Quotes about Devotion

The history of missions is a history of prayer. Everything vital to the success of the world's evangelization hinges on prayer.

I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.

The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving.

Following Christ has nothing to do with success as the world sees success. It has to do with love.

There is no abiding success without commitment.

You must get your living by loving, or at least half your life is a failure.

Christ is never in haste: least of all, on His errands of love. And He is never in haste, because He is always sure.

Know that the only remedy for love is to love more.

They say that dogs may dream, and when Topsy was old, his feet would move in his sleep. With his eyes closed he would often make a noise that sounded quite human, as if greeting someone in his dreams. At first it seemed that he believed Sara would return, but as the years went by I understood that his loyalty asked for no reward, and that love comes in unexpected forms. His wish was small, as hers had been -- merely to be beside her. As for me, I already knew I would never get what I wanted.

what was a rose but the living proof of desire, the single best evidence of human longing and earthly devotion. but desire could be twisted,after all, and Jealousy was the name of the rose that did well in arid souls.

That was how you knew love. My mother had told me that. All you had to do as imagine your life without the other person, and if the thought alone made you shiver, then you knew.

crows were more intelligent than most men, and more loyal, and that you could not choose them, they must choose you, they must come to you and once they did they would never leave you, at least not of their own accord.