Best Love Sayings & Quotes

Isn't it interesting how the best love sayings can be perceived as either joyful, happy, fulfilling... or painful and agonizing, depending on what you are currently experiencing in your life?

The following beautiful selection of love quotations was picked for one reason only - to uplift, inspire, and infuse you with joyful emotions.

There's nothing sad or miserable about them! We have more than enough of that in our world.

One of the saddest things in human life - and one of our most painful regrets - is not telling others how much we love them.

Don't put it off any longer. If you can't find the words, use what I think are the best love sayings (found below) in a love letter, an email, in a text message, or even left on voice mail. But the best way is face-to-face.

No matter how you do it, tell the ones you care about just how much you love and appreciate them in your life.

And if you feel you need to say even more, you can also choose to use beautiful inspirational love poems to convey a deeper message of understanding and emotion.

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Here Are Some of the Best Love Sayings and Quotes About Love

"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired."

~Robert Frost, (1874 - 1963)
Frost was a famous and popular American poet, and the recipient of 4 Pulitzer Awards. He frequently wrote about rural life in New England.

"My fellow, my companion, help most dear, My soul, my other self, my inward friend."

~Mary Sidney Herbert (1561 - 1621)
Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (née Mary Sidney) was one of the first English women to achieve a major reputation for her literary works, translations and literary patronage.

"... true love is a durable fire, in the mind ever burning, never sick, never old, never dead, from itself never turning."

~Sir Walter Raleigh (1552 – 1618)
Raleigh led an interesting life. He took part in the suppression of rebellions and participated in two famous massacres at Rathlin Island and Smerwick. He rose rapidly in Queen Elizabeth I's favour and was knighted in 1585. In 1591 he secretly married Elizabeth Throckmorton, one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting, without requesting the Queen's permission, for which he and his wife were sent to the Tower of London. After his release they retired to his estate at Sherborne, Dorset. Raleigh was again imprisoned in the Tower after Elizabeth's death, this time for alleged treason against King James, and released in 1616. He was eventually he was beheaded at the Tower of London.

"Love is not getting, but giving; It is goodness and honor, and peace and pure living."

~Henry Van Dyke (1852 – 1933)
Henry van Dyke was an American author, educator, poet, playwright, and clergyman. He attended Princeton University and graduated in 1873, after which he became a professor of English literature at Princeton, serving between 1899 and 1923.

"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile."

~Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955)
A German-born theoretical physicist and one of the most famous scientists of the twentieth century. Read more of Einstein's quotes.

"This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess."

"I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other."

~Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Born Rene Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke in Prague, Bohemia, he was considered to be one of the greatest 20th century poets of the German language. He wrote in both verse and a highly lyrical prose, publishing hundreds of works. He even wrote more than 400 poems in French.

"Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished."

~Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
Augustine "Og" Mandino was a "sales guru" and the author of the bestselling book The Greatest Salesman in the World. He remains one of the most inspirational and best-selling authors today.

"There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."

~George Sand (1804 – 1876)
George Sand was the pseudonym for Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin (Baronne Dudevant). She was a French novelist and feminist who began sporting menswear in public, the clothes being far sturdier and less expensive than a noble woman's dress. Also, she was one of the few female pipe smokers of her time.

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

~Dr. Suess (1904 – 1991)
Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American writer and cartoonist, better known by his pen name, Dr. Seuss. He published over 40 children's books, his most famous and well-known book being "Green Eggs and Ham."

"All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt."

~Lucy van Pelt, Peanuts (Introduced March 3, 1952)
Lucy is the cynical, eight-year-old fictional character in the syndicated comic strip Peanuts, written and drawn by Charles Schulz. She is the older sister of Linus and Rerun, and spiteful friend of Charlie Brown.

"Love is patient, love is kind... It always protects, always trusts, Always shares, always perseveres. Love never fails."

~I Corinthians 13:4

"Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise."

~Victor Hugo (1802 – 1885)
Hugo was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France.

"My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep, the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite."

~William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Shakespeare was an English actor, poet and playwright, born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway, who bore him three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592 he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of the playing company The Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

"Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination."

~Voltaire (1694 – 1778)
Voltaire was the pen name of François-Marie Aroueta. He was a French enlightenment writer, essayist, deist and philosopher known for his wit, philosophical sport, and defense of civil liberties, including freedom of religion.

Along with the best love sayings found on this page, we also have:

The Most Famous Love Poems where you can find some of the most popular verses of the best known poets of the past.

A nice collection of Inspirational Love Poems. Let the beautiful love poetry found here speak the words that are in your heart to the one you love most.

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