Quotes about Love
You believe in things you cannot see and speak a language that only hearts know.
— Charles Martin
Girls need their father. Period. And I couldn't really tell you why other than it's the father who tells them who they are. Until he does, they're just floating in the earth like that tooth. Buried in some trash mound. Waiting to be discovered by somebody with a shovel who won't crack it or crush it. [Murphy Shepherd]
— Charles Martin
We don't love because people love us back. We love because we can. Because we were made to.
— Charles Martin
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying.
— Charles Martin
There, on that bank, soaked in that water, basking in that sun-shine, lying on that man's chest, I hoped for the first time that my real dad would never show up and take me home.
— Charles Martin
I love them without trying to change them. I look at their suffering, their hopelessness, and while I'd like to wave a hand and fix it, I can't, so I do what I can... Climb down in their misery and love them where they are... People would much rather die holding someone's hand than live alone.
— Charles Martin
World cannot be seen or even touched; they must be felt with the heart.
— Charles Martin
Here's the truth: No matter what happened on the stage tonight, no matter where you went when you drove out of here, no matter where you end up, no matter what happens, what you become, what you gain, what you lose, whether you succeed or fail, stand or fall, no matter what you dip your hands into . . . no gone is too far gone. You can always come home. And when you do, you'll find me standing right here, arms wide, eyes searching for your return. I love you. Dad
— Charles Martin
When you boil it down," he said, holding out his hand and counting with his fingers, "all we got left, all anybody's got, is faith . . . and hope . . . and love." He looked at his three fingers. "And we all gonna make it. All three of us.
— Charles Martin
Forgiveness offered—especially when so undeserved—cuts chains off the human heart that no other power in any universe anywhere can rattle much less break.
— Charles Martin
And just as we desperately need it from Jesus, there are people who, whether they know it or not, need that gift from us.
— Charles Martin
Truth is, our hardship does not determine His character or His love for us, and it doesn't make Him any less King or any less capable or any less good or any less in love with us. The choice is ours.
— Charles Martin