Maria Weston Chapman Quotes

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.

Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

If we truly love people, we will desire for them far more than it is within our power to give them, and this leads us to prayer.

There is nothing stronger than a heart which loves and is freely given.

Love places someone else in the centre of your being and your own self is blurred.

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

Love is sacrifice.

You don't have love without sacrifice; you can't have sacrifice without love.

Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.

My wife, my family, my friends - they've all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.

I didn't want readers to think I was asking to be praised for taking care of my wife while she was ill. Lots of people are heroic, more heroic than I was, when faced with the suffering of someone they love.

True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility.

The best gift you can give to a girl is your devotion, not some Louboutins. But buy those if you're busy, for sure.

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

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?

I'm doing what I have to do. I want everyone to know that I love them.

If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me.

I think the most romantic thing you can do is just turn up. Turn up when it's difficult for you. Travel halfway around the world or just up the road. Whatever it is, just be there.

The exercise of benevolence is joy to loving hearts: the more pain it costs, the more joy it is. Kind actions make us happy, and in such joy we find communion with the great heart of Jesus.

The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know.

Love is when each person is more concerned for the other than for one's self.

Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You and You've got to see me through.

It's one thing to show your love for someone when everything is going fine and life is smooth. But when the 'in sickness and in health' part kicks in and sickness does enter your lives, you're tested. Your resilience is tested.

I have worked really hard on my game, but I think my mother has been a real pillar of strength. She has prayed a lot, sacrificed a lot for me. You know, she hasn't seen me bat so far. When I am batting, she is praying... mothers are like that, aren't they?