Gary Chapman Quotes

Altruism is a barbarism. Love is the word.

The object of love is not getting something you want but doing something for the well-being of the one you love.

The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.

True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.

However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one individual so that their desires become superior to yours is a very cleansing experience.

We love most those who we serve most.

I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.

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

To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious.

Love is sacrifice.

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

Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.

Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Love is so unconditional; love liberates; love is the reason why I do what I do, and so I think it is the greatest gift we have.

Love is taking a few steps backward, maybe even more…to give way to the happiness of the person you love.

One who has no love in his heart will try to possess everything for himself. One who has love in his heart is ready to sacrifice everything, including his own body, for the benefit of others.

Love is not about what you want. It's about finding happiness for the one you love.

Love is not about getting - but giving.

I start every day by wanting more for others than I do for myself. I think that is how God works, and that is how I think we have to work.

In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.

Those who are willing to sacrifice and be of service have very little difficulty with people. They know what they are all about. People can't help but want to be near them. They help them; they work with them. That's what love is all about. It starts with your heart and radiates out.

What is the mark of love for your neighbor? Not to seek what is for your own benefit, but what is for the benefit of the one loved, both in body and in soul.