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.
- “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
- “Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.” – Osho
- “The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.” – Victor Hugo
- “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
- “To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return.” – Margaret Mitchell
- “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn
- “Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.” – Michael Novak
- “Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” – Nicholas Sparks
- “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
- “Love is a promise; love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.” – John Lennon
- “I am who I am because of you.” – Nicholas Sparks
- “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
- “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
- “Love is a game that two can play and both win.” – Eva Gabor
- “Love is a choice you make from moment to moment.” – Barbara De Angelis
- “I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- “We loved with a love that was more than love.” – Edgar Allan Poe
- “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is to love and be loved in return.” – Nat King Cole
- “Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
- “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” – Maya Angelou
- “I love you, not only for what you are but for what I am when I am with you.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- “Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.” – John Lennon
- “The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.” – William Saroyan
- “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because the reality is finally better than your dreams.” – Dr. Seuss
- “The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard but must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
- “Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs”
- “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle
- “Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.” – Voltaire
- “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
- “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 not what you say. Love is what you do.” – Unknown
- “Love isn’t finding a perfect person. It’s seeing an imperfect person perfectly.” – Sam Keen
- “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
- “Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.” – Michael Novak
- “Love is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- “Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods.” – Plato
- “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
- “True love stories never have endings.” – Richard Bach
- “Love is a choice you make from moment to moment.” – Barbara De Angelis
- “Love is a gift of one’s innermost soul to another so both can be whole.” – Buddha
- “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.” – David Wilkerson
- “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
- “Love is a promise; love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.” – John Lennon
- “Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.” – Osho
- “Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.” – John Lennon
- “Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.” – H.L. Mencken
- “Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you’ve got to let it grow.” – John Lennon
- “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
- “Love is a dream that comes alive when we meet.” – Unknown
- “We are most alive when we’re in love.” – John Updike
- “Love is like pi—natural, irrational, and very important.” – Lisa Hoffman
- “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
- “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
- “Love is not about possession, it’s all about appreciation.” – Unknown
- “In a sea of people, my eyes will always search for you.” – Unknown
- “Love is a game that two can play and both win.” – Eva Gabor
- “Love is the beauty of the soul.” – Saint Augustine
- “A true love story never ends.” – Unknown
- “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
- “I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- “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 is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
- “I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.” – Charles Dickens
- “Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” – Nicholas Sparks
- “Love is not just a feeling of attraction, it is a commitment to giving of oneself for the benefit of another.” – Josh McDowell
- “Love is the greatest refreshment in life.” – Pablo Picasso
- “Love is not what the mind thinks, but what the heart feels.” – Greg Evans
- “I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
- “Love is like a mountain, hard to climb, but once you get to the top, the view is beautiful.” – Daniel Monroe Tuttle
- “Love is an energy that flows through everything, connecting all things in the universe.” – Deepak Chopra
- “Love is the closest thing we have to magic.” – Unknown
- “Love is a fire that feeds our life.” – Pablo Neruda
- “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
- “Love is not about finding someone to live with, it’s about finding someone you can’t live without.” – Unknown
- “Love is a language spoken by everyone but understood only by the heart.” – Unknown
- “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Love is an adventure that is best shared together.” – Unknown
- “Love is the poetry of the senses.” – Honoré de Balzac
- “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
- “Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.” – Louisa May Alcott
- “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 not about how much you say ‘I love you,’ but how much you prove that it’s true.” – Unknown
- “Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods.” – Plato
- “Love is the glue that holds us all together.” – Unknown
- “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” – Robert Frost
- “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.
- “Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.” – Michael Novak
- “Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you’ve got to let it grow.” – John Lennon
- “Love is not about how much you say ‘I love you,’ but how much you can prove it’s true.” – Unknown
- “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
- “Love is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- “Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.” – Louise Hay
- “Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.” – Voltaire
- “Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.” – Tom Wolfe
- “Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.” – Mother Teresa
- “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Love is like pi – natural, irrational, and very important.” – Lisa Hoffman
- “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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