679 Love Quotes to Explore Across 14 Captivating Categories
Within the vast expanse of human emotions, love emerges as the most luminous and vibrant thread, intricately woven into the fabric of our existence, painting our moments with its diverse and myriad hues. As we embark on a journey through the realm of affection, this rich and expansive collection promises to touch every heart, guiding us through the heart’s many landscapes with carefully chosen quotes that serve as mirrors to our souls. From the thrill of budding romance and the euphoria of new love to the solemn depth of timeless connections and the solemnity of eternal bonds, each selection is designed to resonate, uplift, console, and inspire. Whether you seek the perfect words to voice your deepest sentiments, solace amidst sorrow, or contemplation on love’s infinite dimensions, this compilation navigates the intricate dance of the most profound human connections, serving as a universal yet deeply personal beacon through the complexities and joys of the heart’s most cherished emotion.
These quotes capture the essence of romantic love, passion, and intimacy. They are often used to express feelings towards a partner or to describe the depth of romantic relationships. Here’s a carefully curated selection that spans classical literature, modern prose, and everything in between—each quote resonating with the timeless essence of romantic love.
“You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you.” – Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you… I could walk through my garden forever.” – Alfred Tennyson
“I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love.” – Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott
“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another.” – Thomas Merton
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn
“I wish I could turn back the clock. I’d find you sooner and love you longer.” – Unknown
“We loved with a love that was more than love.” – Edgar Allan Poe, Annabel Lee
“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.” – Maya Angelou
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” – William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.” – Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” – Robert Frost
“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.” – Robert Browning
“You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.” – Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company
“I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I’ve ever had.” – Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
“My love for you has no depth, its boundaries are ever-expanding.” – Christina White
“You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known—and even that is an understatement.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you are the world.” – Dr. Seuss
“I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more.” – Angelita Lim
“Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” – Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
“I have loved you all my life; it has just taken me this long to find you.” – Unknown
“When I look into your eyes, I know I have found the mirror of my soul.” – Joey W. Hill
“A true love story never ends.” – Unknown
“Love is not about how many days, months, or years you have been together. Love is about how much you love each other every single day.” – Unknown
“I need you like a heart needs a beat.” – One Republic
“Your love shines in my heart as the sun that shines upon the earth.” – Eleanor Di Guillo
“Each day I love you more, today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.” – Rosemonde Gerard
“Love doesn’t make the world go ’round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin P. Jones
“I choose you. And I’ll choose you over and over and over. Without pause, without a doubt, in a heartbeat. I’ll keep choosing you.” – Unknown
“Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.” – Douglas McGrath, Emma
“I swear I couldn’t love you more than I do right now, and yet I know I will tomorrow.” – Leo Christopher
“You are my today and all of my tomorrows.” – Leo Christopher
“Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.” – Voltaire
“In you, I’ve found the love of my life and my closest, truest friend.” – Unknown
“I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
“Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
“I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.” – Ben Folds
“For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” – Judy Garland
“If I know what love is, it is because of you.” – Hermann Hesse
“You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.” – Oscar Wilde
“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.” – Marilyn Monroe
“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get—only with what you are expecting to give—which is everything.” – Katharine Hepburn
“You are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.” – E.E. Cummings
“I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.” – William Blake
“Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.” – Rabindranath Tagore
“At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.” – Plato
“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” – Robert A. Heinlein
“I hope it’s okay if I love you forever.” — Ally Maine, “A Star Is Born”
Unrequited Love Quotes
Quotes in this category express the pain and longing associated with love that is not reciprocated. They can be melancholic, reflective, and sometimes hopeful. Unrequited love has been a source of inspiration for poets, writers, and philosophers through the ages, giving rise to some of the most poignant, touching, and sometimes heart-wrenching quotes. Here’s a selection of Unrequited Love Quotes that reflect the complexity, pain, and beauty of unrequited love:
“The greatest pain that comes from love is loving someone you can never have.” – Unknown
“It’s hard to pretend you love someone when you don’t, but it’s harder to pretend that you don’t love someone when you really do.” – Unknown
“The worst thing: to give yourself away in exchange for not enough love.” – Joyce Carol Oates
“Unrequited love does not die; it’s only beaten down to a secret place where it hides, curled and wounded.” – Elle Newmark, The Book of Unholy Mischief
“To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.” – Federico García Lorca, Blood Wedding and Yerma
“Perhaps the saddest of all are those who live waiting for someone they’re not even sure exists.” – Unknown
“If only the strength of the love that people feel when it is reciprocated could be as intense and obsessive as the love we feel when it is not.” – Alain de Botton
“One of the greatest pain and agony is being in one sided love with someone.” – Unknown
“The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.” – William Somerset Maugham
“Loving someone who doesn’t love you back is like hugging a cactus. The tighter you hold on, the more it hurts.” – Unknown
“I knew I was in love with you. Was I an idiot for thinking you were in love with me too?” – Jesu Nadal
“Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.” – Charles M. Schulz
“Unrequited love is the infinite curse of a lonely heart.” – Christina Westover
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” – André Gide
“I have to admit, unrequited love is so much better than a real one. I mean, it’s perfect… As long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending.” – Sarah Dessen, The Lullaby
“The saddest thing in the world, is loving someone who used to love you.” – Unknown
“Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.” – Fulton J. Sheen
“The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.” – Ernest Hemingway
“Unrequited love differs from mutual love, just like delusion differs from the truth.” – George Sand
“Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow.” – J.M. Barrie
“When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, ‘What was it that you wanted and why didn’t you fight for it?'” – Shannon L. Alder
“Unrequited love is a ridiculous state, and it makes those in it behave ridiculously.” – Cassandra Clare
“Because, if you could love someone, and keep loving them, without being loved back… then that love had to be real. It hurt too much to be anything else.” – Sarah Cross
“I think perhaps I will always hold a candle for you – even until it burns my hand.” – Ranata Suzuki
“The heart is stubborn. It holds onto love despite what sense and emotion tell it. And it is often, in the battle of those three, the most brilliant of all.” – Alessandra Torre
“It’s so hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember.” – Unknown
“Unrequited love, is a bore and I’ve got it pretty bad. But for someone you adore, it’s a pleasure to be sad.” – Lorenz Hart
“The worst feeling is falling for someone and knowing that they won’t be there to catch you.” – Unknown
“Watching someone you love… love someone else is one of the most painful experiences life has to offer.” – Unknown
“There’s nothing worse than taking something into your heart, cherishing it, and then having to give it back.” – Unknown
“The cure for unrequited love is to be alone and learn that the healing never comes from the other person, but from within.” – Unknown
“Stung by the splendor of a sudden thought.” – Robert Frost, reflecting on the sudden realization of unrequited love.
“It’s no good loving someone you can never get your hands on.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Sometimes you just have to accept that some people can only be in your heart, not in your life.” – Unknown
“Unrequited love is like waiting for an airplane at a train station.” – Unknown
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” – Hermann Hesse, on the necessity of moving on from unrequited love.
“I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it. That’s what I call unrequited love.” – Audrey Hepburn
“There is a distinct, awful pain that comes with loving someone more than they love you.” – Steve Maraboli
“Unrequited love does not die; it’s only beaten down to a secret place where it hides, curled and wounded.” – Elle Newmark
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” – John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, capturing the essence of one-sided affection.
“A broken heart is a monument to a love that will never die; fulfillment is a monument to a love that is already on its deathbed.” – Unknown
“Unrequited love is a ridiculous state, and it makes those in it behave ridiculously.” – Cassandra Clare
“It’s the love that goes through the hardest trials and survives that’s worth having.” – Katie Ashley, acknowledging the resilience required in facing unrequited love.
“The most painful goodbyes are the ones that are never said and never explained.” – Unknown
“Unrequited love is like hitting your head against a wall that isn’t there.” – Shannon Wheeler
“You can close your eyes to the things you don’t want to see, but you can’t close your heart to the things you don’t want to feel.” – Johnny Depp
“Love unrequited is violent. It makes the lover an offer that can’t be returned.” – Lauren Oliver
“The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.” – Markus Zusak
“It’s difficult to ever go forward when you keep regretting the past.” – Unknown
“To pine for love that will never be yours, is to feel the echo of heartbreak.” – Unknown
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable. ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
Inspirational Love Quotes
These quotes inspire and uplift, focusing on the positive aspects of love and its power to transform lives. They often emphasize the strength, courage, and joy that love brings. Here’s a collection of Inspirational Love Quotes that capture the spirit of love’s ability to inspire and change us for the better:
“Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.” – David Wilkerson
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” – Maya Angelou
“Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold.” — Zelda Fitzgerald
“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.” – William Saroyan
“Where there is love, there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” – Charles Dickens
“We are most alive when we’re in love.” – John Updike
“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by touching your head or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.” – Marilyn Monroe
“Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself.” – André Breton
“Love cures people – both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.” – Karl Menninger
“The best proof of love is trust.” – Joyce Brothers
“Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.” – Mother Teresa
“Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.” – Henry Miller
“A true relationship is two imperfect people refusing to give up on each other.” – Unknown
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” – Eden Ahbez
“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” – Mother Teresa
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” – Lucille Ball
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken.” – C.S. Lewis
“What is done in love is done well.” – Vincent Van Gogh
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.” – Lord Byron
“Love is an endless act of forgiveness.” – Beyoncé
“Love is not a volunteer thing.” – Samuel Richardson
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.” – Blaise Pascal
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” – Mignon McLaughlin
“You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.” – Jodi Picoult
“True love is rare, and it’s the only thing that gives life real meaning.” – Nicholas Sparks
“In the end, we discover that to love and let go can be the same thing.” – Jack Kornfield
“Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.” – James Thurber
“The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.” – Henry Miller
“Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each includes the other, each is enriched by the other.” – Felix Adler
“Love is a game that two can play and both win.” – Eva Gabor
“Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world.” – Wayne Dyer
“Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.” – Osho
“To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return.” – Madonna
“The art of love is largely the art of persistence.” – Albert Ellis
“Choose love and peace will follow. Choose peace and love will follow.” – Mary Helen Doyle
“Love isn’t finding a perfect person. It’s seeing an imperfect person perfectly.” – Sam Keen
“Only from the heart can you touch the sky.” – Rumi
“Love is not something you find. Love is something that finds you.” – Loretta Young
“The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.” – Dalai Lama
“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“Love is seeing the imperfections as perfections, and being perfectly okay with them.” – Unknown
“In true love, there is no mountain too high to climb. No river too wide to cross. And most of all, in true love, there is no end.” – Unknown
“Love has the power to transform the hardest hearts.” – Unknown
“The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself. Love makes it beautiful.” – Wallace Stevens
Self-Love Quotes
Self-love is a journey of recognizing and appreciating one’s own worth and beauty. It’s about giving ourselves the same kindness and care we’d offer to others. Focused on the importance of loving oneself, these quotes about self-love encourage us to embrace our own worth, practice self-care, and remember that the journey to loving others begins with loving ourselves.
“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” – Robert Morley
“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.” – Brené Brown
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha
“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” – Carl Jung
“Talk to yourself like someone you love.” – Brené Brown
“You are enough just as you are.” – Meghan Markle
“Self-love is not selfish; you cannot truly love another until you know how to love yourself.” – Unknown
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
“The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.” – Maya Angelou
“Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.” – Lucille Ball
“Be proud of who you are, and not ashamed of how someone else sees you.” – Unknown
“Self-love is the source of all our other loves.” – Pierre Corneille
“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” – Charles Bukowski
“Demonstrate love by giving it, unconditionally, to yourself.” – Wayne Dyer
“Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.” – Tina Fey
“Love yourself. Enough to take the actions required for your happiness.” – Steve Maraboli
“You deserve someone who makes you feel like the otherworldly creature you are. Yourself.” – Amanda Lovelace
“The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.” – Steve Maraboli
“Be enough for yourself first; the rest of the world can wait.” – Unknown
“Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward.” – Roy T. Bennett
“Love yourself instead of abusing yourself.” – Karolina Kurkova
“Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.” – Robert Holden
“How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.” – Rupi Kaur
“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.” – William Shakespeare, Henry V
“Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.” – Veronica A. Shoffstall
“You, as much as anyone in the universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Sharon Salzberg
“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” – M. Scott Peck
“The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.” – C. JoyBell C.
“Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.” – Aberjhani
“Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?” – Ian Wallace
“To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections.” – Sandra Bierig
“Celebrate who you are in your deepest heart. Love yourself and the world will love you.” – Amy Leigh Mercree
“You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.” – Yogi Bhajan
“Self-love is the elixir of an immortal heart.” – Amy Leigh Mercree
“As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.” – Charlie Chaplin
“Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.” – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
“Loving yourself…does not mean being self-absorbed or narcissistic, or disregarding others. Rather it means welcoming yourself as the most honored guest in your own heart, a guest worthy of respect, a lovable companion.” – Margo Anand
“Love yourself unconditionally, just as you love those closest to you despite their faults.” – Les Brown
“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.” – Wayne Dyer
“When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.” – Jean Shinoda Bolen
“Self-love seems so often unrequited.” – Anthony Powell
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
“If you’re searching for that one person that will change your life, take a look in the mirror.” – Unknown
“It’s not your job to like me—it’s mine.” – Byron Katie
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde
“You are not your mistakes: they are what you did, not who you are.” – Lisa Lieberman-Wang
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.” – Brené Brown
“Self-love is asking yourself what you need – everyday – and then making sure you receive it.” – Unknown
“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.” – Victor Hugo
Friendship Love Quotes
These quotes encapsulate the essence of friendship love, emphasizing the joy, comfort, and irreplaceable value that true friends bring into our lives. Friendship love is a unique blend of affection, loyalty, and unwavering support. Here’s a collection of Friendship Love Quotes that celebrate the beauty and depth of friendship:
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'” – C.S. Lewis
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.” – David Tyson
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow T. Wilson
“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.” – Ed Cunningham
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” – Elbert Hubbard
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.” – Khalil Gibran
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” – C.S. Lewis
“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.” – Leo Buscaglia
“True friends are like diamonds — bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style.” – Nicole Richie
“It’s not what we have in life, but who we have in our life that matters.” – Unknown
“To the world, you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.” – Dr. Seuss
“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” – Muhammad Ali
“Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” – Anna Deavere Smith
“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.” – Hubert H. Humphrey
“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” – Arnold H. Glasgow
“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” – Oprah Winfrey
“No friendship is an accident.” – O. Henry, Heart of the West
“Friends are the family you choose.” – Jess C. Scott, The Intern
“A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden.” – Unknown
“True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.” – Helen Keller
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” – Khalil Gibran
“The language of friendship is not words but meanings.” – Henry David Thoreau
“The best mirror is an old friend.” – George Herbert
“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.” – Confucius
“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.” – Euripides
“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.” – Baltasar Gracian
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.” – William Butler Yeats
“A friend is what the heart needs all the time.” – Henry Van Dyke
“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.” – Aristotle
“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” – Abraham Lincoln
“Friends are the siblings God never gave us.” – Mencius
“Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way.” – Charles Kingsley
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” – Anais Nin
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
“Friendship is not about who you spend the most time with, it’s about who you have the best time with.” – Unknown
“A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” – Donna Roberts
“Friends are the sunshine of life.” – John Hay
“Some people arrive and make such a beautiful impact on your life, you can barely remember what life was like without them.” – Anna Taylor
“A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have.” – Irish Proverb
“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” – Richard Bach
“Friendship is the wine of life.” – Edward Young
“Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.” – Tennessee Williams
“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” – Carl W. Buechner
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” – Mark Twain
“The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A friend to all is a friend to none.” – Aristotle, highlighting the value of deep, meaningful friendships over superficial ones.
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
Family Love Quotes
These Love quotes for Family beautifully capture the essence of family love, reflecting on the profound bond, unconditional affection, and the indispensable support system that forms the cornerstone of our lives. They delve into the nuances of familial relationships, showcasing the unique blend of affection, loyalty, and unbreakable bonds that define the unconditional and enduring nature of family love. Together, these quotes make every moment of life richer and more meaningful, celebrating the foundational role of family in providing love and support through all of life’s moments.
“Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” – Michael J. Fox
“In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.” – Charles Kuralt
“Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.” – David Ogden Stiers
“Having somewhere to go is home. Having someone to love is family. And having both is a blessing.” – Unknown
“The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.” – Mario Puzo
“Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.” – Brad Henry
“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” – Mother Teresa
“The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” – George Santayana
“To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.” – Barbara Bush
“Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.” – Anthony Brandt
“Family is the heart of a home.”
“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.” – George A. Moore
“The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us to become our best while looking our worst.” – Marge Kennedy
“Family: where life begins and love never ends.” – Unknown
“Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley
“The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.” – Lee Iacocca
“Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing.” – Irina Shayk
“In time of test, family is best.” – Burmese Proverb
“The memories we make with our family is everything.” – Candace Cameron Bure
“Family is not defined by our genes, it is built and maintained through love.” – Unknown
“It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.” – Peter Buffett
“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” – George Bernard Shaw
“Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches.” – Wanda Hope Carter
“The family – that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.” – Dodie Smith
“My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what’s important to me.” – Michael Imperioli
“Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life.” – J.K. Rowling
“The love in our family flows strong and deep, leaving us memories to treasure and keep.” – Unknown
“A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss… That’s the trade-off. But I’ll take it all.” – Brad Pitt
“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” – Richard Bach
“I sustain myself with the love of family.” – Maya Angelou
“Family is the anchor that holds us through life’s storms.”
“Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.” – Alex Haley
“Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.” – André Maurois
“I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich.” – Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford
“Families are like branches on a tree. We grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one.” – Unknown
“The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories.” – Og Mandino
“Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.” – John C. Maxwell
“When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching — they are your family.” – Jim Butcher
“Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.” – Bo Bennett
“A family doesn’t have to perfect; it just needs to be united.” – Unknown
“Sticking with your family is what makes it a family.” – Mitch Albom
“The most important thing in the world is family and love.” – John Wooden
“My greatest treasure is my family. We may not be perfect, but I love them with all my heart.” – Unknown
“Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts.” – Les Dawson
“Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.” – Lisa Weed
“No matter how much we argue, in the end, you are mine and I am yours. That’s what families are about.” – Unknown
“Family is a gift that lasts forever.” – Unknown
“Love your family as you love yourself. Keep in mind, they are the ones who’ll support you unconditionally.” – Unknown
Philosophical Love Quotes
These philosophical love quotes delve into the deeper meanings, implications, and truths about love, offering profound insights into its nature, complexity, and role in human life. They explore love’s ability to transcend the mundane, transforming our very existence, while also addressing its philosophical implications. These insights provoke thought, inspire the soul, and provide a deeper understanding of love’s profound impact on our lives, highlighting how it intertwines with the very fabric of human existence and its capacity to enlighten and transform.
“The first duty of love is to listen.” – Paul Tillich
“Love is the beauty of the soul.” – Saint Augustine
“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.” – Plato
“Love does not dominate; it cultivates.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“To love is to recognize yourself in another.” – Eckhart Tolle
“The more one judges, the less one loves.” – Honoré de Balzac
“Love is a better master than duty.” – Albert Einstein
“Where there is love there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Love is not consolation. It is light.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“The art of love is largely the art of persistence.” – Albert Ellis
“Love’s greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.” – Barbara De Angelis
“Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.” – Voltaire
“Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.” – Khalil Gibran
“Love is the absence of judgment.” – Dalai Lama XIV
“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.” – Bertrand Russell
“Love is not a because, it’s a no matter what.” – Jodi Picoult
“Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.” – Samuel Johnson
“The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being.” – Tom Robbins
“Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.” – George Eliot
“Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.” – Peter Ustinov
“Love is a grave mental disease.” – Plato
“We are most alive when we’re in love.” – John Updike
“The measure of love is to love without measure.” – Saint Augustine
“Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each includes the other, each is enriched by the other.” – Felix Adler
“What is love but acceptance of the other, whatever he is.” – Anaïs Nin
“Love is a choice you make from moment to moment.” – Barbara De Angelis
“We can only learn to love by loving.” – Iris Murdoch
“At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.” – Plato
“The best proof of love is trust.” – Joyce Brothers
“Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.” – Fulton J. Sheen
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible—it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.” – Barbara de Angelis
“You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.” – Barbara De Angelis
“The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.” – Blaise Pascal
“Love is not a mere sentiment or emotion; it is the ultimate realization that others are not separate from oneself. In loving another, we acknowledge their value as an integral part of our own life.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” – William James
“One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is Love.” – Socrates, Greek philosopher
“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton
“We love because it’s the only true adventure.” – Nikki Giovanni
“Love is not finding someone to live with; it’s finding someone you can’t live without.” – Rafael Ortiz
“In love, one and one are one.” – Jean-Paul Sartre
“Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.” – Cicero
“All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.” – Leo Tolstoy
“A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.” – Thomas Carlyle
“Love is always bestowed as a gift – freely, willingly and without expectation. We don’t love to be loved; we love to love.” – Leo Buscaglia
“True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.” – Honoré de Balzac
“Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” – Robert A. Heinlein
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor even touched, but just felt in the heart.” – Anne Sullivan
“Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.” – Rabindranath Tagore
“If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they’re yours; if they don’t they never were.” – Richard Bach
“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.” – Plato
Humorous Love Quotes
Light-hearted and often witty, these humorous love quotes take a playful approach to the ups and downs of romantic relationships, reminding us that laughter is a fundamental part of love. They highlight that taking life too seriously can sometimes miss the essence of being together, offering a lighthearted perspective on the complexities and joys of love and relationships. These quotes not only bring a smile to our faces and warmth to our hearts but also underscore that love isn’t just profound—it can be playfully amusing, showcasing the lighter side of love.
“Love is telling someone their hair extensions are showing.” – Natasha Leggero
“I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.” – Rita Rudner
“Marriage is like a deck of cards. In the beginning, all you need is two hearts and a diamond. By the end, you wish you had a club and a spade.” – Unknown
“My wife was afraid of the dark… then she saw me naked and now she’s afraid of the light.” – Rodney Dangerfield
“Love is an ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses.” – Thomas Dewar
“Romance is like a game of chess: One false move and you’re mated.” – Unknown
“Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow internet to see who they really are.” – Will Ferrell
“I thought I was promiscuous, but it turns out I was just thorough.” – Russell Brand
“I love you more than coffee, but please don’t make me prove it.” – Elizabeth Evans
“If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question?” – Lily Tomlin
“A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he’s finished.” – Zsa Zsa Gabor
“Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?” – Groucho Marx
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” – Charles M. Schulz
“I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender.” – Rodney Dangerfield
“An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.” – Agatha Christie
“Love is like war: Easy to begin but very hard to stop.” – H. L. Mencken
“Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.” – Jim Carrey
“My best birth control now is just to leave the lights on.” – Joan Rivers
“I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.” – Groucho Marx
“Marry a man your own age; as your beauty fades, so will his eyesight.” – Phyllis Diller
“Honesty is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that, you’re in.” – Richard Jeni
“Why buy the cow? Because you love her and your house is empty without her.” – Unknown
“My wife gets all the money I make. I just get an apple and clean clothes every morning.” – Ray Romano
“Love is blind but marriage is a real eye-opener.” – Unknown
“They say love is more important than money, but have you ever tried to pay your bills with a hug?” – Unknown
“I love you so much I’d fight a bear for you. Well not a grizzly bear because they have claws, and not a panda bear because they know Kung Fu… but a care bear, I’d definitely fight a care bear for you.” – Unknown
“A guy knows he’s in love when he loses interest in his car for a couple of days.” – Tim Allen
“I thought I was stupid until I got married, then I realized I was stupid.” – Unknown
“You can’t put a price tag on love, but you can on all its accessories.” – Melanie Clark
“Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.” – Albert Einstein
“Marriage is like vitamins: We supplement each other’s minimum daily requirements.” – Kathy Mohnke
“If you want your wife to listen to you, then talk to another woman; she will be all ears.” – Sigmund Freud
“I love you no matter what you do, but do you have to do so much of it?” – Jean Illsley Clarke
“You’re just like bacon, beer, and chocolate – you make everything better.” – Unknown
“Love is sharing your popcorn.” – Charles Schultz
“I love you more than yesterday—yesterday you got on my nerves.” – Unknown
“The only time my wife is listening to me is when I’m saying do you want some money.” – Unknown
“Marriage lets you annoy one special person for the rest of your life.” – Unknown
“I told my wife she should embrace her mistakes…she gave me a hug.” – Unknown
“I’m in shape. Round is a shape.” – George Carlin, on love and self-acceptance.
“Love is blind, but marriage restores its sight.” – Georg Lichtenberg
“I asked my brother-in-law, the father of four boys, if he wouldn’t like to have a girl. He said he wouldn’t know what to do with one. ‘Just love her,’ I said. ‘I don’t know how to love,’ he said. ‘Any idiot can love,’ I said. ‘I know,’ he said, ‘but I don’t know how to show it.'” – Unknown
“My wife tells me one day, ‘I think you love baseball more than me.’ I say, ‘Well, I guess that’s true, but hey, I love you more than football and hockey.'” – Unknown
“In my house I’m the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.” – Woody Allen
“The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.” – Henny Youngman
“Love is a two-way street constantly under construction.” – Carroll Bryant
“I was going to make a joke about time travel, but you didn’t like it.” – Unknown
“Falling in love is when she falls asleep in your arms and wakes up in your dreams.” – Unknown
“We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.” – Henny Youngman
“Marriage is when a man loses his bachelor’s degree and a woman gets her master’s degree.” – Unknown
Heartbreak and Healing Love Quotes
Addressing the pain of lost love and the journey towards healing, these quotes provide comfort and insight, reminding us that heartbreak and healing are deeply personal yet universally understood experiences. They offer solace, wisdom, and perspective on navigating through the pain to find greater strength, wisdom, and a renewed capacity for love. Through the adversity of a breakup or heartache, these quotes underscore the transformative power of heartbreak to lead us toward healing and self-discovery.
“The cure for a broken heart is simple, my lady. A hot bath and a good night’s sleep.” – Margaret George
“Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.” – The Wizard of Oz
“Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe
“Pain makes you stronger, fear makes you braver, heartbreak makes you wiser.” – Drake
“It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.” – Sara Teasdale
“The hardest thing is not talking to someone you used to talk to every day.” – Unknown
“What is stronger than the human heart which shatters over and over and still lives.” – Rupi Kaur
“Letting go does not mean you stop caring. It means you stop trying to force others to.” – Mandy Hale
“Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake and help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for.” – Mandy Hale
“The heart was made to be broken.” – Oscar Wilde
“Only time can heal your broken heart, just as only time can heal his broken arms and legs.” – Miss Piggy
“This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
“Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities.” – Patti Roberts
“You can’t buy love, but you can pay heavily for it.” – Henny Youngman
“You find out what you are made of when you have a broken heart. If it happens early and often, all the better.” – Isabel Gillies
“In the depths of sorrow we will eventually find an unwavering light.” – Unknown
“It’s not about having a broken heart, it’s about moving on with that broken heart.” – Anuj Tiwari
“A broken heart is just the growing pains necessary so that you can love more completely when the real thing comes along.” – J.S.B. Morse
“The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it…” – Nicholas Sparks
“Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.” – Lamartine
“Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.” – Mineko Iwasaki
“The saddest thing about love is that not only that it cannot last forever, but that heartbreak is soon forgotten.” – William Faulkner
“So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.” – E.A. Bucchianeri
“The art of love is largely the art of persistence.” – Albert Ellis, highlighting the resilience needed to move beyond heartbreak.
“I wish I were a little girl again because skinned knees are easier to fix than a broken heart.” – Julia Roberts
“Healing is an art. It takes time, it takes practice. It takes love.” – Maza Dohta
“To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful.” – Bess Myerson
“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.” – G.K. Chesterton, reminding us of love’s preciousness even in loss.
“When the wrong people leave your life, the right things start happening.” – Zig Ziglar
“Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?” – Leo Buscaglia
“Healing from a broken heart isn’t just about moving onwards and upwards. It’s about saying goodbye to your old way of life and embracing the new.” – Unknown
“Every heartbreak makes it harder to open your heart to love again.” – Unknown
“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.” – Washington Irving
“Breaking a heart is easy, healing it is where the true love story begins.” – Rashida Rowe
“You may have a broken heart, but you may find someone else.” – Douglas Booth
“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of withering, of tarnishing.” – Anaïs Nin
“When your heart is broken, you plant seeds in the cracks and you pray for rain.” – Andrea Gibson
“A broken heart will turn into a stronger one within hope.” – Toba Beta
“The best way to heal a broken heart, it turns out, is to find a way to move past the hurt.” – Mary Kay Andrews
“Heartbreak is funny to everyone but the heartbroken.” – Jeffery Eugenides
“It is our wounds that create in us a desire to reach for miracles. The fulfillment of such miracles depends on whether we let our wounds pull us down or lift us up towards our dreams.” – Jocelyn Soriano
“Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go but rather learning to start over.” – Nicole Sobon
“Heartbreak could be lived with if it weren’t accompanied by regret.” – Laura Kasischke
“The remedy for love is to love more.” – Henry David Thoreau
“A heartbreak is a blessing from God. It’s just His way of letting you realize He saved you from the wrong one.” – Unknown
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” – Hermann Hesse
“There is a time for departure, even when there’s no certain place to go.” – Tennessee Williams
“The hottest love has the coldest end.” – Socrates
“The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.” – Benjamin Disraeli
“Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.” – Dave Mustaine
Eternal Love Quotes
These quotes illuminate the timeless, enduring essence of love, revealing how true affection transcends the bounds of time and space, enduring beyond even death itself. They serve as a poignant reminder that eternal love, with its boundless nature, resides forever in the heart and soul, addressing our deepest longings with undying affection and timeless devotion.
“My love for you will outlast this beach, this ocean, this planet. When judgement comes and Heaven finally falls, I will take you back with me.” ― Scarlet Blackwell, I Am Fallen
“Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence.” – Vincent Van Gogh
“Eternal love is a myth, but we make our myths, and we love them to death.” – Neil Gaiman
“The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.” – Henry Miller
“To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.” – Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“Do not seek a love that you desire. True love finds you on its own!” ― Avijeet Das
“Eternal love does not exist in pieces, nor can it be kept in a pocket, but it can envelop, enlighten, and transform an entire existence.” – Unknown
“Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.” – Mitch Albom
“I have died every day waiting for you. Darling, don’t be afraid. I have loved you for a thousand years, and I’ll love you for a thousand more.” – Christina Perri
“In true love, the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.” – Hans Nouwens
“The water shines only by the sun. And it is you who are my sun.” – Charles de Leusse
“There is no limit to the power of loving.” – John Morton
“Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” – Khalil Gibran
“Loved you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will.” – Unknown
“Love is an endless mystery, because there is no reasonable cause that could explain it.” – Rabindranath Tagore
“True love stories never have endings.” – Richard Bach
“Love’s greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.” – Barbara De Angelis
“We loved with a love that was more than love.” – Edgar Allan Poe
“The heart’s not like a box that gets filled up. It expands in size the more you love.” – Spike Jonze
“Love is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.” – Rabindranath Tagore
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. From an Irish headstone” – Richard Puz, The Carolinian
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.” – John Keats
“What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.” – Sinclair Lewis
“Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favorite.” – Unknown
“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.” – Paulo Coelho
“Love can touch us one time and last for a lifetime, and never let go till we’re gone.” – Celine Dion
“Eternal love is rare and it’s the only thing that gives life real meaning.” – Nicholas Sparks
“Our love is like the wind. I can’t see it, but I can feel it.” – A Walk to Remember
“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.” – Nicholas Sparks
“Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.” – Unknown
“Love is eternal—the aspect may change, but not the essence.” – Vincent van Gogh
“For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” – Judy Garland
“I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, in life after life, in age after age forever.” – Rabindranath Tagore
“Love never claims, it ever gives. Love ever suffers, never resents never revenges itself.” – Gandhi
“To be your friend was all I ever wanted; to be your lover was all I ever dreamed.” – Valerie Lombardo
“A love that lasts a lifetime is a love that is willing to be patient, to be kind, and to be selfless.” – Unknown
“Our love is like the waves in the sea, sometimes calm, sometimes tempestuous but always there.” – Unknown
“Eternal love will not be denied, no matter how long it takes to find its way home.” – Unknown
“The story of love is hello and goodbye… until we meet again.” – Jimi Hendrix
“Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself that you never saw.” – Andre Breton
“Love, like a river, will cut a new path whenever it meets an obstacle.” – Crystal Middlemas
“If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.” – Haruki Murakami
“My love for you is past the mind, beyond my heart, and into my soul.” – Boris Kodjoe
“True love is putting someone else before yourself.” – Frozen
“When we are in love, we are convinced nobody else will do. But as time goes, others do do, and often do do, much much better.” – Coco J. Ginger
“Real love stories never have endings.” – Richard Bach
“The course of true love never did run smooth, but her love was never ever in doubt.” – William Shakespeare, adapted
“In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.” – Mignon McLaughlin
“Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.” – Madame de Staël
Love Quotes for Him
Love quotes for Him articulate deep affection, admiration, and the profound emotional connection shared, capturing the essence of devotion and celebrating his unique qualities. These heartfelt and deeply touching expressions of love underscore the depth of feelings and the special, unspoken bonds that make love for him so unique. Crafting these quotes specifically for him speaks directly to the heart, offering a celebration of love that is both profound and intimately personal, highlighting the strength of the bond and the deep love held for that special man in your life.
“In your smile, I see something more beautiful than the stars.” – Beth Revis
“I love you very much, probably more than anybody could love another person.” — 50 First Dates
“I could start fires with what I feel for you.” – David Ramirez
“You are my today and all of my tomorrows.” – Leo Christopher
“I’ve fallen in love many times… but always with you.” – Unknown
“Meeting you was like listening to a song for the first time and knowing it would be my favorite.” – Unknown
“I find the most beautiful moments of life aren’t just with you but because of you.” – Leo Christopher
“I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more.” – Angelita Lim
“My love for you is a journey; Starting at forever, and ending at never.” – Unknown
“I am happiest when I’m right next to you.” – Unknown
“Your love shines in my heart as the sun that shines upon the earth.” – Eleanor Di Guillo
“Every day I discover that I love you even more, and in this infinite universe I will love you till the ends.” – Alicia N Green
“Your voice is my favorite sound.” – Unknown
“You are the source of my joy, the center of my world and the whole of my heart.” – Unknown
“To be your friend was all I ever wanted; to be your lover was all I ever dreamed.” – Valerie Lombardo
“He walked into my heart like he always belonged there, took down my walls and lit my soul on fire.” – T.М.
“I didn’t choose you, my heart did.” – Unknown
“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.” – Nicholas Sparks
“In real love you want the other person’s good. In romantic love, you want the other person.” – Margaret Anderson
“Being in your arms is my happy place. I don’t want to be anywhere else.” – Unknown
“You have me. Until every last star in the galaxy dies. You have me.” – Amie Kaufman
“Your arms feel more like home than any house ever did.” – Kate
“Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.” – Jorge Luis Borges
“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” – A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
“You’re that part of me I’ll always need.” – Unknown
“My heart is and always will be yours.” – Jane Austen
“I love you for all that you are, all that you have been and all you’re yet to be.” – Unknown
“When I wake up in the morning, I am thinking of you. When I go to sleep at night, I am thinking of you. And all those hours in between, I think of us.” – Unknown
“You are my paradise and I would happily get stranded on you for a lifetime.” – Unknown
“I have a crush on your mind, I fell for your personality, and your looks are just a big bonus.” – The Notebook
“I love you as one loves certain dark things, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.” – Pablo Neruda
“With you, I am home.” – Unknown
“I still haven’t figured out how to sit across from you, and not be madly in love with everything you do.” – William C. Hannan
“I love you and I don’t want to lose you. Because my life has been better since the day I found out.” – Unknown
“You are my blue crayon, the one I never have enough of, the one I use to color my sky.” – A.R. Asher
“I never want to stop making memories with you.” – Pierre Jeanty
“I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
“You are the last thought in my mind before I drift off to sleep and the first thought when I wake up each morning.” – Unknown
“Love is not about how many days, weeks or months you have been together, it’s all about how much you love each other every single day.” – Unknown
“In case you ever foolishly forget: I am never not thinking of you.” – Virginia Woolf
“If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.” – Princess Diana
“Everywhere I look I am reminded of your love. You are my world.” – Unknown
“Grow old with me, the best is yet to be.” – Robert Browning
“Your love is all I need to feel complete.” – Unknown
“I could watch you for a single minute and find a thousand things that I love about you.” – Unknown
“There is no remedy for love but to love more.” – Henry David Thoreau
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.” — Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets.
“I swear I couldn’t love you more than I do right now, and yet I know I will tomorrow.” – Leo Christopher
“Loving you was never an option. It was a necessity.” – Truth Devour
“Just in case you have forgotten today: You matter, you are loved, you are worthy, you are magical.” – Unknown
Love Quotes for Her
Love quotes for Her beautifully convey heartfelt adoration and respect, celebrating her strength, grace, and the profound joy she brings into our lives. They resonate with deep affection and admiration, honoring her impactful presence and acknowledging the irreplaceable and special place she holds in the heart. These quotes capture the essence of love’s timeless journey and the deep, nurturing connections it fosters, reminding us that expressing love for her can transcend countless forms, with words often capturing our feelings in uniquely powerful ways.
“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.” – Amy Bloom
“Thinking of you keeps me awake. Dreaming of you keeps me asleep. Being with you keeps me alive.” – Unknown
“In you, I’ve found the love of my life and my closest, truest friend.” – Unknown
“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known—and even that is an understatement.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“I swear I couldn’t love you more than I do right now, and yet I know I will tomorrow.” – Leo Christopher
“Whatever happens tomorrow, or for the rest of my life, I’m happy now…because I love you.” – Groundhog Day
“I look at you and see the rest of my life in front of my eyes.” – Unknown
“I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
“I love you, and that’s the beginning and end of everything.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more.” – Angelita Lim
“To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you are the world.” – Bill Wilson
“I love making you laugh because for those few seconds, I made you happy and seeing you happy, it makes me happy too.” – Unknown
“It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.” – Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
“I love you more than I can express, or can ever hope to express.” – Jude Morgan
“I have died every day waiting for you. Darling, don’t be afraid. I have loved you for a thousand years. I’ll love you for a thousand more.” – Christina Perri
“Your voice is my favorite sound.” – Unknown
“Every time I see you, I fall in love all over again.” – Unknown
“Being in love with you makes every morning worth getting up for.” – Unknown
“I found my soulmate. I found my one true love. I found my one and only forever and always.” – Unknown
“You are my today and all of my tomorrows.” – Leo Christopher
“Your love is all I need to feel complete.” – Unknown
“I need you like a heart needs a beat.” – One Republic
“If I had to choose between breathing and loving you, I would use my last breath to tell you I love you.” – DeAnna Anderson
“You are my blue crayon, the one I never have enough of, the one I use to color my sky.” – A.R. Asher
“A hundred hearts would be too few to carry all my love for you.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“I’ve never had a moment’s doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.” – Ian McEwan, Atonement
“I could make you happy, make your dreams come true. Nothing that I wouldn’t do. Go to the ends of the earth for you to make you feel my love.” – Bob Dylan
“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” ― Rumi
“I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.” – Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
“My heart is, and always will be, yours.” – Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
“In case you ever foolishly forget: I am never not thinking of you.” – Virginia Woolf
“You are my sun, my moon, and all of my stars.” – E.E. Cummings
“Love is not about how many days, months, or years you have been together. Love is about how much you love each other every single day.” – Unknown
“You are nothing short of my everything.” – Unknown
“I love you more than there are stars in the sky and fish in the sea.” – Nicholas Sparks
“I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” – John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
“I want to be with you until the sun falls from the sky.” – Unknown
“You are everything I think about, everything I need, everything I want.” – Unknown
“I am forever grateful for the happiness and joy you have brought into my life.” – Unknown
“You are my today and all of my tomorrows.” – Leo Christopher
“A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.” – Brendan Francis
“I could search my whole life through and through and never find another you.” – Unknown
“I love her, and that’s the beginning and end of everything.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald, speaking of Zelda
“With you, I am home.” – Unknown
“Love is not about how many days, months, or years you’ve been together. Love is about how much you love each other every single day.” – Unknown
“If I did anything right in my life, it was when I gave my heart to you.” – Unknown
“And in her smile I see something more beautiful than the stars.” – Beth Revis
“You have a place in my heart no one else could have.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“I love you more than coffee, but please don’t make me prove it.” – Elizabeth Evans
Love Quotes About Life
These quotes blend the themes of love and life, reflecting on how deeply intertwined our emotional connections and everyday experiences are. They capture the transformative power of love, its ability to enrich life’s journey, and its role in understanding our own existence. This curated list spans a variety of sources from poignant poetry, insightful prose, to philosophical musings, each quote offering a unique perspective on how love influences, shapes, and gives meaning to life.
“Life is a flower of which love is the honey.” – Victor Hugo
“We love the things we love for what they are.” – Robert Frost
“In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.” – Mother Teresa
“Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.” – Leo Buscaglia
“Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.” – Khalil Gibran
“Love doesn’t make the world go round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” – Helen Keller
“There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.” – George Sand
“Love is not merely surviving, but flourishing.” – Maya Angelou
“The greatest pleasure of life is love.” – Euripides
“Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.” – Marge Piercy
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” – Maya Angelou
“Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.” – Tom Wolfe
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” – Morrie Schwartz
“To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” – Dalai Lama
“Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away.” – Louis de Bernières
“Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries.” – Truman Capote
“Love is not something you feel. It is something you do.” – David Wilkerson
“Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you’ve got to let it grow.” – John Lennon
“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Life is a game and true love is a trophy.” – Rufus Wainwright
“In love there are two things—bodies and words.” – Joyce Carol Oates
“Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.” – Maya Angelou
“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” – Dr. Seuss
Love Quotes from the Bible
Love quotes from the Bible, rich in wisdom and spiritual depth, emphasize the importance of unconditional love, compassion, and the moral imperative to love others as oneself. These verses not only highlight the spiritual and divine dimensions of love but also provide practical guidance on how it can be manifested in our daily lives, underlining its enduring nature and the significant influence it has on our relationships and our comprehension of God’s love for us. As a source of comfort and guidance for generations, the Bible offers profound insights into living a life firmly rooted in love, demonstrating its timeless relevance and the powerful impact of its teachings on love.
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” – 1 Corinthians 13:4
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” – 1 Peter 4:8
“So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” – 1 Corinthians 13:13
“Let all that you do be done in love.” – 1 Corinthians 16:14
“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” – Colossians 3:14
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.” – 1 John 4:7
“Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.” – Proverbs 10:12
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” – John 15:13
“Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.” – Romans 12:9
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” – Proverbs 17:17
“Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it.” – Song of Solomon 8:7
“He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” – 1 John 4:8
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” – Ephesians 4:2
“And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.” – Colossians 3:15
“Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave.” – Song of Solomon 8:6
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” – Ephesians 5:25
“We love because He first loved us.” – 1 John 4:19
“Two are better than one… For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow.” – Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” – John 15:12
“I have found the one whom my soul loves.” – Song of Solomon 3:4
“Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.” – Romans 13:10
“Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.” – Psalms 36:5
“Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.” – Romans 13:8
“Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” – 1 John 4:16
“The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.'” – Jeremiah 31:3
“As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” – John 13:34
“But Ruth said, ‘Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.'” – Ruth 1:16
“Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure.” – Proverbs 20:28
“Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” – 1 John 3:18
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” – 1 Corinthians 13:13
“Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” – Mark 10:9
“You have captured my heart, my treasure, my bride. You hold it hostage with one glance of your eyes.” – Song of Solomon 4:9
“However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.” – Ephesians 5:33
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.” – Romans 12:9
“Do everything in love.” – 1 Corinthians 16:14
“But showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.” – Deuteronomy 5:10
“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” – 1 John 4:18
“So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while.” – 1 Peter 1:6
“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” – Zephaniah 3:17
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” – 1 John 3:1
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.” – 1 Chronicles 16:34
“May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.” – 2 Thessalonians 3:5
“For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness.” – Psalm 26:3
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.” – Lamentations 3:22
“I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.” – Ephesians 3:17-18
“Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.” – Romans 13:8
“Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.” – Psalm 36:5
“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” – 1 John 4:16
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” – John 13:35
“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” – Matthew 5:44
Conclusion:
As we conclude our exploration through this vast landscape of affection and adoration, it becomes evident that love, in its endless manifestations, is the cornerstone of the most memorable chapters of our lives. The wisdom encapsulated in these selections provides a window into the essence of human connection, reflecting our shared experiences of joy, heartache, and yearning. Let this treasury not only spark inspiration but also stand as a testament to love’s transformative might, capable of bridging divides, mending hearts, and weaving us together in the unseen tapestry of life. May these words accompany you, elevate your spirit, and inspire an embrace of love’s full spectrum with open arms and an open heart. A Colored Mind is ready to capture your love story just the way you envision it, contact us today!