Fervent Quotes

• Let a nation's fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and sufferings of those who survive.

  Edward Everett

  Glowing, Suffering, Toil

  Svend Petersen, Edward Everett (1963). “The Gettysburg addresses: the story of two orations”

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• Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on "income distribution," the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: It is earned.

  Thomas Sowell

  Philosophy, Political, Income Distribution

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• I did not compose my work as one might put on a church vestment... rather it sprung from the truly fervent faith of my heart, such as I have felt it since my childhood.

  Franz Liszt

  Heart, Glowing, Childhood

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• I have sometimes thought there could be no stronger testimony in favor of Religion or against temporal Enjoyments even the most rational and manly than for men who occupy the most honorable and gainful departments and are rising in reputation and wealth, publicly to declare their unsatisfactoriness by becoming fervent Advocates in the cause of Christ, & I wish you may give in your Evidence in this way. Such instances have seldom occurred, therefore they would be more striking and would be instead of a "Cloud of Witnesses.

  James Madison

  Men, Clouds, Giving

  James Madison (1962). “The Papers of James Madison”

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• In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is usually embraced with vehemence and extremism, for we have to convince ourselves that what we took as second choice is the best there ever was. Thus blind faith is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves; insatiable desire a substitute for hope; accumulation a substitute for growth; fervent hustling a substitute for purposeful action; and pride a substitute for an unattainable self-respect.

  Eric Hoffer

  Pride, Men, Self

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• The feeling of love - is a fervent desire of goodness to a man.

  Simon Soloveychik

  Life, Love Is, Men

  Simon Soloveychik (2010). “Parenting for Everyone: Where Do Good Children Come From?”, p.161, Aigul Aubanova

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• Oh, what a glory doth this world put on, for him who with a fervent heart goes forth under the bright and glorious sky, and looks on duties well performed, and days well spent.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Heart, Sky, Day Well Spent

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.70, Delphi Classics

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• The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.

  Carl Sagan

  Humility, Thinking, Compassion

  Carl Sagan (1994). “Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space”, Random House Incorporated

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• It is possible to offer fervent prayer even while walking in public or strolling alone or seated in your shop ... while buying or selling ... or even while cooking.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Prayer, Cooking, Saint

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• Sweet serenity is found in fervent prayer. Then, we forget ourselves and remember the reaching hands of the Savior, who said, "Come unto me, all ye that are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." As our burdens are shared with Him, they do become lighter.

  Russell M. Nelson

  Sweet, Prayer, Hands

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• Find preachers of David Brainerd's spirit, and nothing can stand before them. Let us be followers of him, as he was of Christ, in absolute self-devotion, in total deadness to the world, and in fervent love to God and man.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Men, Self, Followers

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• The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his fervent supporters. For his supporters will push him to disaster unless his opponents show him where the dangers are. So if he is wise he will often pray to be delivered from his friends, because they will ruin him. But though it hurts, he ought also to pray never to be left without opponents; for they keep him on the path of reason and good sense.

  Walter Lippmann

  Wise, Hurt, Opponents

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• There is need of a great revival of spiritual life, of truly fervent devotion to our Lord Jesus, of entire consecration to His service. It is only in a church in which this spirit of revival has at least begun, that there is any hope of radical change in the relation of the majority of our Christian people to mission work.

  Andy Murray

  Christian, Spiritual, Jesus

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• Prayer is crucial in evangelism: Only God can change the heart of someone who is in rebellion against Him. No matter how logical our arguments or how fervent our appeals, our words will accomplish nothing unless God's Spirit prepares the way.

  Billy Graham

  Prayer, Heart, Accomplish Nothing

  Billy Graham (2007). “The Journey: Living by Faith in an Uncertain World”, p.285, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• We are bound together by the most powerful of all ties, our fervent love for freedom and independence, which knows no homeland but the human heart.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Powerful, Heart, Ties

  United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford), Gerald R. Ford (1977). “Gerald R. Ford: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President”

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• We consume everything like potato chips. In this environment, I suspect the cartoonist's connection with readers is likely to be superficial and fleeting, unless he taps into some fervent special interest niche. And that audience, almost by definition, will be tiny.

  Bill Watterson

  Special, Connections, Fleeting

  Source: library.osu.edu

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• We laugh, we cry, we work, we play, we love, we live. And then we die. ... And dead we would remain but for one Man and His mission, even Jesus of Nazareth. ... With all my heart and the fervency of my soul, I lift up my voice in testimony as a special witness and declare that God does live. Jesus is His Son, the Only Begotten of the Father in the flesh. He is our Redeemer; He is our Mediator with the Father. He it was who died on the cross to atone for our sins. He became the firstfruits of the Resurrection. Because He died, all shall live again.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Jesus, Father, Heart

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• Love is the impulse which directs the world, And all things know it and obey its power. Man, in the maelstrom of his passions whirled; The bee that takes the pollen to the flower; The earth, uplifting her bare, pulsing breast To fervent kisses of the amorous sun;-- Each but obeys creative Love's behest, Which everywhere instinctively is done.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Love, Uplifting, Flower

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2016). “Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)”, p.553, Delphi Classics

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• Filipinos everywhere are known for their love of God, their fervent piety and their warm devotion to Our Lady and her rosary

  Pope Francis

  Rosary, God Love, Devotion

  Pope Francis (2016). “Men of Mercy: Pope Francis Speaks to Priests”, p.74, BookBaby

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• Leadership requires vision, and whence will vision come except from hours spent in the presence of God in humble and fervent prayer?

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Christian, Prayer, Humble

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• Cultivate an appreciation and passion for books. I’m using passion in the fullest sense of the word: a deep, fervent emotion, a state of intense desire; an enthusiastic ardor for something or someone.

  Cassandra King

  Appreciation, Book, Passion

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• The most fervent prayer meetings are in hell.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Prayer, Hell, Meetings

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• Disagreeing with the fervent patriotism of the Confederates: "I think it's hard winning a war with words, gentlemen. . . . I'm saying very plainly that the Yankees are better equipped than we. . . . All we've got is cotton and slaves, and arrogance." "I seem to be spoiling everybody's brandy and cigars and dreams of victory."

  Clark Gable

  Dream, War, Winning

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• It is my fervent goal and hope... that we will someday no longer have to rely on nuclear weapons to deter aggression and assure world peace. To that end the United States is now engaged in a serious and sustained effort to negotiate major reductions in levels of offensive nuclear weapons with the ultimate goal of eliminating these weapons from the face of the earth.

  Ronald Reagan

  Goal, Effort, World

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• It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me.

  Franz Liszt

  Ambition, Glowing, Wish

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