Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

If faith is lacking, it is because there is too much selfishness, too much concern for personal gain. For faith to be true, it has to be generous and loving. Love and faith go together, they complete each other.

Put others before yourself, unselfish love, do unto others as you would have done to you.

The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.

I could be martyred for my religion. Love is my religion and I could die for that. I could die for you.

Everyone does things for love.

I never sacrificed myself. I did what I did out of love.

There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends.

A woman will always sacrifice herself if you give her the opportunity. It is her favourite form of self indulgence.

When Christ's love fills our hearts, it puts selfishness on the run.

So the divine love is sacrificial love. Love does not mean to have and to own and to possess. It means to be had and to be owned and to be possessed. It is not a circle circumscribed by self, it is arms outstretched to embrace all humanity within its grasp.

What is the "extraordinary"? It is the love of Jesus Christ himself, love that goes to the cross in suffering obedience.

Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter to our self-centered nature.

Walk and talk in manner of love or charity, for God is love.

True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.

The event of falling in love... in one high bound it has overleaped the massive wall of our selfhood; it has made appetite itself altruistic, tossed personal happiness aside as a triviality and planted the interests of another in the centre of our being.

A human’s love. I couldn’t wish anything better for him. Animals protect what they know. They protect what they are bound to, but humans…humans have a greater capacity for sacrifice for those who live in their hearts. (Aristotle)

Swords don't glorify the creator-God. Love does. Self-giving love, best of all.

We were willing to do so much for the people we loved, even if it meant hurting ourselves. Maybe that, in the end, was what love- all kinds- was really about.

Caretaking is different from care giving. Care giving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached. It cannot be manipulated or discouraged because love cannot be manipulated or discouraged.

The greatest gift God has given me is the capacity of love for people. I have so many faults, but caring about people is not one of them.

A therapist might suggest my generosity is a way of buying affection. But buying people's love has never been an issue for me. Generally speaking, I don't want their love.

You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.

People aren't universally heroic.

People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive.

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