Preemptive Love Quotes

“Courage, love, faith . . . these are
all muscles that grow in strength each time we push them to their limits.”
― Jeremy Courtney, Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time

“I don’t lean left or right. I lean in. I lean forward, because that’s where love lives.”
― Jeremy Courtney, Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time

“Love first; ask questions later.”
― Jeremy Courtney, Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time

“Because even though fear, hatred, and violence conspire to unmake the world, preemptive love unmakes violence.”
― Jeremy Courtney, Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time

“And in the end, it is not our love that overcomes hate at all. It is God’s. And preemptive love is not just something God does as a one-off transaction. Preemptive love is who God is, constantly overcoming our hateful rebellion and our lesser passions that belie the self-interest we suppose ourselves to be pursuing.”
― Jeremy Courtney, Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time

“The image of Kurdish blood pumping through the heart of a little Arab boy like Ahmed was not lost on anyone.”
― Jeremy Courtney, Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time

“Which is a greater sin in the eyes of God: to let a child suffer and die to preserve your reputation, or to become friends with your enemy?”
― Jeremy Courtney, Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time