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Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value. -- Desmond Tutu
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment. -- Mahatma Gandhi
All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals -- Doreen Valiente
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul. -- Saint Teresa of Avila
The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. -- Victor Hugo
Power is of two kinds: one is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Like the Good Samaritan, may we not be ashamed of touching the wounds of those who suffer, but try to heal them with concrete acts of love. -- Pope Francis
The first act of love is always the giving of attention. -- Dallas Willard
Mildred Pierce was capable of great acts of love as a mother. -- Kate Winslet
Your work should be an act of love, not a marriage of convenience. -- Haruki Murakami
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul. -- Saint Teresa of Avila
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul. -- Saint Teresa of Avila
Let My worship be in theheart that rejoices, for behold,all acts of love and pleasureare My rituals. -- Doreen Valiente
Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love. -- Craig Claiborne
Dream big & have huge ambition, but never forget life is lived in small moments and sustained by simple acts of love. -- Cory Booker
Let us thank all those who teach in Catholic schools. Educating is an act of love; it is like giving life. -- Pope Francis
There is nothing so moving - not even acts of love or hate - as the discovery that one is not alone. -- Robert Ardrey
Each child is sent into this world by God with a "Unique Message" to deliver, a new personal act of love to bestow -- John Powell
The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones. -- Frederick William Robertson
Every moral act of love, of mercy, and of sacrifice brings to pass the end of the world where hatred, cruelty, and selfishness reign supreme. -- Nikolai Berdyaev
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love. -- Teresa of Ávila
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. -- Billy Graham
The creation of a work of art, like an act of love, is our one small 'yes' at the center of a vast 'no.' -- Gore Vidal
An act of love, a voluntary taking on oneself of some of the pain of the world, increases the courage and love and hope of all. -- Dorothy Day
When you cook it should be an act of love. To put a frozen bag in the microwave for your child is an act of hate. -- Raymond Blanc
Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love - but sometimes it was so hard to love. -- Yann Martel
Deep human connection is ... the purpose and the result of a meaningful life - and it will inspire the most amazing acts of love, generosity, and humanity. -- Melinda Gates
Though your acts of love and compassion cannot penetrate bandages or armour, they are never wasted and never lost. They sit within the recipient's mind, awaiting his awakening. -- Vironika Tugaleva
Mission is a duty about which one must say 'Woe to me if I do not evangelize' (1 Corinthians 9:16)...redemption and mission are acts of love [because] those who proclaim the Gospel participate in the charity of Christ. -- Pope Benedict XVI
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment. -- Mahatma Gandhi
I believe one of the most sacrificial acts of love adoptive parents can do is to give up their preconceptions and agendas about what their child's views should be and be open to hear the conflicting emotions and thoughts their child often experiences. -- Sherrie Eldridge
So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modeled upon it. -- Haniel Long
In memory of Emily we would like everyone to go out and do random acts of kindness, random acts of love to your friends or your neighbors or your fellow students because there is no way to make sense of this. It's what Emily would have wanted. -- Luis Gonzalez
The only way of full knowledge lies in the act of love; this act transcends thought, it transcends words. It is the daring plunge into the experience of union. To love somebody is not just a strong feeling-it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. -- Erich Fromm
This act of total surrender is not merely a fantastic intellectual and mystical gamble; it is something much more serious. It is an act of love for this unseen person, who, in the very gift of love by which we surrender ourselves to his reality also makes his presence known to us. -- Thomas Merton
Studies of volunteers have shown there is a benefit to performing acts of love for other people. The irony is that it is actually in your best interest to be selfless. The things you do for the benefit of others not only make you feel fulfilled, they increase your chances of living a long and happy life. Remember that an act of love always benefits at least two people. -- Bernie Siegel
That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love. -- William Wordsworth
The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. -- William Wordsworth
Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith. -- Austin Farrer
It is not difficult for us to understand the love of God. When the love of our Lord is in a man's heart, this man acts totally different. -- Mosab Hassan Yousef
I hope that the Senate acts quickly to pass this legislation so that Americans will no longer worry about having to sell the family farm or business to pay taxes after the death of a loved one. -- Doc Hastings
In the beginning, I didn't have to love them, my acts. It was mostly about being successful, getting a trophy, and making some money. Now if I don't love the idea of it, I don't work on it. -- Michael Cohl
The band would play on the night off for the local hotel bands and we'd back all the different acts. So I'd been advised by good friends of mine to come back to Hawaii. Oh, I loved Honolulu, playing at a place right on the beach at Waikiki! -- Martin Denny
I learned that saying you love your friends isn't enough: that love is a verb - it requires Acts of Love. It is all about the doing, not the saying, and now I make a point, every day, of emailing or phoning or making a plan with those I love. -- Jane Green
What I do onstage, there's maybe .0001 percent of the population that acts like that. I talk like that because it makes me laugh, and because I know a couple of people that talk like that. They're really that Southern. And they do funny things. I love 'em; they're awesome. They're good people. -- Larry the Cable Guy
Love has an enormous number of connotations, and if somebody is a person who does kind acts as a way of life, if they are generally disposed to being caring and loving and doing things for other people, then kindness is a much stronger word than we make it out to be. -- Susan Hill
I'm a big fan of certain new acts. I love any genre of music, and I think it's really great to see that there are new artists coming through. It's kinda funny to think that I'm like the old man on campus now. But I'm really happy for groups like One Direction. I think they're really good guys. -- Joe Jonas
Spiritual men have taken into their head something that is to be realized. They have concepts of love, goodness, and the like, which they would like to see realized; therefore they want to set up a kingdom of love on earth, in which no one any longer acts from selfishness, but each one 'from love.' Love is to rule. -- Max Stirner
I actually do enjoy the Kardashians' show, and I know that other people do enjoy it, but at the same time, they want to make fun of it. Like, I know that girls are watching that show - I'm just the only one courageous enough to say it. Other people are courageous in acts of war, but I'm courageous in my love for the Kardashians. -- Casey Wilson
I actually have heard of acts who only do their new album, and don't do their hits. I've never been in that mind set. -- Mike Love
Familiar acts are beautiful through love. -- Percy Bysshe Shelley
Acts of love, for me, are leaps of bravery. -- Anna White
We can love and do righteous acts only by grace. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts. -- John Dryden
The divine love of God turns ordinary acts into extraordinary service. -- Dieter F. Uchtdorf
I fell in love with magic acts and bridged into that. -- David Copperfield
There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love -- Mother Teresa
Love isn't a thing, after all, but an endless series of single acts. -- Richard Ford
I love producing. I have been producing some acts and starting a label. -- Tim McGraw
Love is many kind acts accumulated over time that leave us feeling wonderful. -- Richelle E. Goodrich
Love is not measured by acts or years, but by truth between two people. -- Evan Meekins
I think people love it when anybody acts bad; its not particular to me. -- Kevin Spacey
I think Americans, more so than any other culture, love second and third acts. -- Graydon Carter
Love is worthless unless it acts out, unless it's expressed in deed and behavior. -- David Jeremiah
If we had the courage to love we would not so value these acts of war. -- Jeanette Winterson
A life of prayer is a life whose litanies are ever fresh acts of self-devoting love. -- Frederick William Robertson
It's curious how, when you're in love, you yearn to go about doing acts of kindness to everybody. -- P. G. Wodehouse
But that's the problem with love - it acts on you, works through you, resists your attempts to control. -- Lauren Oliver
A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else. -- Haruki Murakami
The doctor that acts out of love doesn't burn out. He or she may get tired physically, but not emotionally. -- Bernie Siegel
Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
What matters are those ordinary acts of kindness and of love, not vaulting ambition with its attendant hubris and smugness. -- Michael Dirda
God is love (1 John 4:8, 16) and God is sovereign (Acts 4:24). Those biblical truths must define our response to every circumstance in life. -- David Jeremiah
Your acts of kindness are iridescent wings of divine love, which linger and continue to uplift others long after your sharing. -- Rumi
What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives acts and experiences otherwise than we do? -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Flawed characters... a ticking clock... morally questionable acts on all sides... moody, evocative art... oh yeah, this the stuff crime noir fans love! -- Christos Gage
I've seen nearly every Encores! show. I love the second acts so much because you just see desperation and inspiration in equal measure. -- Douglas Carter Beane
I observed a thousand acts of courage, compassion and love [as a POW] and I will always treasure that memory above all others. -- John McCain
My mother is quiet. The way he acts, she thinks it must mean he doesn't love her as much as she loves him -- Carole Glickfeld
Everyday you have to fight so that love for humanity can be transformed into concrete deeds, into acts that set an example, that mobilize. -- Che Guevara
Thus you may understand that love alone is the true seed of every merit in you, and of all acts for which you must atone. -- Dante Alighieri
Kindness manifests in a lot of ways, such as acts of compassion, helpfulness, empathy, forgiveness, and caring. These gestures kindle and ignite feelings of love. -- Jude Bijou
My point is that love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest, bravest acts are done for love. -- Rick Riordan
We must strive everyday so that love of living humanity will be transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force. -- Che Guevara
When one...consciously and determinedly directs his thoughts, controls his acts, and tries to feel and constantly express his love, he becomes a person of love. -- Spencer W. Kimball
I love men, the restlessness of their corrupted souls, the way they hide their heavy, murderous hearts, their sudden delicacies and small shocking acts of tenderness. -- Steve Almond
Sisterhood - that is, primary and bonding love from women - is, like motherhood, a capacity, not a destiny. It must be chosen, exercised by acts of will. -- Olga Broumas
People who concern themselves with the rights of other adults who engage in consensual acts involving sex, love, and/or eating croissants together are damaged and in pain. -- Rob Delaney

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