L Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with L. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Love is not like the echo, which returneth only what is given; but, rather, like the pump, which returneth by the pail what it received by the pint.”
“Love is not like water I can see the bottom of.”
“Love is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don't like.”
“Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O, no! It is an ever-fixed mark,
That looks on tempests and is never shaken.
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.”
“Love is not love if it is compelled by reason and driven by logic - love exists in spite of those things, not because of them. It is a emotion which needs no fuel to fire it or oxygen to feed it; if you have to look for the why, then stop looking; it was never there at all.”
“Love is not love if there is no beloved.”
Source: The Law and Other Essays
“Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.”
“Love is not love that wounded bleeds And bleeding sullies slow. Come death within my hands and I Unto my love will go.”
Source: Collected Poems
“Love is not love until love's vulnerable.”
Source: The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke
“Love is not love which alters it when alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove: O no! It is an ever fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken; it is the star to every wandering bark whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks within his bending sickle's compass come: Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, but bears it out, even to the edge of doom.”
Source: Shakespeare's Sonnets
“Love is not love, without a violin playing goat.”
“Love is not lust. The two (love and lust) are poles apart. Love liberates while lust binds.”
“Love is not manageable, it is simply something that happens, and the moment you try to manage it everything misfire.”
“Love is not materialistic. It's intangible yet somehow an undeniable feeling. You know it when you have it. I have lots of love in my life and I am blessed.”
“Love is not maximum emotion. Love is maximum commitment.”
“Love is not measured by what you receive, Mary, but by what you give.”
“Love is not merely an attribute of God’s character but the essence of his being”
“Love is not necessarily about grand gestures. It can be the little things, like someone knows you like a certain food so they pick it up for you. Stuff like that is sweet. It's little things that are nice and thoughtful that you can do every day.”
“Love is not necessary for sex.”
Source: Dragon Blood
“Love is not neutral. It takes a stand. It is a commitment to the attainment of the conditions of peace for everyone involved in a situation.”
Source: A return to love: reflections on the principles of
“Love is not obedience.”
“Love is not obedience, conformity, or submission. It is a counterfeit love that is contingent upon authority, punishment, or reward. True love is respect and admiration, compassion and kindness, freely given by a healthy, unafraid human being.”
Source: Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
“Love is not of the mind, it is not in the net of thought, it cannot be sought out, cultivated, cherished; it is there when the mind is silent and the heart is empty of the things of the mind.”
Source: Commentaries on Living
“Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.”
“Love is not only about sacrifice, but about being worth sacrificing for. If it is not mutual, it is not love, it is a lie”
“LOVE is not only an Emotion.....It is the Highest Emotion.”
“Love is not only blind, but a fool, a stumbling mess falling backwards through showroom doors into atmospheres unwelcoming of his presence.”
“Love is not only one of the greatest blessings in your personal life, but when it is extended professionally, the possibilities are endless.”
Source: The Art of Being: 8 Ways to Optimize Your Presence & Essence for Positive Impact
“Love is not only romance or sex, but to intimately connect to what you do as compassion for any soul.”
“Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.”
“Love is not only the story of butterflies or birds; it is also the story of jackals and hounds”
“Love is not passion, my dear. Love is sweet and good and righteous. Passion is wild and messy and dangerous.”
Source: The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers
“Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.”
Source: A Simple Path-Open Market
“Love is not popular. Not noble. . . not love, no reward. Trust love. Is not love. Trust yourself.”
“Love is not possession.”
Source: #peoplelikeus: the intro
“Love is not possession, it is acceptance of everything without intention. Fear is not possession, it is acceptance of everything without mention. The act of loving your fear, to nurture this insecurity for a greater purpose, is to accept the reality of ones expression.”
“Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an orientation of character which determines the relatedness of a person to the world as a whole, not toward one “object” of love. If a person loves only one other person and is indifferent to the rest of his fellow men, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism. Yet, most people believe that love is constituted by the object, not by the faculty.”
Source: THE ART OF LOVING
“Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an ordination of character which determines the relatedness of the person to the whole world as a whole, not toward one object of love”
“Love is not proven by how much you endure. It’s proven by how safe you feel in someone’s presence.”
Source: Legacy of Avoidance: A Journal For Those Learning To Stay When Love Feels Unsafe
“Love is not proven by what we praise,
but by what we refuse to abandon
when there is no applause.”
“Love is not quiet.
Love is loud and clear.
Love makes noise for justice,
against all injustice,
and never forgets those most vulnerable.
I am seeing, more clearly than ever,
what Love demands,
and I will do my best to answer its call
with conviction, and an open heart for all.”
“Love is not really a mystery. It is a process like anything else. A process that requires trust, effort, focus and commitment by two willing partners”
“Love is not really blind- the bandage is never so tight but that it can peep.”
Source: Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors
“Love is not reasonable. If we could assign it to the reasonable world, it would not be useful.”
“Love is not ridiculous.”
Source: New City
“Love is not selective, desire is selective. In love there are no strangers.”
“Love is not selective, desire is selective. In love there are no strangers. When the centre of selfishness is no longer, all desires for pleasure and fear of pain cease; one is no longer interested in being happy; beyond happiness there is pure intensity, inexhaustible energy, the ecstasy of giving from a perennial source.”
“Love is not self-seeking.
Love is not easily angered.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“Love is not self-sacrifice, but the most profound assertion of your own needs and values. It is for your own happiness that you need the person you love, and that is the greatest compliment, the greatest tribute you can pay to that person.”
Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z
“Love is not selfish or unkind. Nor is it boastful or disloyal. Love is simply a deep feeling found within the heart that money cannot buy.”