Israel Houghton Quotes

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.

And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.

Love is such that God grants us one person who we can spend the rest of our life with. It rarely happens that we don't.

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.

Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love; for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him.

Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.

Honesty is love.

You can criticize me. You can crucify me. You can love me. You can hate me. Just don't make the mistake of calling me inauthentic, because you'd be a damn liar.

I would never be a sellout, but you can never be a sellout to kids. Kids is kids!

We do not truly know what love is unless we know Christ.

I am convinced the greatest act of love we can ever perform for people is to tell them about God's love for them in Christ.

For us Christians, love of neighbour springs from love of God; and it is its most limpid expression. Here one tries to love one's neighbour, but also to allow oneself to be loved by one's neighbour. These two attitudes go together, one cannot be exercised without the other. Printed on the letterhead of the Missionaries of Charity are these words of Jesus: "as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me". Loving God in our brethren and loving our brethren in God.

Choosing to be honest is the first step in the process of love. There is no practitioner of love who deceives. Once the choice has been made to be honest, then the next step on love's path is communication.

Dogs don't lie and why should I? Strangers come they growl and bark, they know their loved ones in the dark, Now let me, by night or day, Be just as full of truth as they.

May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.

Commitment to truth telling lays the groundwork for the openness and honesty that is the heartbeat of love.

Is it not a sad thing that after all Christ's love to us, we should repay it with lukewarm love to Him?

Everywhere you look you see people searching for love but they're looking in the wrong places. God is love, and they will never find what they're looking for until they find Him.

Life is too short to be anything but real with the cast of characters God has placed in the story of your life. Love well, laugh often, and find your life in Christ. Don't hide away or be a follower. Be the wonderful unique person God made you to be, and know that your purpose will always be best when defined by your faith in him

Let your love propel your beloveds into the world-and into the full experience of who they are. In this will you have truly loved.

With Christ as the center of your life, you will never be disappointed.

Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.

Don't lie to your partner. Ultimately the expression on your face gives you away, and they feel betrayed by the lie. If this is the person you're going to be with - forever and ever, for better or worse - they will love you for all of your good and all of your bad. They'll love you for you. So open communication is key. I have no secrets and no skeletons in my closet with my husband, and I love that. I feel comfortable and at ease with myself when I'm around him. I love the woman that I've become with him.

You deliver a message every time you speak. Do you deliver the truth, or do you deliver lies? When the message you deliver comes from truth and love, you are happier.