Kent Nerburn Quotes

A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!

Love is cheering and sharing and compassion and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy or relief to anyone or anything.

I spread love wherever I'm at. I'm like Marvin Gaye.

Be a giver. Share whatsoever you can. And remember, I am not making any distinction between. small things and great things. If you can smile whole-heartedly, hold somebody's hand and smile, then it is a creative act, a great creative act. Just embrace somebody to your heart and you are creative. Just look with loving eyes at somebody; just a loving look can change the whole world of a person.

Christmas means 'giving,' and the gift without the giver is bare. Give of yourselves; give of your substance; give of your heart and mind. "Christmas means 'compassion and love' and, most of all 'forgiveness' How poor indeed would be our lives without the influence of His teachings and His matchless example. "He whose birth we commemorate this season is more than the symbol of a holiday. He is the Son of God, the Redeemer of mankind, the King of Kings, the Prince of Peace.

Whoever has a heart full of love always has something to give.

Instead of giving someone a piece of your mind, it turns out far better if you give them a piece of your heart.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

You have to give love to get love.

There's a love that I want to continue to offer people. And, I hope I can offer people that love through the art.

I don't think love is a tricky issue at all. Love is best understood when we share: Share time, energy, food, resources, insights, information, whatever. It's usually thought of as something that exists between two people, but that's just because it's easier to see and feel in the space between them. Each person is sharing a lot with the other.

You have to think with the heart.

Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.

People do not want what we have in our pockets half as much as they want what is in our hearts. If we combine both, intelligently, however, according to our means, we give wisely and well.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

To help, to continually help and share, that is the sum of all knowledge; that is the meaning of art.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.

I'm no expert standing at a podium giving speeches. I share heartbeats. Compassion.

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

We're raising our girls to understand the real meaning of Christmas, and to know that it's most important to have Christmas in your heart. We go to our local mall and donate toys, and we say prayers for all the people in the world who might not be as lucky as we are.

If we all take the time to listen and love each other, this world would be a better place.

I'm from the bottom, I understand what it's like to have and to not have. My perception on giving is to put yourself in those people's shoes and go from there. So that's what I did.