The real pleasure of one's life is the devotion to a great objective of one's consideration.
What a woman most admires in a man is distinction among men. What a man most admires in a woman is devotion to himself.
Those who are lacking in bhakti (devotion), lacking in faith, are ill qualified to interpret the scriptures.
Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man's enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.
If evils increase, the devotion of the People of God should also increase.
When I finally gathered, invented, stole, simplified, borrowed, and found a publisher for a clutch of reasonably foolproof recipes, I learned I had friends I hadn't known about—more proof that a mutual dislike can be quite as sound a basis for friendship as a mutual devotion.
The results of action depends upon the very quality of the action.
. . . many a heart is caught in the rebound. . . Pride may be soothed by the ready devotion of another; vanity may be excited the more keenly by recent mortification.
In front of you I commit myself to serve my country with devotion.
You, too, can be carved anew by the details of your devotion.
Maybe I was afraid to trust him with something so personal as my devotion.
All music is devotional, whether it's devotion to products, face washes, creams, plastic. Everybody is devoted to something.
In our hearts do we feel a sense of gratitude and devotion to the Father? Are we of one heart with Him to whom we owe everything? The test of our devotion to the Lord seems to be the way we serve Him.
You can buy a man's time; you can buy his physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of his skilled muscular motions per hour. But you cannot buy enthusiasm. . . you cannot buy loyalty. . . you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, mind or souls. You must earn these.
Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
During the '80s, those you would call the young philosophers of France, such as Bernard-Henri Lévy and [André ] Gluxman, pointed out that Camus had said things no one wanted to hear in the political arena. They said it was [Albert] Camus who was right, not those who had slid under the influence of Sartre, that is to say an unconditional devotion to Communism as seen in the Soviet Union. And ever since then the evaluation of Camus has continued to modify up until today
Love of Mary and devotion to her are a sure sign of obtaining eternal salvation.
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.
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.
Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives and the sincerest part of our devotion.