Christina Rossetti Quotes

God comes first - if I don't love him, I can't love anybody, and if I can't love me I can't love nobody.

The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

Love is a big word. I believe in Love. I believe that God is Love.

Passion is best spent on God; so get committed.

Love is the only wealth that man absolutely needs. Love is the only wealth that God precisely is.

Adoration is caring for God above all else.

If we can develop the character and work with God, then let him develop the character of Christ in us, we're going to become the best possible husband, the best possible wife.

God is love, and love is love.

(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!

To love you as I should, I must worship God as Creator.

He [Jesus] has no need of our works but only of our love.

He who offers God a second place offers Him no place.

If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.

The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.

Love is the cheapest of religions.

That's all I want in life is to be remembered as a guy that really loved God.

Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love.

Love is the motivating principle by which the Lord leads us along the way towards becoming like Him, our perfect example. Our way of life, hour by hour, must be filled with the love of God and love for others. There is no surprise in that, since the Lord proclaimed those as the first and great commandments.

Some men are willing to die for their faith, but they are not willing to fully live for it. Christ both lived and died for us.

When you really see how much God loves you, there's no greater love than that, and I had to match that amount of love He had for me, which is the reason why I decided to take a vow of celibacy.

God is love, love is bhakti and bhakti our connection to God.

Obedience to the call of Christ nearly always costs everything to two people- the one who is called, and the one who loves that one.

God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you, Lord Jesus.

In the way of God, thoughts count very little. Love does it all.