Quotes about Love
She began to notice his servant's heart, his humility, and his leadership. This attraction felt different from her prior experiences of liking guys. "Before it had always been, 'Here's the guy I want!' But this time I thought, 'Here's a man I could follow.
— Joshua Harris
If Jesus loves the church, you and I should, too. We can't use the excuse that the church has messed up too many times or that we're disillusioned. Jesus is the only person who has the right to disown and give up on the church. But He never has. And He never will.
— Joshua Harris
There is nothing more unloving than to be silent in the face of lies that will ruin another person.
— Joshua Harris
God's true love pretty much nullifies dating as we know it. . . . It seems that dating as we have come to know it doesn't really prepare us for marriage; instead it can be a training ground for divorce. We cannot practice life-long commitment in a series of short-term relationships.
— Joshua Harris
And He was the one who invented marriage so that the blazing fire of romantic love could become something even more beautiful - a pulsing, red-hot ember of covenant love in marriage. Why did He do it? For the same reason that He made sunsets and mountain ranges and fireflies! Because He's good. Because He wants to give us a million different opportunities to see just how wonderful He is.
— Joshua Harris
True love isn't expressed in passionately whispered words an intimate kiss or a embrace; before two people are married, love is expressed in self-control, patience, even words left unsaid.
— Joshua Harris
The world takes us to a silver screen on which flickering images of passion and romance play, and as we watch, the world says, "This is love." God takes us to the foot of a tree on which a naked and bloodied man hangs and says, "This is love.
— Joshua Harris
The most romantic things a man can do for a woman are the little things that let her know that she's on his mind and in his heart.
— Joshua Harris
Every relationship for a Christian is an opportunity to love another person like God has loved us.
— Joshua Harris
The joy of intimacy is the reward of commitment.
— Joshua Harris
I'm looking for someone who will light candles, not just curse the darkness.
— Joshua Harris
During courtship, guarding each other's purity and refraining from intimacy are the acts of lovemaking.
— Joshua Harris