Devoted Quotes

• There is no greater satisfaction for a just and well-meaning person than the knowledge that he has devoted his best energies to the service of the good cause.

  Albert Einstein

  Self Esteem, Satisfaction, Causes

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.38, Open Road Media

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• On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there.

  Placido Domingo

  Stress, Hands, Energy

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• I often think that at the center of me is a voice that at last did split, a house in my heart so invaded with other people and their speech, friends I believed I was devoted to, people whose lives I can simply guess at now, that it gives me the impression I am simply a collection of them, that they all existed for themselves, but had inadvertently formed me, then vanished. But, what: Should I have been expected to create my own self, out of nothing, out of thin, thin air and alone?

  Lorrie Moore

  Heart, Thinking, Air

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• Much is now being said about evangelism; but before we get effective evangelism, we have to get effective evangelists. Evangelism is useless unless it is the work of one devoted to God, willing and glad to suffer all things for God, penetrated by the attractiveness of God. New machinery, adaptations and adjustments, are not the first need... but more devoted, adoring, sacrificial souls.

  Evelyn Underhill

  Soul, Suffering, Firsts

  Evelyn Underhill (1960). “The Mount of Purification”

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• We are not primarily called to do something or go somewhere; we are called to Someone. We are not called first to special work but to God. The key to answering the call is to be devoted to no one and to nothing above God himself.

  Os Guinness

  Keys, Special, Firsts

  Os Guinness (2008). “Rising to the Call”, p.40, Harper Collins

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• If we are truly devoted to doing God's will, pain and pleasure won't make any difference to us.

  Brother Lawrence

  Pain, Differences, Pleasure

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

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• Of all devils let loose in the world there is no devil like devoted love.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Devil, World

  Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “Gaudy Night”, p.513, Open Road Media

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• Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.

  Charles Dickens

  Inspirational, Heart, Literature

  "David Copperfield". Book by Charles Dickens, 1850.

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• One life totally devoted to God is of more value to Him than one hundred lives which have been simply awakened by His Spirit.

  Oswald Chambers

  God, Christian, Spirit

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.248, Discovery House

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• If so much of your experience is devoted to the thought of documentation, you're already sort of spinning out this narrative from this moment that you are attempting to control instead of just experiencing it.

  Ted Leo

  Documentation, Narrative, Spinning

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Imagine a culture in which everything is geared toward helping all individuals become the best human beings they can be; in which individuals are driven to devoting their lives to becoming enlightened by the natural flood of compassion for others that arises from their wisdom.

  Robert Thurman

  Wisdom, Buddhism, Compassion

  Robert Thurman (1999). “Inner Revolution”, p.28, Penguin

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• We have a need for enchantment that is as deep and devoted as our need for food and water.

  Derrick Jensen

  Inspiring, Water, Enchantment

  Derrick Jensen (2002). “The Culture of Make Believe”, p.537, Chelsea Green Publishing

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• A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Life, Death

  'Sebastian Melmoth' (1905) p. 12. Oscariana (1910) p. 8

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• See to whom Jesus is drawing near, three kinds of people: to those who make peace with him, to those who are devoted to God, and to those who are kind to their neighbors.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Jesus, Drawing, People

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (2010). “The Academic Sermons (The Fathers of the Church, Mediaeval Continuation, Volume 11)”, p.48, CUA Press

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• When a couple of young people strongly devoted to each other commence to eat onions, it is safe to pronounce them engaged.

  James Montgomery Bailey

  Best Love, Couple, People

  James Montgomery Bailey (1873). “Life in Danbury: Being a Brief But Comprehensive Record of the Doings of a Remarkable People, Under More Remarkable Circumstances, and Chronicled in a Most Remarkable Manner”, p.230

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• Jesus isn't coming for a church that's gritting her teeth, struggling to stay free from sin, secretly wishing she could indulge in a little immorality but abstaining because of being afraid of getting caught. No, Jesus is coming for a church passionately and utterly devoted to Him-one that is free on the inside.

  Mike Bickle

  Jesus, Motivation, Struggle

  Mike Bickle (1993). “Passion for Jesus”, Charisma House

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• I think the oversight is great, and I think that oversight ought to be devoted almost entirely to the question is this being done at market you know. In other words, you want to make sure that the government isn't investing foolishly. But you don't want to care about which congressional districts it goes to or whether banks get favored over.

  Warren Buffett

  Thinking, Government, Investing

  "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". Interview With Charlie Rose, www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

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• Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Practice, Skills, Constant

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• And, moreover, when it happens that both are sincere and good, nothing will mix and amalgamate more easily than an old priest and an old soldier. In reality, they are the same kind of man. One has devoted himself to country upon earth, the other to his country in heaven; there is no other difference.

  Victor Hugo

  Country, Reality, Men

  Victor Hugo (1994). “Les Miserables Volume One”, p.415, Wordsworth Editions

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• I have always had that inner drive, since my birth. And I have always devoted myself gladly to work - to work and to the struggle.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Struggle, Birth

  Source: www.independent.co.uk

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• There is, for instance, only one page at the beginning of Runciman's three-volume History of the Crusades describing how the participants decided to begin four hundred years of wars, and then several thousand pages devoted to the routes, battles and other events which make up the "history" of the Crusades.

  Lloyd deMause

  War, Years, Battle

  Lloyd DeMause (1975). “The New Psychohistory”, New York : Psychohistory Press

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• Quoting, like smoking, is a dirty habit to which I am devoted.

  Carolyn Heilbrun

  Dirty, Marijuana, Naughty

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• A single lifetime, even though entirely devoted to the sky, would not be enough for the study of so vast a subject. A time will come when our descendants will be amazed that we did not know things that are so plain to them.

  Seneca the Younger

  Sky, Flying, Single Life

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• There is no more potent antidote to the corroding influence of mammon than the presence in the community of a body of men devoted to science, living for investigation and caring nothing for the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.

  William Osler

  Life, Eye, Caring

  Sir William Osler (2001). “Osler's "a Way of Life" and Other Addresses, with Commentary and Annotations”, p.143, Duke University Press

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• It was a long hard bumpy road, but this great country kept me inspired with its beauty, character, and spirit, driving me to keep marching on and devoted to sing about its people and places that make Canada the greatest country in the world.

  Stompin' Tom Connors

  Country, Character, Marching On

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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