Thomas a Kempis Quotes

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength.... It is therefore able to undertake all things, and it completes many things, and warrants them to take effect, where he who does not love would faint and lie down.

I vow... "to not let the back & forth of forgiveness interrupt the steadiness of love.

No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.

When it gets harder to love, love harder.

Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars, its feet for the swords; it continueth, though an army lay waste the pasture; it comforteth when there are no medicines; it hath the relish of manna; and by it do men live in the desert.

But our love isn’t easy because it’s not meant to be. It requires work and sacrifice and protection. And I wouldn’t want it any other way, not right now, with the morning sun making the curtains glow and Her arms around my neck and the sounds of the street so far away. I’m in it for the long haul, I’m not going away.

You can think whatever you want, do whatever you want. I'm going to just go on loving you, even if it's hopeless.

I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you... There’s nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you until you die, and after your death I will still protect you. I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.

Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears your heart to pieces – and as it gets older and stronger, it will tear deeper – love her, love her, love her!

Love bears it out even to the edge of doom.

That's a real secret. You can trust God. I feel I love the Lord with all of my heart, and he will not put more on me than I can bear. And so I always say, 'Lord, I trust you with me.' So I figure, anything that happens in my life, I must be able to bear it, or he wouldn't allow it to happen.

For my daughter I would suffer through a thousand divorces, a million uncomfortable phone calls, a trillion emotionally fraught text messages.

The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplacable being.

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.

It's one thing to show your love for someone when everything is going fine and life is smooth. But when the 'in sickness and in health' part kicks in and sickness does enter your lives, you're tested. Your resilience is tested.

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.

True love bears all, endures all and triumphs!

If you really love someone and care about him, you can survive many difficulties.

When love is at its best, one loves so much that he cannot forget.

I don't believe love is fickle. I believe when you love someone, you are allowed to love from afar. You don't have to be with that person in order to love him.

Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other.

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.

To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe.

I need you to know that no matter what happens, it was worth it to me. Being with you, loving you. It was all worth it