Francis Chan Quotes
God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don't have the license to define love according to our standards.
Quotes to Explore
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God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other.
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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I think all religions can agree on certain definitions of God and concepts of God, like God being the god of love, the great 'I am' energy.
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I'm a family guy, so I would love to have a family; I would love to find that perfect person to have a family with.
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People have told me that they cannot put down 'If I Stay' after reading it, and readers have become very invested in the love story between Adam and Mia.
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I would love to get back to the big leagues as a coach, possibly a manager. I would love that opportunity.
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It just seemed like an unattainable dream to go down to Los Angeles and to land a professional working, acting gig on a show that you really love with a character you really connect with. That doesn't seem possible; that seems insane.
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I look at myself as an audience member. I still love movies, and I still go and sit in the back of the big dark room with everybody else, and I want the same thrill.
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If there's a pool I love to hangout there and layout and get some sun. If I can ever find a second to get some sun, some Vitamin D, I will do so.
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I love writing songs.
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I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedicated to that idea, so who am I to argue, even if I've never experienced it?
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If love is the treasure, laughter is the key.
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I write romance because I love to read romance.
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I love a good Dorothy L. Sayers.
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Augustine says that you don't understand a nation by the throw weight of its military or the strength of its research universities or the size of its population, but by looking at what it loves in common. To assess a nation, you look at the health and strength of its ideals. And there's no question that the common love in America is freedom.
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I love people who dress how they feel and change it depending on the day.
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Love is a wonderful thing that one misses.
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The hardest times to choose love are the very times when you can most grow spiritually. In fact, they are the only times you can grow spiritually!
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Fame is a dangerous thing. It's what the post-industrial society wants. They want fame and many followers on Twitter. But to really make the world understandable, that challenge is remaining.
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Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
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Everybody else is afraid to fail. I do not really care because when I fail, I try something new.
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The first step in the elevation of women under all systems of religion is to convince them that the great Spirit of the Universe is in no way responsible for any of these absurdities.
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Like the wind that carries one ship east and another west, the law of autosuggestion will lift you up or pull you down according to the way that you set your sails of thought.
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God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don't have the license to define love according to our standards.
