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No one ever lost out by excessive devotion to Christ.

No person will deny that the highest degree of attainable accuracy is an object to be desired, and it is generally found that the last advances towards precision require a greater devotion of time, labour, and expense, than those which precede them.

Not all people who inspire devotion are monsters.

... nothing is so boring as devotion.

Nothing is worthy of man as man unless he can pursue it with passionate devotion.

Nothing will carry you through hardship like a sincere devotion to Christ.

Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.

Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.

Only when you are absolutely devoted to what you do, can you produce something significant in the world.

One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.

One grain of incense with devotion offer'd 'S beyond all perfumes of Sabaean spices.

Other people's devotions embarrassed me, perhaps because, like other people's kisses, they rarely looked genuine when viewed too closely.

Personally, I always find it especially piquant when cultural conservatives, usually quick to profess their devotion to the Free Market, rail against the success in said market of some product of which they disapprove.

Patriotism is not necessarily defined as blind devotion to a president's particular agenda - and that to dispute a presidential policy is not necessarily anti-American.

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 and yet is felt to be mystically the same.

Paul welcomed hearbreak, disillusionment and tribulation for only one reason - - these things kept him immovable in his devotion to the gospel of God.

Pontus, instituted among all people, as an addition or corollary of devotion towards God, that festival days and assemblies should be celebrated to them who had contended for the faith (that is, to lie martyrs ).

Physical scientists probably deserve the reputation they enjoy for incorruptibility and unswerving devotion to pure truth. The reason for this is that it is not worth while to bribe them.

Religion is a major player in the poaching crisis. We've ignored it, we've accorded religion too much respect in this regard, and we've placed devotion above slaughter.

Prayer thrives in the atmosphere of true devotion.

Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth

Religion to me is devotion to work and devotedly working is being religious.

Renunciation is the central sun, round which devotion, knowledge and the rest revolve like planets.

Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion. But strictly speaking, there is no call to that. Service is what I bring to the relationship and is the reflection of my identification with the nature of God.

Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion.

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

Simply performing devotional activities will not impart devotion to others but our consciousness should be absorbed.

Students from the same teacher will differ in their skills

The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion.

Successful couples love each other with complete devotion

Surely the experience of all good men confirms the proposition that without a due measure of private devotions the soul will grow lean.

The athlete must make a devotion of his specialty.

The full ashtanga system practiced with devotion leads to freedom within one's heart.

The devotion of thought to an honest achievement makes the achievement possible. Exceptions only confirm this rule, proving that failure is occasioned by a too feeble faith.

The eyes see what the heart loves. If the heart loves God and is single in this devotion, then the eyes will see God whether others see Him or not

The devotion which God sends to the succor of His Church and of the nations at the present time is the devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist. It is the highest of all devotions.

The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.

Their devotion showed me there were no versions of love there was only... Love. That it had no equal and that it was worth searching for, even if that search took a lifetime.

The life of a devotee is a crusade of which the heart is the Holy Land.

There is no greater threat to our devotion to Christ than our service for Christ.

The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.

There is a region beyond reason. Unless you get there, you will not know the sweetness of love, nor the Divine.

The most Superior amongst the colors in the universe is the color of Devotion.

The Romans worshipped their standard; and the Roman standard happened to be an eagle. Our standard is only one tenth of an eagle,--a dollar, but we make all even by adoring it with tenfold devotion.

Those who have had the most impact and influence throughout history and certainly the people who've had the most impact and influence on me personally have been basically entirely unaware of any such influence and made their chief concern their personal devotion and obedience, and the pleasure of God in the hidden things of their lives.

The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint

The woman who too easily and ardently yielded her devotion will find that its vitality, like a bright fire, soon consumes itself.

Those who are lacking in bhakti (devotion), lacking in faith, are ill qualified to interpret the scriptures.

Through knowledge and devotion, transcend all karma and be free.

True love is like religion. It is full of devotion and free of doubt.