Love Quotes For Him

He might be the quiet type, the charismatic adventurer, the thoughtful soul who always knows how to make you smile—or all of the above. Whatever kind of man has captured your heart, these quotes reflect the kind of love that sees, honors, and cherishes him.

They’re perfect for a surprise message, a heartfelt card, or even a social media post that says, “Yes, I’m talking about you.”

• “As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” – John Green

• “Loved you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will.” – Elaine Davis

• “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

• “I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you...” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

• “Thinking of you keeps me awake. Dreaming of you keeps me asleep. Being with you keeps me alive.” – Unknown

• “I need you like a heart needs a beat.” – Unknown

• “When I say I love you more... I love you the most.” – Unknown

Love Quotes For Her

A woman in love can be both fierce and fragile, radiant and restless. Loving her means recognizing her complexity and still choosing her every single day. These quotes do more than simply praise her beauty—they celebrate her essence, her spirit, her presence.

They’re here for those who know what it means to adore someone without needing to understand every piece.

• “If I know what love is, it is because of you.” – Hermann Hesse

• “I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self-respect...” – 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

• “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

• “A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.” – Brendan Francis

• “I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.” – Pablo Neruda

• “Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.” – Oscar Wilde

• “You make me want to be a better man.” – Melvin Udall

• “Thinking of you keeps me awake. Dreaming of you keeps me asleep. Being with you keeps me alive.” – Unknown

Sad Love Quotes

Heartbreak doesn’t just hurt—it lingers. These quotes speak to those moments of mourning, longing, and soul-deep ache. Whether you’ve just endured a painful goodbye or are navigating the slow unraveling of what once felt permanent, these words offer solace and shared sorrow.

They’re reminders that even in pain, we are never alone—and that love lost still matters.

• “There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat...” – Sarah Dessen

• “Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” – Robert A. Heinlein

• “Love never dies a natural death... It dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.” – Anais Nin

• “He is not a lover who does not love forever.” – Euripides

• “To love is to burn, to be on fire.” – Jane Austen

• “Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.” – James Baldwin

• “To love and let go can be the same thing.” – Jack Kornfield

• “Pleasure of love lasts but a moment. Pain of love lasts a lifetime.” – Bette Davis

• “To love at all is to be vulnerable...” – C.S. Lewis

• “Love is an untamed force...” – Paulo Coelho

• “Love is so short, forgetting is so long.” – Pablo Neruda

• “Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.” – Ovid

• “Love is not love until love’s vulnerable.” – Theodore Roethke

Cute Love Quotes

Sometimes, love doesn’t have to be dramatic, epic, or life-shattering. It can be silly, subtle, soft—the kind that shows up in morning texts, shared desserts, and smiles that say “you’re my favorite person.” These cute love quotes are ideal for photo books, sweet messages, or just reminding someone how special they make life feel.

• “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” – Dr. Seuss

• “I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where...” – Pablo Neruda

• “Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” – Nicholas Sparks

• “Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat.” – Ben Hecht

• “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul...” – Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook)

• “I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

• “To be your friend was all I ever wanted; to be your lover was all I ever dreamed.” – Valerie Lombardo

• “My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.” – André Breton

• “A purpose of human life... is to love whoever is around to be loved.” – Kurt Vonnegut

• “Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.” – Elinor Glyn

• “Love is always patient and kind...” – 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

• “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

• “One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.” – Sophocles

• “Love me and I may be forced to love you.” – William Arthur Ward

Love Yourself Quotes

Self-love is the root of all other loves. It’s not just about confidence or independence—it’s about recognizing your own worth before anyone else can. These quotes are perfect reminders that your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship in your life.

• “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” – Andre Gide

• “This has been my life; I found it worth living.” – Bertrand Russell

• “We must be our own before we can be another’s.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

• “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius

• “Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” – Rumi

• “Only true love can fuel the hard work that awaits you.” – Tom Freston

• “Love many things... what is done in love is done well.” – Vincent van Gogh

• “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do...” – Ella Fitzgerald

• “Pursue some path... in which you can walk with love and reverence.” – Henry David Thoreau

• “Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.” – Judy Collins

• “You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha

• “Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.” – William Shakespeare

• “I believe that everything happens for a reason...” – Marilyn Monroe

• “I have decided to stick to love; hate is too great a burden to bear.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

• “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is to love and be loved in return.” – Natalie Cole

• “I hope you know that every time I tell you to get home safe... I love you.” – Open-365

• “The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion.” – Dalai Lama

Short Love Quotes

Sometimes, all you need is one beautiful line. These short love quotes are compact but powerful—ideal for wall art, notes, or even a tattoo. They hit hard, fast, and straight into the heart.

• “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” – William Shakespeare

• “You call it madness, but I call it love.” – Don Byas

• “We can only learn to love by loving.” – Iris Murdoch

• “A life lived in love will never be dull.” – Leo Buscaglia

• “Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” – Victor Hugo

• “All you need is love.” – Paul McCartney

• “True love stories never have endings.” – Richard Bach

• “Love is shown more in deeds than in words.” – Saint Ignatius

• “Love is not a volunteer thing.” – Samuel Richardson

• “Love is friendship on fire.” – Susan Sontag

• “Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.” – Tom Wolfe

• “Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin P. Jones

• “The love we give away is the only love we keep.” – Elbert Hubbard

• “Tell me whom you love and I will tell you who you are.” – Houssaye

• “Trust your intuition and be guided by love.” – Charles Eisenstein

• “That’s all nonviolence is – organized love.” – Joan Baez

• “We love because it’s the only true adventure.” – Nikki Giovanni 

Inspirational Love Quotes

Love has always been a source of courage. It gives us strength when we’re uncertain, lights the path when it’s dark, and reminds us that connection, above all else, is what gives life meaning. These inspirational quotes come from thinkers, dreamers, and lovers who understood the extraordinary depth love can bring to our lives.

• “You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt...” – William W. Purkey

• “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

• “Age does not protect you from love, but love to some extent protects you from age.” – Jeanne Moreau

• “Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.” – Washington Irving

• “Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.” – Marge Piercy

• “You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.” – Barbara De Angelis

• “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu

• “A true soul mate is a mirror...” – Elizabeth Gilbert

• “I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night...” – Elizabeth Gilbert

• “Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time...” – Madame de Stael

• “Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.” – George Jean Nathan

• “Love is more than a noun – it is a verb...” – William Arthur Ward

• “Love is a choice you make from moment to moment.” – Barbara De Angelis

• “We need not think alike to love alike.” – Francis David

• “Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.” – Moliere

• “Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other...” – Felix Adler

• “Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

• “Kindness in words creates confidence...” – Lao Tzu

• “When our community is in a state of peace... it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.” – Dalai Lama

Funny Love Quotes

Love isn’t always grand gestures or poetic declarations. Sometimes, it’s awkward, hilarious, messy, and very human. These funny love quotes are for those who know that humor is often at the heart of lasting relationships—and that laughing together is a kind of love in itself.

• “Love is sharing your popcorn.” – Charles Schultz

• “Love is being stupid together.” – Paul Valery

• “If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question?” – Lily Tomlin

• “Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.” – Albert Einstein

• “Love is like pi – natural, irrational, and very important.” – Lisa Hoffman

• “When we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours... we call it love.” – Robert Fulghum

• “Love is something sent from heaven to worry the hell out of you.” – Dolly Parton

• “There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

• “Love means having to say you’re sorry every fifteen minutes.” – John Lennon

• “A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.” – Ingrid Bergman

• “Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.” – Ambrose Bierce

• “What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.” – Pearl Bailey

• “Love is like Heaven, but it can hurt like Hell.” – Unknown

• “It is not love that makes a relationship complicated; it’s the people in it who do.” – Unknown

• “Love is an ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses.” – Thomas Dewar

• “Love is a lot like a backache...” – George Burns

• “I love you more than coffee, but please don’t make me prove it.” – Elizabeth Evans

Famous Love Quotes

These are the iconic love quotes—the ones we’ve seen in books, heard in films, and whispered in wedding vows. They’ve stood the test of time because they speak a kind of universal truth. Whether you’re falling in love or reflecting on it, these lines have earned their place in the canon of romantic expression.

• “We accept the love we think we deserve.” – Stephen Chbosky

• “You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken...” – Bob Marley

• “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

• “Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.” – St. Augustine

• “The need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence.” – Dalai Lama

• “Where there is love there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi

• “A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” – Charles Dickens

• “To be brave is to love someone unconditionally...” – Madonna

• “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

• “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn

• “Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.” – Zora Neale Hurston

• “The chance to love and be loved exists no matter where you are.” – Oprah Winfrey

• “I believe there are some things in life you can’t deny or rationalize, and [love] is one of them.” – Cate Blanchett

• “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” – Robert Frost

• “You know it’s love when all you want is that person to be happy...” – Julia Roberts

• “For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love.” – Carl Sagan

• “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you...” – Jesus Christ