40+ Love Quotes to Inspire and Delight

Love is a universal emotion that has been celebrated, pondered, and cherished throughout history. From poets to philosophers, many have tried to encapsulate the essence of love in words. Here is a curated collection of 40+ Love Quotes that explore the depth and beauty of this profound emotion.

On the Nature of Love

“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” — Aristotle

“Love is not a feeling, it’s an ability.” — Dan in Real Life

“True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.” — François de La Rochefoucauld

“Love is absolute loyalty.” — Sylvester Stallone

“Love is like heaven, but it can hurt like hell.” — Unknown

Expressions of Love

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

“Each day, I love you more—Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.” — Rosemonde Gérard

“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” — When Harry Met Sally

“You don’t love someone because they’re perfect; you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.” — Jodi Picoult

“Love is not about how much you say ‘I love you,’ but how much you prove that it’s true.” — Unknown

Love and Time

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” — Marthe Troly-Curtin

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

“For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

“Love doesn’t make the world go ’round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” — Franklin P. Jones

Love and Relationships

“We are most alive when we’re in love.” — John Updike

“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” — Eden Ahbez

“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” — David Viscott

“Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.” — Osho

“Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.” — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Love and Life

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” — Dalai Lama

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

“Love is the only reality, and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.” — Rabindranath Tagore

“Where there is love, there is life.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“Love is the bridge between you and everything.” — Rumi

Love and Wisdom

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” — Socrates

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” — Benjamin Franklin

“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” — Albert Einstein

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” — Socrates

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” — Jimi Hendrix

Love and Happiness

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters.” — Steve Jobs

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” — Dalai Lama

“For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” — Aristotle

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” — Dalai Lama

Love and Courage

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” — Wayne Gretzky

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” — E.E. Cummings

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt

“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” — William Butler Yeats