Quotes about Love

God loves us not because we are lovable, but because He is love.

He had let go of the need to earn God's love

Abba is best translated "Dear Father." It is a term of intimacy, but it also contains a sense of obedience.

Public virtue is the vital spirit of republics, and history proves that when this has decayed and the love of money has usurped its place, although the forms of free government may remain for a season, the substance has departed forever.

Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.

Jesus was the only point. Imitation was the point.

Asked to describe the Holy One, Jesus told the story of the father whose bond with his son, no matter the son's unworthiness, was unbreakable.

Separated Peter from the vile and suicidal Judas was that he, Peter, had lived long enough to find his offense transformed—through no merit of his own—by the loving acceptance of Jesus. The humiliated Peter was, in the same moment, the forgiven Peter.

Live more humanly, bravely, and compassionately in such circumstances, mainly through a call to discipleship.

I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them.

Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built.

One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at them, and be a friend to the friendless.