It’s not always simple to put our sentiments into words, but on Valentine’s Day, we all want to communicate our feelings in a beautiful card or love letter. But where do you begin? If words aren’t flowing readily, look to renowned love quotations for inspiration. After all, they’re renowned for a reason.
We’ve gathered all of our best love quotes for him, love quotes for her, and lovely love sayings here, each of which reminds us why this holiday is so precious. Sarah Dessen’s favorite saying ( “True love has no season or seasoning. It happens by chance, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment”) to Alfred Lord Tennyson’s classic words (“‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”) “) and thought-provoking one-liners from Nicholas Sparks and others, you’ll find a quote on our list that will make your heart skip a beat. We’ve also thrown in some quotes from TV episodes and movies like Yellowstone, Ted Lasso, and Notting Hill.
So grab your finest stationery and a pen (or, even better, a DIY Valentine’s Day card you made specifically for the occasion) and get ready to be inspired by these Valentine’s Day quotations, which can only be surpassed by our very best humorous love quotes!
“If I know what love is, it is because of you.” – Hermann Hesse
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind. And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” – William Shakespeare
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” – Lucille Ball
“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 don’t love someone because they’re perfect. You love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.” – Jodi Picoult
“Love is a game that two can play and both win.” – Eva Gabor
“‘Tis better to have lost and loved than never to have loved at all.” – Ernest Hemingway
“When you’re lucky enough to meet your one person, then life takes a turn for the best. It can’t get better than that.” – John Krasinski
“I love her, and that’s the beginning and end of everything.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.” – Elinor Glyn
“All my life, my heart has yeared for a thing I cannot name.” – Andre Breton
“If you work through the tough times, the respect and love that you feel deepens.” – Barack Obama
“To love at all is to be vulnerable.” – C.S. Lewis
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and the doesn’t hurt.” – Charles M. Schulz
“Loved you yesterday, love your still, always have, always will.” – Elaine Davis
“Take my hand, take my whole life too, but I can’t help failling in love with you.” – Elvis Presley
“Everything is clearer when you’re in love.” – John Lennon
“Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet.” – Katharine Lee Bates
“There are never enough I Love You’s.” – Lenny Bruce
“When you love someone, you love the whole person as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.” – Leo Tolstoy
“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 is never wrong.” – Melissa Etheridge
“Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” – Mother Teresa
“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.” – Oscar Wilde
“The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.” – Rumi
“Your flaws are perfect for the heart that’s meant to love you.” – Trent Shelton