Time & Perspective Quote by Og Mandino

Love, here, is not a treasure you discover and then guard; it is a daily product you either keep producing or you quietly run out of. Mandino’s line works because it attacks the most comforting modern romance myth: that the “real thing” should feel effortless once you’ve found the right person. By choosing “stone,” he rejects the fantasy of love as a fixed object with permanence baked in. Stones endure, yes, but they also just sit there. They don’t respond. They don’t adapt. They don’t feed anyone.

“Made, like bread” is a deliberately domestic metaphor, almost stubbornly unglamorous. Bread is ordinary, communal, and time-sensitive. It requires ingredients, labor, patience, and conditions you don’t fully control (temperature, yeast, timing). Miss a step and what you get is flat, sour, or stale. That’s the subtext: love isn’t primarily a feeling; it’s a practice with consequences. The kicker is “remade all the time,” which reframes devotion as maintenance, not intensity. Not grand gestures, but repeated, often invisible work: repair after conflict, renewed attention, the choice to show up when the mood isn’t cinematic.

Contextually, Mandino built a career in motivational writing aimed at self-discipline and steady habits. This quote fits that worldview: relationships aren’t exempt from the same grind-and-grace logic that builds a life. It also quietly democratizes love. If love is craft rather than fate, it’s something you can learn, improve, and redo. The final phrase, “made new,” is the hopeful turn: repetition isn’t boredom; it’s renewal.