Quotes About Unconditional

I saw in her expression that old, unshakable mountain of concern. And I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know

She wasn't easy on me, don't get me wrong. She smacked me. She scolded me. She punished me. But she loved me. She really did. She loved me falling off a swing set. She loved me stepping on her floors with muddy shoes. She loved me through vomit and snot and bloody knees. She loved me coming and going, at my worst and at my best. She had a bottomless well of love for me.

She loved me coming and going, at my worst and at my best. She had a bottomless well of love for me.

The West wants unconditional love; failing that, unconditional surrender.

Babies, I speculated in that peculiar mystical state, are sort of leaky little understudies for God. With each baby the human species gets the chance to break out of the self into the service of something so 'other' that the reasons for conditional love can give way to faith in unconditional love… with babies, we get the chance to take one manageable baby step on the long hard path of the saints.

Once a mother, always a mother. You don't ever get to quit or retire.

Love—the real thing—was what she wanted. What is the real thing? the voice in her head asked. It's trusting whoever you are in a relationship with to love you unconditionally even if you're damaged, she answered.

Lily had two kids who'd disappointed her, but like Ophelia, she still loved them both—even if both of them had pulled some crazy stunts. A mother might not like her children at times, but she always loved them.

Once a mother, always a mother, no matter the age or the era." Truer words have never been spoken.

A mother might not like her children at times, but she always loved them.

And there are the very special people in our lives who have the endless capacity to love us for all of our flaws.

Because I've realized that no matter where you are or what you're doing, or who you're with, I will always honestly, truly, completely love you.

We have to find ways to nourish and express our compassion. When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that person says and does things that are not easy to accept. We practice in this way until we see clearly that our love is not contingent upon the other person being lovable.

By now, his morality coincided with his curiosity, probably always had. It was the unconditional curiosity of the tourist thirsty for knowledge; a curiosity that, in having tasted the mystery of personality, had perhaps not been all that far from realms emerging here; a curiosity that displayed something of a military character by not trying to evade something forbidden if it might offer itself.

Love is free; it does not depend on the desirability of its object, but loves for love's sake.

Ce devrait être toujours comme ça quand on aime. Sans condition. Sans juger. Sans établir des critères, des préférences.

History has never been dominated by majorities, but only by dedicated minorities who stand unconditionally on their faith," he says.

We're taught to expect unconditional love from our parents, but I think it is more the gift our children give us. It's they who love us helplessly, no matter what or who we are.

We're taught to expect unconditional love from our parents, but I think it is more the gift our children give us. It's they who love us helplessly, no matter what or who we are.

People like to say love is unconditional, but it's not, and even if it was unconditional, it's still never free. There's always an expectation attached. They always want something in return. Like they want you to be happy or whatever and that makes you automatically responsible for their happiness because they won't be happy unless you are ... I just don't want that responsibility.

God, my Heavenly Father, does not have any favorite children. He loves every one of us with the same love.

No matter what has happened. No matter what you've done. No matter what you will do. I will always love you. I swear it.

I love you, Papa," I said. "And I love you," my father replied. "I have loved you every day of your life. I will love you for every day of mine and more. My love will never diminish, no matter how many steps you take throughout the world, no matter how many years you wander until your task is done." "I will love you as long as I draw breath," I replied. "And the moment I stop breathing, I will find you. Wherever you are.

I love you, Papa," I said. "And I love you," my father replied. "I have loved you every day of your life. I will love you for every day of mine and more. My love will never diminish, no matter how many steps you take throughout the world, no matter how many years you wander until your task is done.