Quotes about Others
The first principle of spiritual formation is this: A spiritually formed person loves God and others.
— Scot McKnight
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But...the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
In my experience, you will truly serve only what you love because service is love made visible. If you love your friends, you will serve your friends. If you love community, you will serve your community. If you love money, you will serve your money and, if you love only yourself, you will serve only yourself and you will have only yourself. So no winning. Instead, try to love others and serve others and hopefully find others that love and serve you in return.
— Stephen Colbert
It's not about you.
— Rick Warren
Your devotion to God is illustrated, demonstrated, and authenticated by your love for others.
— Andy Stanley
It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you.
— Mother Teresa
A test of your love for God is to examine your love for others.
— Henry Blackaby
The goal of our sanctification is that we place Christ on display in the way we love others.
— Larry Crabb
Love of Christ does not distract us from interest in others, but rather invites us to responsibility for them, to the exclusion of no one….
— Pope John Paul II
Failure is a judgment, an opinion. It stems from your fears, which can be eliminated by love-love for yourself, love for what you do, love for others, and love for your planet.
— Wayne Dyer
Since love for our Creator cannot be sustained unless we love others for God's sake.
— Catherine of Siena
Love is not a sentiment or feeling. Love is actively willing the good of the other.
— Robert Barron