I am truly a quote fanatic!  Here are some of my favorites, sorted by “Loving God” and “Loving Others”, the two most important commandments. Let me know which ones really stood out to you or if you have any favorites you think I might enjoy as well:

Loving God

• “Living for Jesus means not living for yourself. Your work should be a reflection of the One you’re living for.”
• “Daily I choose to allow God’s love for me to triumph over my insecurities and to replace my inadequacies with merciful forgiveness.”
• “Live as though Christ died yesterday, rose from the grave today, and is coming back tomorrow.”
• “True faith does not contradict its words by its conduct.”
• “We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.”
• “For every step you take toward God, God will take a hundred steps toward you.”
• “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”
• “The secret to life is not found in consuming, but in being consumed- consumed by a passion for God.”
• “We are destined to shine- not unto ourselves, but as reflections of the glorious One. When we do what we were created to do, we discover joy- the pure joy that comes only from living out our ultimate purpose.”
• “If women would testify about Jesus with the same amount of passion and enthusiasm we do about new shoes, new recipes, new sales, new diet secrets, then our testimonies would rock this world with God’s grace.”
• “Seeking first the kingdom means passionately pursuing our relationship with Jesus Christ and passionately pursuing his agenda instead of our own.”
• “The best way to stand up before the world is to kneel down before God.” 

Loving Others:

• “Just think: When we decide to help people in need, we may be God’s answer to their prayers.”
• “If God can look at us in all of our sinfulness and still love and accept us, how do you think we should look at others? Look past the things that don’t matter, and start seeing people with God’s eyes.”
• “Love is more than a noun-it is a verb. It is more than a feeling- it is caring, sharing, helping, sacrificing.”
• “Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend them all the care, kindness, and understanding you can muster. Your life will never be the same again.”
• “The crazy part about God’s heart is that he doesn’t just ask us to give. He desires that we love those in need as much as we love ourselves. He is asking you to love as you would want to be loved if it were your child who was blind from drinking contaminated water, to love the way you would want to be loved if you were the homeless woman sitting outside the cafe, to love as though it were your family living in the shack slapped together from cardboard and scrap metal.”
• “Jesus commanded us to love our neighbor, and our neighbor can be anybody. We are all created in the image of God and we are all sacred valuable creations. To treat people differently based on who believes what is to fail to respect the image of God in everyone.”
• “Ultimately our gift to the world around is hope. Not blind hope that pretends everything is fine and refuses to acknowledge how things are. But the kind of hope that comes from staring pain and suffering right in the eyes and refusing to believe that this is all there is.”
• “Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”
• “If you were arrested for kindness, would there be enough evidence to convict you?”
• “We know nothing of the trials, sorrows, and temptations of those around us, of pillows wet with sobs, of the life-tragedy that may be hidden behind a smile, of the secret cares, struggles, and worries that shorten life and leave their mark in hair prematurely whitened, and a character changed and almost recreated in a few days. Let us not dare to add to the burden of another the pain of our judgement.”
• “Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lots of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
• “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”