A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. --Saint Basil (in Gleaning for the Greater Good)

May I live this day compassionate of heart, clear in word, gracious in awareness, courageous in thought, generous in love. --John O'Donohue (in Rediscovering the Lost Art of Blessing)

All works of love are works of peace. --Mother Teresa (in Peace Artist Gifts Half A Million Works of Art)

You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. --Martin Luther King, Jr. (in Rickshaw Puller Starts Clinic for the Poor)

Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time. --Maya Angelou (in One of the Greatest Love Stories Ever)

In life, it is never the big battle, the big moment, the big speech, the big election. That does not change things. What changes things is every day, getting up and rendering small acts of service and love beyond that what's expected of you or required of you. --Cory Booker (in A Conspiracy of Love: Stanford Graduation Speech)

What is love after all but trusting in the unknown. --Marty Rubin (in How Ignorance Fuels the Evolution of Knowledge)

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people. --Cornel West (in The Power of A Grandmother's Heart)

Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality. --Emily Dickinson (in The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing)

I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child. --Anne Lamott (in Loving A Child Through Life's Challenges)

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. --Marcus Aurelius (in A Good Day In Haiti)

Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love --Mother Teresa (in Man & Dog: A Picture that Moved the World)

Love leads us into mystery where no one can say what comes next, or how, or why. --Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg (in Love Leads Into Mystery: Raising A Child With Asperger's)

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. --Henry Van Dyke (in Is Time Really Money?)

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. --Confucius (in Solving Gen Y's Passion Problem)

Love is something that if you give it away, give it away, you end up having more. --Malvina Reynolds (in The Action of Light)

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. --Paulo Cohelo (in Rick Van Beek's 12-Year-Old Inspiration)

Love is the first ingredient in the relief of suffering. --Padre Pio (in Calf Trapped In Mud Rescued)

The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others. --Lew Wallace (in My Daughter's Noble Sacrifice)

The word philanthropy has its roots in the Greek language meaning "love for mankind." It was never meant to apply only to donors of thousands or millions of dollars. --Arthur C. Frantzreb (in What Motivates Philanthropists?)

Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve...You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love. --Martin Luther King, Jr. (in The Millionaire Janitor)

A grandma's heart is a patchwork of love. --Anonymous (in Grandmother Power: A Global Phenomenon)

A grandma's heart is a patchwork of love. --Anonymous (in Grandmother Power: A Global Phenomenon)

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. --Mother Teresa (in Second Chances on Rikers Island)

I'm a little pencil in the hands of God who is scripting his love letter to the world. --Mother Teresa (in The World Needs More Love Letters)

Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused. --African saying (in Far From The Tree)

How do you say "thank you" for sunshine or health...for clear days or gentle rains...for happiness, joy or love? You say it by sharing what you have. You say it by making the world a better place in which to live. --Thomas D. Willhite (in Gratitude, Gifting and Grandpa)

You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth. --William W. Purkey (in A Pep Talk From Kid President To You)

To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten. --Thomas Chandler (in My Friend, My Companion: Lessons From Mia)

The first duty of love is to listen. --Paul Tillich (in The Difference Between Listening & Hearing)

We love because it's the only true adventure. --Nikki Giovanni (in The Woolen Socks Miracle)

While infused with love you see fewer distinctions between you and others. Indeed, your ability to see others -- really see them, wholeheartedly -- springs open --Barbara Fredrickson (in Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love)

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. --Carl Sagan (in Reviving the Neapolitan Tradition of Suspended Coffee)

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love and to let it come in. --Morrie Schwartz (in Why Do We Not Ask For Help?)

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive. --Gilda Radner (in Elders & Llamas: A Love Story)

Where there is great love, there are always miracles. --Willa Cather (in Two Days of Infinite Love in South Texas)

A mother's heart is a patchwork of love. --Author Unknown (in What My Mother Gave Me)

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. --Gautama Buddha (in The Keys To Self-Acceptance)

Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time. --Maya Angelou (in Seattle's One of A Kind Food Forest)

We love because it's the only true adventure. --Nikki Giovanni (in A Lesson In Empathy)

I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply? --Ursula K. Le Guin (in Can Patriotism Be Compassionate?)

"When you give of yourself, and genuinely care for others, the universe will provide that love, care and happiness for you too." --Anne-Marie Bauer (in Lessons In Living From A Cat Named Ali)

What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family. --Mother Teresa (in Steve McCurry: Family Matters)

And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all. --Ted Hughes (in Building A Regret Free Life)

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. --Oscar Wilde (in Wearing The Be Love Sign)

We can do no great things, only small things with great love. --Mother Teresa (in Chai With Love )

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. --Carl Sagan (in Carl Sagan & The Pale Blue Dot )

Love is a friendship set to music. --Joseph Campbell (in A Letter From Fred)

For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love. --Carl Sagan (in A Great Potential for Love)

Can you see your love for me shining through? Cuz what you see in me, I can see in you. And soon enough, you and me we'll be out of time. And kindness will be all we can leave behind. --Nimo Patel (in Being Kind: The Music Video That Circled The World!)