What They Said

“Real love is not passive; because one cannot feel it without being ready to fight for it.”

"Genuine sanctification will show itself in habitual attention to the active graces which our Lord so beautifully exemplified, and especially to the grace of charity. "A new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another."

“Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct! Kindness, gentleness, long-suffering, forbearance, patience, sympathy, a willingness to enter into childish troubles, a readiness to take part in childish joys—these are the cords by which a child may be led most easily—these are the clues you must follow if you would find the way to his heart.”

"The measure of our love for others can largely be determined by the frequency and earnestness of our prayers for them. "

"The severest self-denials and the most lavish gifts are of no value in God's esteem unless they are prompted by love."

"Love to God is armor of proof against error. For want of hearts full of love, men have heads full of error; unholy opinions are for want of holy affections."

"Love is that jewel of human nature which commands valuation wherever it is found."

""We love Him because He first loved us."  Love is like an echo, it returneth what it receiveth."

"Love is the queen of the graces; it outshines all the others, as the sun the lesser planets."

“Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.”

"The heart in which love grows is a heart changed, renewed, and transformed by the Holy Spirit."

"The love of the Bible will show itself in the "general spirit and demeanor" of a believer. It will make him kind, unselfish, good-natured, good-tempered, and considerate of others."

"The whole of life, including business and all of social relations, must be obedient to the law of love."

“Love begets love. Tis is a flame that communicates itself. They that have much forgiven them, much done for them, much laid out for them, and much laid up for them, will love much.”

"Write your name in kindness, love, and mercy on the hearts of the thousands you come in contact with year by year; and you will never be forgotten."

"Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct"

“A Christian is the greatest freeman in the world; he is free from the wrath of God, free from hell and damnation, from the curse of the law; but then, though he be free in these respects, yet, in regard of love, he is the greatest servant.  Love abaseth him to do all the good he can; and the more the Spirit of Christ is in us, the more it will abase us to anything wherein we can be serviceable.”

“The first effect of faith in Christ is the springing up of love in the heart of him who believes. This love does not lie hidden, but is revealed in the life.It shows itself in love for God; but there is no love for God which does not also make the heart warm toward man. He that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, cannot love God, whom he hath not seen. And this love is not a mere beautiful sentiment, glowing like a radiant vision in the soul, but fading the moment we meet our brothers in actual life; it is a love that becomes the very mainspring of all action, the burning heart of all ambition. It is a love that makes us pitiful toward all human sorrow, gentle toward human infirmity, helpful toward human need, patient under human unkindness and injury, and ready at every call to do and suffer and sacrifice.”

“For love is not only one of the affections, but it is the first and chief of the affections; and it is the fountain of all the affections. From love arises hatred of those things which are contrary to what we love, or which oppose and thwart us in those things that we delight in.”

“What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.”