Top 1200 Loving Others Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

The greatest value comes from loving yourself for who you are. I've been teaching myself this for years, so I hope that by showing what I've learned, others can find the same freedom and joy I have.

To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others.

Do not get angry because others question what you believe, be calm and loving, for anger is the root of a faulty belief.

How necessary it is to cultivate a spirit of joy. It is a psychological truth that the physical acts of reverence and devotion make one feel devout. The courteous gesture increases one's respect for others. To act lovingly is to begin to feel loving, and certainly to act joyfully brings joy to others which in turn makes one feel joyful. I believe we are called to the duty of delight.

You can only be you when you do your best. When you don't do your best you are denying yourself the right to be you. That's a seed that you should really nurture in your mind. You don't need knowledge or great philosophical concepts. You don't need the acceptance of others. You express your own divinity by being alive and by loving yourself and others.

I like loving. I like mostly all the ways one can have of having loving feelings in them. Slowly it has come to be in me that any way of being a loving one is interesting and not unpleasant to me.

Loving him didn't fix anything. Loving him didn't change anything. Loving him simply made everything else bearable.

All religions proclaim the advantages of peace, loving one another, and "doing to others what we would like them to do to us."

Happiness is not the result of circumstance. It is the result of loving others.

Attentive listening to others lets them know that you love them and builds trust, the foundation of a loving relationship.

I feel with loving compassion the problems of others without getting caught up emotionally in their predicaments that are offering them messages they need for their growth.

The more we have given to ourselves, the more we have to give to others. When we find that place within ourselves that is giving, we begin to create an outward flow. Giving to others comes not from a sense of sacrifice, self-righteousness, or spirituality, but for the pure pleasure of it, because it's fun. Giving can only come from a full, loving space.

Loving ourselves means loving our community. When we are capable of loving ourselves, nourishing ourselves properly, not intoxicating ourselves, we are already protecting and nourishing society.

It's no trick loving somebody at their best. Love is loving them at their worst.

The narcissistic, the domineering, the possessive woman can succeed in being a "loving" mother as long as the child is small. Only the really loving woman, the woman who is happier in giving than in taking, who is firmly rooted in her own existence, can be a loving mother when the child is in the process of separation.

I loved reading the Dalai Lama's words: My religion is loving-kindness. I realized that meant loving-kindness to everyone in my life: past, present, and future; and that meant loving-kindness to myself-in my pain, in my jealousy, in my fear.

I do think in the present state of both the Church and society we have a long way to go toward accepting and loving others that look or act differently than we do.

He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.

Loving another person is not separate from loving God. One is a single wave, the other is the ocean.

Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.

I just hope to tell stories that help change people's minds about loving and accepting others. And one of the best ways we can do that is through laughter.

Despite loving England and loving English gardens, I'm not a chintz person, never was. It's too cute.

While this may look loving, when we struggle with an idol of dependence, we’re in fact not loving people as much as we’re using them to fulfill our need to belong, be liked, and be desired. This explains why some friends and family members can be so demanding, smothering, and needy. It also explains why we’re so easily inflated by praise and deflated by criticism. It’s as if others have the ability to determine our identity for that day based on a word or even a glance

Selfishness is weakness. But loving and caring for others is a position of power beyond anything we can possibly imagine.

Be loving to yourself and others will see that love reciprocated. This rule works every time

I am loving a lot. I am just loving and loving and loving. A lot of people around me really see a love in me and a love in themselves.

By regarding ourselves with kindness, we begin to dissolve the identity of an isolated, deficient self. This creates the grounds for including others in an unconditionally loving heart.

Fortunately, however, we no longer have to argue that self -love is not only necessary and good but that it also is a prerequisite for loving others.

Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. And you have to decide to do it on purpose. You can't wait for a feeling to motivate you.

Learn to love yourself first, instead of loving the idea of other people loving you.

We cannot love ourselves unless we love others, and we cannot love others unless we love ourselves. But a selfish love of ourselves makes us incapable of loving others.

The single most empowering thing we can do for ourselves is to transform fear. While fear contains tremendous power, it doesn't propel us forward and upward, but, rather, drags us down and chains us to the past. Freeing ourselves from fear is a loving intention because, as fear subsides, we are better able to access the soft, sweet power of our hearts, which naturally leads to loving ourselves and others more freely and completely.

Tremendous happiness and peace of mind are the results of loving service to others. Nobody can live fully and happily who lives only unto himself or herself.

I want you to understand something: I am loving father who would do anything for his kids, whether they are mine or belonging to others in my family.

Forgiving ourselves for all the woulda-shoulda-couldas in life, and sometimes forgiving others for actions that we feel undercut or undermine our good, can be very challenging. But forgiveness of the past and mistakes, our own mistakes as well as the mistakes of others, is imperative if we are to dwell fully in the present and experience the miracles that are only available to the forgiving and loving mind.

Loving God is never separate from loving our brothers and sisters. It's always the same.

At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God's own love and concern.

Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you.

I like being in love, but loving is what is crucial to me. Loving is the reason to live.

Compassion is the heart that never stops loving others. It is like a wellspring that never runs dry.

The degree to which we openly express our feelings should be governed, not by fear of reprisal, but by our commitment to loving others.

When you can't see any reason for loving a person, you must be loving him as a symbol of something, don't you think so?

Loving truth and living honestly is my attitude to life. Be true to yourself and be true to others, thus you can be the judge of your behavior.

I grew up in a loving household that taught me how to respect others and love God.

Loving life is a two-way street... We don't receive care and compassion if we don't extend them to others.

Compassion is loving others enough to say or do what is appropriate from an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome.

If you see what you do each day as your way of loving the world and helping it heal, then life gets to be a lot different. The difference between burning up and burning out is the difference between loving what you are doing and not loving it.

Genuine love is volitional rather than emotional. The person who truely loves does so because of a decision to love. This person has made a commitment to be loving whether or not the loving feeling is present. ...Conversely, it is not only possible but necessary for a loving person to avoid acting on feelings of love.

It's hard to stop loving someone on cue, especially when he's still so kind and loving toward you.

If we focus on loving others the way God does, scripture says that we will be fulfilling His whole law.

Women, you can have it all - a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career.

But spirituality, it seems to me, when answering the question, "Why should I be good? Why should I care for others?" says, "Because that is the best, most fulfilling way to live" Whether or not you receive an award or a payment is incidental. You are good and kind and loving because it is right, even though it is difficult sometimes. It fulfills the highest law, to treat others as we wish to be treated.

What is a loving heart? A loving heart is sensitive to the whole of life, to all persons; a loving heart doesn't harden itself to any persons or things.

I've discovered new parts of my manhood, places I couldn't get to without loving someone else unconditionally and putting others before myself.

Fame is a by-product. It's not a goal. What matters is loving your work and loving what you do

Loving one another isn’t enough to make a relationship last. The real glue that holds a couple (or friends or family) together is the effort both put into helping others who are in need of financial, health, personal or emotional assistance. Today, sustain your connection to a loved one by finding ways you both can help others, with a genuine heart.

Two persons can be very loving together. The more loving they are, the less is the possibility of any relationship. The more loving they are, the more freedom exists between them. The more loving they are, the less is the possibility of any demand, any domination, any expectation. And naturally, there is no question of any frustration

There's a difference between really loving someone and loving the idea of her.

If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with kind speech.

The bully mind is not capable of loving or respecting others nor can it love or respect itself. Life's subtleties and the means of survival require its pretense of both these qualities.