100 Quotes About Love: From Romantic to Inspirational

Love is an emotion that has inspired poets, philosophers, and writers for centuries. It has been described as the most powerful force in the world and has the ability to bring people together, heal wounds, and create new beginnings. From romantic to inspirational, here are 100 quotes about love that capture the essence of this complex and beautiful emotion.

1. “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
2. “Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.” – Osho
3. “The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.” – Victor Hugo
4. “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
5. “To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return.” – Margaret Mitchell
6. “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn
7. “Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.” – Michael Novak
8. “Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” – Nicholas Sparks
9. “The heart wants what it wants. There’s no logic to these things. You meet someone and you fall in love and that’s that.” – Woody Allen
10. “Love is a promise; love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.” – John Lennon
11. “I am who I am because of you.” – Nicholas Sparks
12. “Love is not about how many days, weeks or months you’ve been together, it’s all about how much you love each other every day.” – Unknown
13. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
14. “Love is a game that two can play and both win.” – Eva Gabor
15. “Love is a choice you make from moment to moment.” – Barbara De Angelis
16. “I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
17. “We loved with a love that was more than love.” – Edgar Allan Poe
18. “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is to love and be loved in return.” – Nat King Cole
19. “Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
20. “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” – Maya Angelou
21. “I love you, not only for what you are but for what I am when I am with you.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
22. “Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.” – John Lennon
23. “The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.” – William Saroyan
24. “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because the reality is finally better than your dreams.” – Dr. Seuss
25. “The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard but must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
26. “Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs”

27. “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle
28. “Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.” – Voltaire
29. “Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.” – Paulo Coelho
30. “Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun, more last than star.” – E.E. Cummings
31. “Love is not what you say. Love is what you do.” – Unknown
32. “Love isn’t finding a perfect person. It’s seeing an imperfect person perfectly.” – Sam Keen
33. “Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning, a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.” – Bruce Lee
34. “Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.” – Michael Novak
35. “Love is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
36. “Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods.” – Plato
37. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
38. “True love stories never have endings.” – Richard Bach
39. “Love is a choice you make from moment to moment.” – Barbara De Angelis
40. “Love is a gift of one’s innermost soul to another so both can be whole.” – Buddha
41. “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
42. “Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.” – David Wilkerson
43. “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
44. “Love is a promise; love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.” – John Lennon
45. “Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.” – Osho
46. “Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.” – John Lennon
47. “Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.” – H.L. Mencken
48. “Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you’ve got to let it grow.” – John Lennon
49. “Love is not something you go out and look for. Love finds you, and when it does, ready or not, it’ll be the best thing to ever happen to you.” – Unknown
50. “Love is a dream that comes alive when we meet.” – Unknown
51. “We are most alive when we’re in love.” – John Updike
52. “Love is like pi—natural, irrational, and very important.” – Lisa Hoffman

53. “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
54. “I loved her not for the way she danced with my angels but for the way the sound of her name could silence my demons.” – Christopher Poindexter
55. “Love is not about possession, it’s all about appreciation.” – Unknown
56. “In a sea of people, my eyes will always search for you.” – Unknown
57. “Love is a game that two can play and both win.” – Eva Gabor
58. “Love is the beauty of the soul.” – Saint Augustine
59. “A true love story never ends.” – Unknown
60. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
61. “I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
62. “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
63. “Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
64. “I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.” – Charles Dickens
65. “Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” – Nicholas Sparks
66. “Love is not just a feeling of attraction, it is a commitment to giving of oneself for the benefit of another.” – Josh McDowell
67. “Love is the greatest refreshment in life.” – Pablo Picasso
68. “Love is not what the mind thinks, but what the heart feels.” – Greg Evans
69. “I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
70. “Love is like a mountain, hard to climb, but once you get to the top, the view is beautiful.” – Daniel Monroe Tuttle
71. “Love is an energy that flows through everything, connecting all things in the universe.” – Deepak Chopra
72. “Love is the closest thing we have to magic.” – Unknown
73. “Love is a fire that feeds our life.” – Pablo Neruda
74. “Love is not about how many days, months, or years you’ve been together. It’s about how much you love each other every day.” – Unknown
75. “Love is not about finding someone to live with, it’s about finding someone you can’t live without.” – Unknown
76. “Love is a language spoken by everyone but understood only by the heart.” – Unknown
77. “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
78. “Love is an adventure that is best shared together.” – Unknown
79. “Love is the poetry of the senses.” – Honoré de Balzac
80. “Love is a flame that burns everything other than itself. It is the destruction of all that is false and the fulfillment of all that is true.” – Adyashanti

81. “Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.” – Louisa May Alcott
82. “Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun, more last than star.” – E.E. Cummings
83. “Love is not about how much you say ‘I love you,’ but how much you prove that it’s true.” – Unknown
84. “Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods.” – Plato
85. “Love is the glue that holds us all together.” – Unknown
86. “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” – Robert Frost
87. “Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
88. “Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.” – Michael Novak
89. “Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you’ve got to let it grow.” – John Lennon
90. “Love is not about how much you say ‘I love you,’ but how much you can prove it’s true.” – Unknown
91. “Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.” – Helen Keller
92. “Love is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
93. “Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.” – Louise Hay
94. “Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable.” – Mahatma Gandhi
95. “Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.” – Voltaire
96. “Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.” – Tom Wolfe
97. “Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.” – Mother Teresa
98. “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
99. “Love is like pi – natural, irrational, and very important.” – Lisa Hoffman
100. “Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun, more last than star.” – E.E. Cummings

Love is a powerful emotion that transcends all boundaries, and these 100 quotes about love are a testament to its enduring nature. Whether you’re feeling in love or simply looking for inspiration, there is a quote here for everyone. These quotes remind us that love can be found in the most unexpected places, and that true love is worth fighting for. So, let these quotes inspire you to live and love more fully, and to cherish the special people in your life.

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