Inspirational Quotes on Love

“He loved us not because we are lovable, but because He is love.”

“Love as distinct from "being in love" is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced by the grace which both partners ask, and receive from God. They can have this love for each other even at those moments when they do not like each other; as you love yourself even when you do not like yourself.”

“On the whole, God's love for us is a much safer subject to think about than our love for Him.”

“When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now.”

“In math, if you divide an infinite number by any number, no matter how large, you still have an infinite quotient. So Jesus' love, being infinite, even though it is divided up for every person on earth, is still infinitely poured out on each one of us!”

“He wants you all to Himself to put His loving, divine arms around you.”

“If we want the advantages of love, then we must be willing to take the risks of love. And that requires vulnerability. Of course, we can refuse this path and trod another one devoid of openness. But the toll on such a road is extremely high.”

“Faith makes all things possible... love makes all things easy.”

“The world does not understand theology or dogma, but it understands love and sympathy.”

“If we have got the true love of God shed abroad in our hearts, we will show it in our lives. We will not have to go up and down the earth proclaiming it. We will show it in everything we say or do.”

“If we do not love one another, we certainly shall not have much power with God in prayer.”

“In biblical thinking, genuine love exists only when good works are done in a context where God rather than the doer gets the credit.”

“Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.”

“Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative, since nothing, not even the truth, must come between it and the beloved person.”

“If you love them and their addicted--you've got to do something about it. You have to show them tough love.”

“By prayer, the ability is secured to feel the law of love, to speak according to the law of love, and to do everything in harmony with the law of love.”

“Love is kindled in a flame, and ardency is its life. Flame is the air which true Christian experience breathes. It feeds on fire; it can withstand anything rather than a feeble flame; but when the surrounding atmosphere is frigid or lukewarm, it dies, chilled and starved to its vitals. True prayer must be aflame.”

“The one who loves knows better than anyone else how to conduct himself, how to serve the one he loves. Love prescribes an answer in a given situation as no mere rule can do.”

“Where love is the compelling power, there is no sense of strain or conflict or bondage in doing what is right: the man or woman who is compelled by Jesus' love and empowered by His Spirit does the will of God from the heart.”

“You learn to love by loving.”