Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.
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Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.
Success in marriage depends on being able, when you get over being in love, to really love....You never know anyone until you marry them.
It is not selfish or narcissistic to love yourself. It is your first and foremost responsibility.
You can pray while you work. Work doesn't stop prayer and prayer doesn't stop work. It requires only that small raising of the mind to him: I love you God, I trust you, I believe in you, I need you now. Small things like that. They are wonderful prayers.
Heavenly Father hears your prayers, He loves you. He knows your name. He loves you beyond your ability to comprehend.
Artists make art for themselves. Art is an honest expression. Artists who pander to their fans by trying to make music "for" their fans make empty, transparent art. The true fan does not want you to make music for them, they want you to make music for you, because that's the whole reason they fell in love with you in the first place.
The giving of love and understanding is an education in itself.
God loves you just the way you are, but he refuses to leave you that way.
If you have anything in your heart other than love, you've got to get it out.
At this moment, life is trying to love you and give to you in a million wonderful ways. When you say Yes, you allow love to flow, which is the greatest gift you can give yourself and the universe . . . What do you want that you could be more open to receiving?
Before you speak to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people. Before you tell me how much you love your God, show me in how much you love all His children.
You poor, deluded woman...do you believe there is any such thing as love?...You're living an illusion. Do you believe the words of love they whisper in the ears of penniless women like us?
Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances may be, you are not forgotten. No matter how dark your days may seem, no matter how insignificant you may feel, no matter how overshadowed you think you may be, your Heavenly Father has not forgotten you. In fact, He loves you with an infinite love.
To the extent to which you know yourself, and we are all more alike than different, you can know others. When you love yourself, you will love others. And to the depth and extent to which you can love yourself, only to that depth and extent will you be able to love others.
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.
Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
In the long arc of time, you are only relevant if customers love you.
The nearest I can make it out, "Love your Enemies" means, "Hate your Friends"
Love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to that person. Just keep loving them, and they can't stand it too long. Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning. They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they'll hate you a little more at that transition period, but just keep loving them. And by the power of your love they will break down under the load. That's love, you see. It is redemptive.
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