Quotes about Love
What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds.
— Mary Baker Eddy
He that loveth little prayeth little, he that loveth much prayeth much.
— St. Augustine
Persistence in prayer for someone whom we don't like, however much it goes against the grain to begin with, brings about a remarkable change in attitude.
— FF Bruce
God is not only a divine person who we can address in prayer, but also a wide living space We human beings are giving each other space for living when we meet each other in love and friendship.
— Jurgen Moltmann
It is impossible to pray for someone without loving him, and impossible to go on praying for him without discovering that our love for him grows and matures.
— John Stott
You have to listen to the one who calls you beloved. That has to be affirmed over and over again. That is prayer - listening to the voice of the one who calls you "the beloved."
— Henri Nouwen
A wife's prayers for her husband have a far greater effect on him than anyone else's, even his mother's. (Sorry, Mom.)
— Stormie Omartian
Scatter good will and love and prayers all around, everywhere, and you will be astonished, not only by what it does for other people, but how it comes back to you in generous abundance.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Our Lord is the ground from whom our prayer grows and in his love and grace he himself gives us our prayers.
— Julian of Norwich
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
— Teresa of Avila
All the Saints of God are there to protect me, to sustain me and to carry me. And your prayers, my dear friends, your indulgence, your love, your faith and your hope accompany me.
— Pope Benedict XVI
In souls filled with love, the desire to please God is continual prayer.
— John Wesley