite, if spring makes it more.

~ John Donne

...I don't want security - to be self-assured - I want to risk my heart in making your portrait and be paid the wages of your devotion...

~ John Geddes

My affection for you is not my problem.

~ Ljupka Cvetanova