#devote

The devout life does not solely entail living as a monk or ascetic, though that is fine. The devout life requires bringing God into all things. ↗

— David Paul Kirkpatrick

#devotion #jesus #life

Disciples and devotees…what are most of them doing? Worshipping the teapot instead of drinking the tea! ↗

— Wei Wu Wei

#disciples #form #forms #religion #religious

In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being one so that I could just devote my energies to encouraging people to find their true selves. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

#around #baggage #being #could #devote

President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our nation during a time of crisis, provided steady leadership and restored people's faith in the presidency and in government. ↗

— Mark Udall

#country #crisis #decent #decent man #devoted

Americans have been remarkably devoted to the capacity for belief, to idealism. That's why we get into trouble all the time. We're always viewed as naive. ↗

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

#been #belief #capacity #devoted #get

I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with musicians and friends, and trying subtly to influence a band than making your own stuff. ↗

— David Byrne

#devote #friends #fun #hanging #home

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no nation will devote itself to death and destruction to save mankind. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#destruction #devote #himself #itself #man

The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement - but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#begin #devoted #humane #intelligent #just

For me, when working on a film or play or television show, everything for me starts with the screenplay and I am devoted to that and that is what I work from. Any research I do or any preparation I do on my own is all ultimately in service of that. ↗

— James Spader

#any #devoted #everything #film #i

Our educational results lag behind other states, and other nations, but worse still, behind the potential of the kids and the devoted teachers in our classrooms. ↗

— Mitch Daniels

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