Quotes about Unity

Local churches exist to display God's glory to the nations. We do that by fixing our eyes on the gospel of Jesus Christ, trusting him for salvation, and then loving one another with God's own holiness, unity, and love.

In many ways a church is simply a group of people who are living lives of love (John 13:34—35) because they all agree on how they have been loved in Christ.

When you are lying in bed angry with your backs turned towards each other, imagine Satan sleeping in the space between you.

While it only takes one spouse to be friendly, it takes both spouses to be friends. When both spouses are unfriendly, the marriage is marked by conflict and coldness. When one spouse is friendly and the other is unfriendly, the marriage is marked by selfishness and sadness. But when both spouses each make a deep, heartfelt covenant with God to continually seek to become a better friend, increasing love and laughter mark the marriage.

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy must have somebody to divide it with.

A marriage...makes of two fractional lives a whole; it gives to two purposeless lives a work, and doubles the strength of each to perform it; it gives to two questioning natures a reason for living, and something to live for; it will give a new gladness to the sunshine, a new fragrance to the flowers, a new beauty to the earth, and a new mystery to life.

The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism, is loyalty to the Nationallthe time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession.

I believe our differences are the little pinches of salt that can make the marriage seem more flavorful.

It's funny when you get married, you do find other couples to hang out with.

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.