Quotes about Devotion
And yet, while there is only the one thing we can care for and devote ourselves to, we choose instead to care about and attach ourselves to a score of others: to our bodies, to our property, to our family, friends and slaves. [15] And, being attached to many things, we are weighed down and dragged along with them.
— Epictetus
Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God.
— Ambrose of Milan
Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.
— Andrew Jackson
However great may be the work for which we are responsible, we will always do well if we pause to spend time in sacred praise.
— Charles Spurgeon
He who labours, prays.
— St. Augustine
As a Christian, I try to meditate or pray at least once a day, however briefly.
— Jay Parini
If you don't have much passion, well, get on your face and pray for the passion and get into the word of God. That's what I've been sharing. That's the whole concept.
— Jeremy Camp
Fasting, coupled with mighty prayer, is powerful.
— Joseph Wirthlin
I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.
— Billy Graham
I pray to start my day and finish it in prayer.
— Tim Tebow
Although all serious Christians recognize the importance that the Bible places on prayer, most fall short when it comes to doing it.
— Tony Evans
We observe that in the scriptures, fasting almost always is linked with prayer. Without prayer, fasting is not complete fasting; it's simply going hungry.
— Joseph Wirthlin