Quotes related to 1 Corinthians 13:4
4) But only man knows consciously and rationally, and only man's loves can be conscious and rational and responsible through free will.
— Peter Kreeft
8. Charity (agape), or willing the good of the other. Since this love comes from the will rather than the feelings, and since angels have wills, angels have this love.
— Peter Kreeft
The more I think it over, the more I feel that is is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
— Vincent Van Gogh
Don't judge Christ by those of us who imperfectly bear his name.
— Philip Yancey
I find a simple answer in the Bible's overarching theme that God is love. That quality, more than anything else, makes clear the reason behind all creation. Love cannot really exist without an object to receive it.
— Philip Yancey
The irony is that 'looking down on everybody else' is a violation of the law of love, which, according to Jesus, is the absolute essence of righteousness.
— John Ortberg
Friendship with oneself is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anybody else in the world
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Sometimes the real bonding happens in conversations about nothing, Don," she said. "Sometimes being willing to talk about nothing shows how much we want to be with each other. And that's a powerful thing.
— Donald Miller
God had never withheld love to teach me a lesson.
— Donald Miller
True charity never envies others when they prosper, nor rejoices in the calamities of others when they are in trouble.
— JC Ryle
Joy cannot remain with the selfish; it is wedded to Love.
— James Allen
Come live with me, and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks.
— John Donne