Quotes about Captivation
It's only when my heart is captured by the awe of God that I will view my identity rightly.
- Paul David Tripp
A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
- Proverbs 5:19
You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.
- Song of Solomon 4:9
Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.
- Luke 19:48
To know God as He really is-in His essential nature and character-is to arrive at a citadel of peace that circumstances may storm, but can never capture.
- Catherine Marshall
Love sets you free the moment it arrests you.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
What a man seeks is beauty, plain and simple. No other way to put it. The rustle of her clothes, her scent. The sweep of her hair across his naked stomach ( . . . ) That the man knows not how to even name that which enslaves him hardly lightens his burden.
- Cormac McCarthy
This is a book about Heaven. I know it now. It floats among us like a cloud and is the realest thing we know and the least to be captured, the least to be possessed by anybody for himself. It is like a grain of mustard seed, which you cannot see among the crumbs of earth where it lies. It is like the reflection of the trees on the water.
- Wendell Berry
Our hearts are so often captivated by paltry God-replacements that matter to us more than the true God. When we start to see this, it is the beginning of change and the pathway to freedom.
- Timothy Lane
When we live for ourselves, we become boring. Most of us are simply not interesting enough on our own to captivate someone else for five or six decades.
- Gary Thomas
A captivated heart, a bridled tongue, a limited curiosity, and a slow reentry after prayer are necessary disciplines of simplicity.
- Gary Thomas
When you set yourself on fire, people love to come and see you burn.
- John Wesley