"Love seeketh not itself to please, 
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives it ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair."
-William Blake

"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything."
-Katherine Hepburn

"A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway."
-Fr. Jerome Cummings

"People need loving the most when they deserve it the least."
-John Harrigan

"Love not because of, but in spite of."
-Anonymous

"Love does not say no, when it has the power to say yes."
-"Les Vierges"

"If my only love was to spend eternity in hell and I in heaven, I would gladly give thee one day in heaven for eternity in hell." 
-Casey Laine

"If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me."
-W.H. Auden

"Love ever gives- forgives- outlives and ever stands with open hands. And while it lives, it gives. For this is love's prerogative - to give and give and give."
-John Oxenham

"Giving is the soul of love."
-"Les Vierges"

"There is abundant testimony that if we choose love rather than self, we gain immeasurably."
-Federico Fellini

"Tears are the thank you notes of the soul...   Love is the gift."
-Anonymous

“There is but one genuine love potion - consideration.”
-Menander

”Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.”
-Arthur Helps

 “Do justice to your brother (you can do that, whether you love him or not), and you will come to love him. But do injustice to him because you don't love him, and you will come to hate him.”
-John Ruskin ("Work" The Crown of Wild Olive) 

“Letting go has never been easy, but holding on can be as difficult. Yet strength is measured not by holding on, but by letting go.”
-Len Santos

“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.”
-Katherine Hepburn

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
-Charles Dickens

"If you judge someone, you have no time to love them."
-Mother Teresa

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle.”
-John Watson