Quotes About Love

I like all my children, even the squat and ugly ones.

Everything I loved most happened most every day.

Closure is cowardice. When you lose someone you love, the memory of them maintains a tenacious adhesiveness to the heart

All reality is iconoclastic. The earthly beloved, even in this life, incessantly triumphs over your mere idea of her. And you want her to; you want her with all her resistances, all her faults, all her unexpectedness. That is, in her foursquare and independent reality. And this, not any image or memory, is what we are to love still; after she is dead.

This tale that I am about to tell is of a little boy who lived and suffered in those dark middle ages; of how he saw both the good and the bad of men, and of how, by gentleness and love and not by strife and hatred, he came at last to stand above other men and to be looked up to by all.

Is that your wife?" I asked. "Some day, if I play my cards right

After the storm, many citizens left New Orleans to live elsewhere, but those who stayed were determined to rebuild. They loved their city.

when we love something, emotion often drives our actions.

This is not his job, I thought, it's his passion.

Infusing work with purpose and meaning, however, is a two-way street. Yes, love what you do, but your company should love you back.

Years later, that image of my father -slumped on the family couch, his leg in a cast, unable to work or earn money, and ground down by the world- is still burned into my mind. Looking back now, I have a lot of respect for my dad. He never finished high school, but he was an honest man who worked hard.

God with us.

You will find what you look for in people and in the world. If you are loving, you will find love. If you seek beauty, you will see beauty. If you pursue goodness, you will receive goodness. What you are inside will attract the same from outside. When you love, love comes to you. When you hate, hate finds you.

submission. God doesn't want slaves.

Love comes from God, and relationships not grounded in the love of God are based on the exploitation of other people. Only through the love of God can we see the true value and beauty of another person.

Failing to use our life opportunities wisely and lovingly is a rejection of God.

Behavior that looks religious but is devoid of genuine love is abhorrent to God. God loves an honest agnostic more than a religious hypocrite.

When we love God, love our brothers and sisters, and love ourselves, our Maker is pleased.

Of all weapons, love is the most deadly and devastating, and few there be who dare trust their fate in its hands.

At times when the strain is heaviest upon us, And our tired nerves cry out in many-tongued pain Because the flow of love is choked far below the deep recesses of the heart, We seek with cravings firm and hard The strength to break the dam That we may live again in love's warm stream. Until, at least, we are restored and made anew!

They loved Israel, but they seem to have loved security more. They made their public peace with Rome and went on about the business of living.

One of the greatest things a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

Being happily and successfully married is generally not so much a matter of marrying the right person as it is being the right person.

A righteous father protects his children with his time and presence.