Acts Of Love Quotes - Page 2

• But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Science, Light

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 1

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• O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love... 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
  What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Sweet, Art

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 43

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  That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

  William Wordsworth

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" l. 34 (1798)

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• All human behavior is either an act of love
  or a cry for love.

  Stan Dale

  Cry, Behavior, Humans

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• 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

  People, Christ, God's Love

  FaceBook post by Billy Graham from Jun 11, 2013

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• What light through yonder window breaks?

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Romantic, Light

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 1

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• Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, I Miss You, Good Night

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 176

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• All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals

  Doreen Valiente

  Paganism, Wiccan, Goddess

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• My writing arises out of erotic impulse toward an other: it is an act of love. And I want terribly to be loved in return, as a sign that I have loved well enough.

  Nancy Mairs

  Writing, Erotic, Want

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• Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

  Peter Ustinov

  Love, Life, Marriage

  "Ustinov's comic touch". BBC obituary, news.bbc.co.uk. March 29, 2004.

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• Cooking done with care is an act of love.

  Craig Claiborne

  Cooking Classes, Cooking And Love, Done

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• The act of love is a confession.

  Albert Camus

  Love Is, Confession

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• You have a unique message to deliver, a unique song to sing, a unique act of love to bestow. This message, this song, and this act of love have been entrusted exclusively to the one and only you.

  John Powell

  Love, Inspirational, Marriage

  John Powell (1995). “A Life-Giving Vision: How to Be a Christian in Today's World”, Thomas More Press

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• Most people think the biggest sacrifice, the greates act of love you can give is to die for someone. And probably it is. But Sometimes it is the opposite. The biggest thing you can do for someone is to live.

  Sarah Wylie

  Love You, Sacrifice, Thinking

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• "How can you see Christ in people?" And we only say: It is an act of faith, constantly repeated. It is an act of love, resulting from an act of faith. It is an act of hope, that we can awaken these same acts in their hearts, too, with the help of God.

  Dorothy Day

  Faith, Heart, People

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• Any work of art, provided it springs from a sincere motivation to further understanding between people, is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love.

  Truman Capote

  Art, Motivation, Spring

  Truman Capote, M. Thomas Inge (1987). “Truman Capote: Conversations”, p.19, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• My mother is not a model. She is not perfect. That awareness is part of learning to love someone. Predicting the actions of someone is an act of love. We persist, even when we get it wrong. That's the beauty of love.

  Daniel Tammet

  Mother, Perfect, Action

  "Daniel Tammet: 'Maths is as rich, inspiring and human as literature'". Interview with Adam Feinstein, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2012.

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• Dying is overrated. Human sentimentality has twisted it into the ultimate act of love. Biggest load of bullshit in the world. Dying for someone isn't the hard thing. The man that dies escapes. Plain and simple. Game over. End of pain...Try living for someone. Through it all-good, bad, thick, thin, joy, suffering. That's the hard thing.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Pain, Simple, Men

  Karen Marie Moning (2011). “Shadowfever: Fever Series”, p.288, Delacorte Press

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• There is a striking resemblance between the act of love and the ministrations of a torturer.

  Angela Carter

  Chamber, Resemblance

  Angela Carter (1997). “Burning your boats: the collected short stories”, Penguin Group USA

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• The act of love strongly resembles torture or surgery.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Love, Torture, Surgery

  "Intimate Journals: Fusées". Book by Charles Baudelaire, 1867.

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• Sometimes letting someone go is the ultimate act of love.

  Cassia Leo

  Sometimes, Ultimate

  Trisha Leigh, Cassia Leo (2017). “Do Not Publishing Bring Me Home: A Young Adult Coming of Age Romance”, Evermore Publishing

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• Governments move armies, but only individuals can move hearts. And with every act of love that emanates from any of us, we are activating miracles, adding to a spiritual ocean that in time will purify our planet of all vestiges of fear. Love alone can triumph over hate, and if we give it the chance, it will.

  Marianne Williamson

  Spiritual, Hate, Ocean

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• Sometimes, in that darkness, there is a single act of love, some selfless gesture, an aspiration, and we see that it's not been all waste, all hopeless, and we can ... well ... go on.

  John L'Heureux

  Darkness, Selfless, Goes On

  John L'Heureux (2007). “The Shrine at Altamira”, p.54, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and invests with his private vision the deeds and thoughts of men. 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

  Wise, Art, Love Is

  Gore Vidal (2007). “Selected Essays”, Abacus Software

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• Dream big & have huge ambition, but never forget life is lived in small moments and sustained by simple acts of love.

  Cory Booker

  Dream, Ambition, Simple

  FaceBook post by Cory Booker from Jan 07, 2013

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