Motivational Quotes

Love

Nothing is more beautiful than the love that has weathered the storms of life. The love of the young for the young, that is the beginning of life. But the love of the old for the old, that is the beginning of things longer.

- Jerome, Jerome K.

Best Quotes about Love

We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

One who has not only the four S's, which are required in every good lover, but even the whole alphabet; as for example... Agreeable, Bountiful, Constant, Dutiful, Easy, Faithful, Gallant, Honorable, Ingenious, Kind, Loyal, Mild, Noble, Officious, Prudent, Quiet, Rich, Secret, True, Valiant, Wise; the X indeed, is too harsh a letter to agree with him, but he is Young and Zealous.

Cervantes, Miguel De

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment. [Philippians 1:9]

Bible

Love, you are eternal like springtime.

Jiminez, Juan Ramon

Those who haven't loved somebody else, more than they love themselves haven't even begun to live

Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins.

Lois McMaster Bujold

I argue thee that love is life. And life hath immortality.

Dickinson, Emily

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are not.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

We were two and had but one heart between us.

Villon, Francois de Montcorbier

10.

My God, these folks don't know how to love -- that's why they love so easily.

Lawrence, D. H.

11.

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.

DiFranco, Ani

12.

This is my commandment, that ye love one another. [Jesus, In John 15:12]

Bible

13.

What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us.

Gay, John

14.

All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon sand.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

15.

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. [The Song Of Solomon 2:5]

Bible

16.

Love... Force it and it disappears. You cannot will love, nor even control it. You can only guide its expression. It comes or it goes according to those qualities in life that invite it or deny its presence.

Seabury, David

17.

Every man needs two women, a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

Murdoch, Iris

18.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

Pilgrim, Peace

19.

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.

Pilgrim, Peace

21.

I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.

Martial, Marcus Valerius

22.

If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.

Diana, Princess of Wales

23.

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.

Angelis, Barbara De

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Love can never grow old. Locks may lose their brown and gold. Cheeks may fade and hollow grow. But the hearts that love will know, never winter's frost and chill, summer's warmth is in them still.

Buscaglia, Leo

25.

Someday, after mastering winds, waves, tides and gravity, we shall harness the energy of love; and for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

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I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

Mother Teresa

27.

To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.

Madonna

28.

It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most.

Duras, Marguerite

29.

What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives, acts, and experiences otherwise than we doà?

Friedrich Nietzsche

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If I place love above everything, it is because for me it is the most desperate, the most despairing state of affairs imaginable.

Breton, Andre

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Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It is a blood-red flower, with the color of sin; but there is always the scent of a god about it.

Schreiner, Olive

32.

If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?

Tomlin, Lily

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Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. [I Corinthians]

Bible

34.

When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and bring joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.

Bolen, Jean Shinoda

35.

To be able to say how much love, is love but little.

Petrarch, Francesco

36.

Listen! Encourage. Say something. Do something. Be yourself. Love

Turner, Rev. Dale

37.

We will invent new lullabies, new songs, new acts of love, we will cry over things we used to laugh and our new wisdom will bring tears to eyes of gentle creatures from other planets who were afraid of us till then and in the end a summer with wild winds and new friends will be.

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Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish it's source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of withering, of tarnishing.

Nin, Anais

39.

The way to a woman's heart is through your wallet.

Dane, Frank

40.

Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. [Roman 13:9]

Bible

41.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

William Shakespeare

42.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

Voltaire

43.

I love a hand that meets my own with a grasp that causes some sensation.

Osgood, Samuel

44.

Know the self to be sitting in the chariot, the body to be the chariot, the intellect the charioteer, and the mind the reins.

Upanishads, Veda

45.

Love is like pi -- natural, irrational, and very important.

Hoffman, Lisa

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He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. [I John]

Bible

47.

When you interact with another, an illusion is part of this dynamic. This illusion allows each soul to perceive what it needs to understands in order to heal.

Zukav, Gary

48.

Only from the heart Can you touch the sky.

Rumi, Jalal-Uddin

49.

A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs, sigh when she sighs. In short, he should be the shadow of her mind. A lady, in the presence of her lover, should never want a looking-glass; as a beau, in the presence of his looking-glass, never wants a mistress.

Fielding, Henry

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Learn what you are and be such.

Pindar