At one seminar where I was speaking on the concept of proactivity, a man came up and said, "Stephen, I like what you're saying. But every situation is so different. Look at my marriage. I'm really worried. My wife and I just don't have the same feelings for each other we used to have. I guess I just don't love her anymore and she doesn't love me. What can I do?" "The feeling isn't there anymore?" I asked.

Successful families don't just happen. They take every bit of energy, talent, vision, determination, and rescue efforts a person can muster. They take prioritizing, planning, and sacrificing. They require family members to be willing to say, "I'm sorry," and to do whatever is needed to make adjustments. Yes, in times of storm or calm, families need someone who is prepared to step up, not give up. Someone who is ready to lead.

Love is not without its flaws. The stronger the love, the more it tests you. Compassion and empathy will make true love persist.

God's big plan: go love everybody, always!

Love is so much bigger than our ignorance.

It's an incredible mystery of God's love that the more you know how deeply you are loved, the more you will see how deeply your sisters and your brothers in the human family are loved.

Love, and do what you will. If you keep silence, do it out of love. If you cry out, do it out of love. If you refrain from punishing, do it out of love.

Dearest comrades, all is over and long gone, But love is not over.

Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way . . . God can give us the perfect way.

I loved the fact that it wasn't my responsibility to change somebody, that it was God's, that my part was just to communicate love and approval.

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung.

I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone's wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really.