Greater Love Quotes - Page 2

• The young Centurion, who had been completely still throughout, said very softly, as though to himself, "Greater love hath no man--" and Justin thought it sounded as though he were quoting someone else.

  Rosemary Sutcliff

  Men, Said, Young

  Rosemary Sutcliff (2011). “The Silver Branch”, p.57, Macmillan

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• There is more joy in heaven over a converted sinner than over a righteous person standing firm. A leader in battle has more love for a soldier who returns after fleeing, and who valiantly pursues the enemy, than for one who never turned back, but who never acted valiantly either. A farmer has greater love for land which bears fruitfully, after he has cleared it of thorns, than for land which never had thorns but which never yielded a fruitful harvest.

  Pope Gregory I

  Land, Joy, Leader

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• Suffering can become a means to greater love and greater generosity.

  Mother Teresa

  Mean, Generosity, Suffering

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• For the superior morality, of which we hear so much, we too would desire to be thankful: at the same time, it were but blindness to deny that this superior morality is properly rather an inferior criminality, produced not by greater love of Virtue, but by greater perfection of Police; and of that far subtler and stronger Police, called Public Opinion.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Love, Perfection, Being Thankful

  Thomas Carlyle, G. B. Tennyson (1984). “Carlyle Reader”, p.50, CUP Archive

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• We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries more weight than our self-interest.

  Eric Hoffer

  Vanity, Self, Support

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• Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love! At the summit you will find yourselves united with all those who, from every direction, have made the same ascent. For everything that rises must converge.

  Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

  Moving, Ascent, Consciousness

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• And that's an even greater love: to love somebody when he's a little...worn at the edges. —Teddy Bear

  James Howe

  Littles, Bears, Teddy Bear

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• Like the Bible tells us, when a man will lay down his life for a friend, well, then there ain't no greater love in this here world than that.

  Bette Greene

  Men, World, Wells

  Bette Greene (2000). “Summer of my German soldier”

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• As Lent is the time for greater love, listen to Jesus' thirst...'Repen t and believe' Jesus tells us. What are we to repent? Our indifference, our hardness of heart. What are we to believe? Jesus thirsts even now, in your heart and in the poor -- He knows your weakness. He wants only your love, wants only the chance to love you.

  Mother Teresa

  Jesus, Believe, Love You

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• There is no greater love than that a man lays down his life for his neighbor. When you hear someone complaining and you struggle with yourself and do not answer him back with complaints; when you are hurt and bear it patiently, not looking for revenge; then you are laying down your life for your neighbor.

  Poemen

  Christian, Hurt, Revenge

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• Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Men, Wife, Church

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• There is no greater love potion than regular coffee, brewed his own. When a man tries it, he was not going anywhere.

  Sophia Loren

  Coffee, Men, Trying

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• I truly believe that forgiveness is the fast track to greater love and it's the path that can really heal all. We all have areas of our own lives where we have a hard time forgiving, whether it's with ourselves, or others, but when we can practice forgiveness, many of our self-destructive habits will begin to fade away.

  Marci Shimoff

  Believe, Hard Times, Practice

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• There are fourteen keys to experiencing greater love and with each key, I offer what I believe to be the most effective tool out there. So this is a time when, if we're awake to it, we have an amazing opportunity to start living a different life. By that I mean the life that our souls came here to live. We're all being propelled forward and it's not always easy, but through supporting one another we can do it.

  Marci Shimoff

  Believe, Mean, Opportunity

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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