“Love is God working within us. It is God moving us to kindness and truth.” – Alex Moises

 

“’Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson

 

“As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox when I first knew him. He was only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But I have made him my friend, and now he is unique in all the world.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

 

“Love, though said to be afflicted with blindness, is a vigilant watchman.” – Charles Dickens

 

“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” – Charles Dickens

 

“A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away – the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us – is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow.” – Charles Dickens

 

“Love is the very essence of life. It is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Yet it is not found only at the end of the

rainbow. Love is at the beginning also, and from it springs the beauty that arches across the sky on a stormy day.” – Gordon B. Hinckley

 

“Love is the security for which children weep, the yearning of youth, the adhesive that binds marriage, and the lubricant that prevents devastating friction in the home; it is the peace of old age, the sunlight of hope shining through death.” – Gordon B. Hinckley

 

“Love, like faith, is a gift from God. It is also the most enduring and powerful weapon.” – Gordon B. Hinckley

 

“There is nothing as energizing, as confidence-building, as sustaining as the power of love. How substantial is its influence on the human mind and heart! How great and magnificent is its power in overcoming fear and doubt, worry and discouragement!” – Gordon B. Hinckley

 

“Love is like the Polar Star. In a changing world, it is a constant. It is something that, when sincere, never moves. It is the very essence of the teachings of Christ. It is the security of the home. It is the safeguard of community life. It is a beacon of hope in a world of distress.” – Gordon B. Hinckley

 

“The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength. The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.” – Jesus in Mark’s Gospel of the Bible; Mark 12:29-31

 

“God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.” – John the Presbyter in 1 John of the Bible; 1 John 4:16

 

“Helping people—being a blessing and adding value to other people’s lives—is what it means to walk in love and follow the example of Jesus.” – Joyce Meyer

“Don’t miss love. It’s an incredible gift. I love to think that on the day you’re born, you’re given the world as your birthday present. It frightens me that so few people ever bother to open up the ribbon! Rip it open! Tear off the top! It’s just full of love and magic and life and joy and wonder and pain and tears. All of the things that are your gifts for being human.” – Leo Buscaglia

 

“My walk with Christ has shaped my life and given it purpose far beyond anything worldly ever could have.” – Mike Pompeo

 

“… the fruit of prayer is faith; the fruit of faith is love; the fruit of love is service….” – Mother Teresa

 

“I define love thus: The will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual goal.” – M. Scott Peck

 

“When we love someone, our love becomes demonstrable or real only through our exertion – through the fact that for that someone (or for ourselves) we take an extra step or walk an extra mile. Love is not effortless. To the contrary, love is effortful.” – M. Scott Peck

 

“Love is as love does. Love is an act of the will – namely, both an intention and an action.” – M. Scott Peck

 

“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – St. Paul in Romans of the Bible; Romans 8:38-39

 

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.” – St. Paul in 1 Corinthians of the Bible; 1 Corinthians 13:4-5

 

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” – St. Paul in 1 Corinthians of the Bible; 1 Corinthians 13:13

 

“Yes, love for God does not consist in shedding tears, in enjoying those consolations and that tenderness which for the most part we desire and in which we find comfort, but in serving Him with righteousness, fortitude of soul and humility.” – St. Teresa of Avila

 

“I need no rest; what I need is crosses.” – St. Teresa of Avila

 

“His Majesty knows our wretchedness and the weakness of our nature better than we ourselves and He knows that all the time these souls are longing to think of Him and to love Him. It is this determination that He desires in us.” – St. Teresa of Avila

 

“We may think it humility not to realize that the Lord is bestowing gifts upon us. Let us understand very, very clearly, how this matter stands. God gives us these gifts for no merit of ours. Let us be grateful to His Majesty for them, for, unless we recognize

that we are receiving them, we shall not be aroused to love Him.” – St. Teresa of Avila

 

“If we can, we should occupy ourselves in looking upon Him Who is looking at us; keep Him company; talk with Him; pray to Him; humble ourselves before Him; have our delight in Him; and remember that He never deserved to be there.” – St. Teresa of Avila

 

“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.” – Washington Irving

The Corinthians Verses about Love

Note: These verses are found in the first letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians – which is in the Bible. The quoted verses are taken from the KJV Bible online, and the verses are in the public domain. In the KJV translation, LOVE is CHARITY. The quoted verses are 1 Corinthians 13:1-8 and 13. These Corinthians verses on love are among the most famous lines about love. 

 

 Verse 1: “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.”

 

Verse 2: “And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.”

 

Verse 3: “And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”

 

Verse 4: “Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.”

 

Verse 5: “[Charity] doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil.”

 

Verse 6: “[Charity] rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth.”

 

Verse 7: “[Charity] beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”

 

Verse 8: “Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.”

 

Verse 13: “And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.”