Sharing some Quotations on the Power of Love to Make a Difference

Article Title: Sharing some Quotations on the Power of Love to Make a Difference
Shared by: Craig Lock

Key Words: Inspiration, Love, Words of Inspiration, Empowerment, Spirituality, Spiritual Growth
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SHARING SOME QUOTATIONS ON THE POWER OF LOVE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Submitter's Note:
I came across these quotes on an old computer disc of mine, so thought I'd share. Enjoy...

"Love is too strong a word to say it too early,
but it has too beautiful a meaning to say it too late."
- Kurt Spiteri Cornish

"We cheerfully assume that in some mystic way love conquers all, that good outweighs evil in the just balances of the universe and that at the eleventh hour something gloriously triumphant will prevent the worst before it happens."

- Brooks(??) Atkinson

"When men and women are able to respect and accept their differences, then love has a chance to blossom."
- John Gray, American Relationship Expert, Author

"You will find as you look back upon your life that the
moments when you have truly lived are the moments when
you have done things in the spirit of love."

- Henry Drummond, English politician and religious leader.

"If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I."

- Michel de Montaigne

"Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back! Don't expect love in return, just wait for it to grow in their hearts. But if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours."

- Author Unknown

"Immature love says: I love you because I need you. Mature love says: I need you because I love you."

- Erich Fromm (1900-1980, American Psychologist)

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MOTHER TERESA ON LOVE

"God has created us so that we do small things with great
love. I believe in that great love, that comes or should
come from our heart, and should start at home: with my
family, my neighbors across the street, those right next
door. And this love should then reach everyone."

- Mother Teresa, in 'Mother Teresa'

"Dance like nobody's watching. Love like you've never been
hurt."

- Author Unknown

(but definitely not you trying dancing, craig!)

"When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's
imagination."

- Ellen Key (Swedish Author 1849-1926)

NOW IS THE TIME TO BE ALL YOU ARE MEANT TO BE

"The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring."
- Oscar Wilde

"The ideas that have lighted my way have been kindness, beauty and truth."

- Albert Einstein

"I will make love my greatest weapon and none on who I call can defend upon its force...My love will melt all hearts liken to the sun whose rays soften the coldest day."

- Og Mandino

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr (1929-1968, American Black Leader, Nobel Prize Winner, 1964)

A great quote to start your day on a positive note!

Shared by Craig Lock ("Information and Inspiration Distributer, Incorrigible Encourager and People-builder")

"Some men see things as they are and ask, 'Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask: 'Why not?'"
- Bobby Kennedy

"Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not find peace."
- Albert Schweizer

"Wars are poor chisels for carving out a peaceful tomorrow."
- Martin Luther King, Jnr

"Peace is the greatest weapon for development, that any people can have."
- Nelson Mandela

"When people's hearts are filled with love, the world is full of hope"
- craig

"Someday, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tide and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love. Then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire."
- Teilhard De Chardin

"Together, one mind, one heart, one life at a time, let's impact, uplift, encourage, empower and perhaps even inspire the world."

Thank YOU for helping make a difference in people's lives.

THESE THOUGHTS MAY BE FREELY PUBLISHED

PPS:

"The greatness of a nation
consists not so much
in the number of it's people
or the extent of it's territory
as in the extent
and justice of it's compassion."

- Inscription at the Horse Memorial in Port Elizabeth, for horses killed in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902).

You can't change the past; but you can plan your future.
We, each one of us, can and must do what we CAN do:
to challenge our nation to change from what it is...
to what it could one day become. .

As they carry me to my deathbed, I'll be saying:
"Lord,
Can you just give me one more hour to finish off one last article, or book... PLEASE!"
- craig (as inspired by the quote of singer, Barry Manilow)