There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?

It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be. A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always care. A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart.

The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.

God is love. He loves everybody. He loves you.

The more that you come to know Jesus for who He really is, loving Him is not a problem.

God loves us as we are, but He also loves. ... God doesn't care what roads we've traveled, only that our roads turn to Him.

I heard once that real love doesn't ask what is in it for me; it just gives unconditionally. It just tries to take the weight out of somebody else's pack, lessen his load, and if it gets reciprocated, that's great, but that isn't what you did it for.

Here's a thing I've noticed: the greatest leaders, the ones who impact the world the most, are somehow able to turn the other cheek. It's as though they believe so solidly in love, so robustly in forgiveness, they have the ability to forgive and even love those who attack them.