Quotes related to 1 John 3:18
We must remember that the test of our religious principles lies not just in what we say, not only in our prayers, not even in living blameless lives - but in what we do for others
— Harry S. Truman
Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.
— Leo Buscaglia
When we feel we can make a difference, and we're given the means to do so, positive outcomes can happen that in turn allow hope to prevail.
— Jane Goodall
Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the appearance of one of these two sides, to find the other: given the upper, to find the under side.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
One aspect of neighbourly love is that we must not merely will our neighbours good, but actually work to bring it about.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Work is love made visible.
— Khalil Gibran
It is not the greatness of the work which matters to God but the love with which it is done.
— Brother Lawrence
He that loves works out good to those that he loves, as he is able. God's power and will are equal; what He wills He works.
— John Owen
True Christianity is love in action. There is no better way to manifest love for God than to show an unselfish love for your fellow men. This is the spirit of missionary work
— David O. McKay
Words can be powerful or they can be cheap. What makes words powerful is the action that flows from them. Theology also can be powerful or cheap. What makes right thinking about God powerful is the life that emerges daily from that theology.
— Timothy Lane
And the child smiled on the Giant, and said to him, 'You let me play once in your garden, to-day you shall come with me to my garden, which is Paradise.
— Oscar Wilde
Love means will-to-good, willing the benefit of what or who is loved. We may say we love chocolate cake, but we don't. Rather, we want to eat it. That is desire, not love. In our culture we have a great problem distinguishing between love and desire, but it is essential that we do so.
— Dallas Willard