If the person who says they love you is unwilling to sacrifice for you it ain't love.
Saints didn't set out to have everyone follow them. Saints set out to follow Jesus, and others followed them in their pursuit of Him.
People with a lot of theological study and no prayer life are dangerous... and not in a good way.
You don't become a saint by comparing yourself to a sinner.
If the heart is hardened, the intellect is darkened.
Enthusiasm is contagious - so is a lack of it. Joyless Christians are a greater assault on the gospel than atheism.