"To love is to be vulnerable. The only place outside Heaven where you can be safe from the dangers of love is Hell."

-C.S. Lewis

"Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours."

-C.S.Lewis

"Good and evil increase at compound interest. That's why decisions you and I make every day are of infinite importance." 

-C.S. Lewis

"We shall not be able to adore God on the highest occasions if we have learned no habit of doing so on the lowest." 

-C.S. Lewis

"If we deny love that is given to us, 

if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, 

then our lives will be empty -- our loss greater."

-Unknown

"Fulfillment comes not in what we 
acquire, but what we contribute."

-Unknown

"When Jesus gave His disciples a new commandment to 'love one another; as I have loved you,' (John 13:34), He gave to them the grand key to happiness in this life and glory in the next. Love is the greatest of all the commandments--all others hang upon it. It is our focus as followers of the living Christ. It is the one trait that, if developed, will most improve our lives."

-Joseph B. Wirthlin

“The more we obey God, the more we desire to help others. The more we help others, the more we love God and on and on. Conversely, the more we disobey God and the more selfish we are, the less love we feel. Trying to find lasting love without obeying God is like trying to quench thirst by drinking from an empty cup--you can go through the motions, but the thirst remains. Similarly, trying to find love without helping and sacrificing for others is like trying to live without eating--it is against the laws of nature and cannot succeed. We cannot fake love. It must become part of us.”

-John H. Groberg

"True love is a process. True love requires personal action.

Love must be continuing to be real. Love takes time."

-Elder Marvin J. Ashton

“If we would truly seek to be more like our Savior and Master, learning to love as He loves should be our highest goal.” -President Ezra Taft Benson

"Your success in marriage will depend largely on your ability to focus on improving yourself, rather than trying to reshape your spouse. It will depend more on being the right one than finding the right one." -Elder Lynn G Robbins

“What is love? Many people think of it as mere physical attraction and they casually speak of ‘falling in love’ and ‘love at first sight.’ This may be Hollywood’s version and the interpretation of those who write love songs and love fiction. True love is not wrapped in such flimsy material. One might become immediately attracted to another individual, but love is far more than physical attraction. It is deep, inclusive and comprehensive. Physical attraction is only one of the many elements, but there must be faith and confidence and understanding and partnership. There must be common ideals and standards. There must be a great devotion and companionship. Love is cleanliness and progress and sacrifice and selflessness. This kind of love never tires nor wanes, but lives through sickness and sorrow, poverty and privation, accomplishment and disappointment, time and eternity.” -President Spencer W. Kimball

“Love, as defined by the Lord, elevates, protects, respects, and enriches another. It motivates one to make sacrifices for another.” -Elder Richard G. Scott

"One good yardstick as to whether a person might be the right one for you is this: in [his or] her presence, do you think your noblest thoughts, do you aspire to your finest deeds, do you wish you were better than you are?"

-President Ezra Taft Benson

"Just as our life began before our birth into mortality, our life does not end with the stopping of a heartbeat. We will continue on. Who you are—you, the distinct individual—you will always be you. Some may say, “I don’t like myself.” You can shape who you become, you can be more than you are today, but you will always be you."

-Elder Neil L. Anderson

"The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night's sleep." 

-E. Joseph Cossman

"Absence is to love as wind is to fire; it 

extinguishes the small and kindles the great." 

-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin

"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this 

world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that 

I was made for another world." 

-C.S. Lewis