Motivational Quotes

Love

Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.

- Behn, Aphra

Best Quotes about Love

A heart that loves is always young.

Proverb, Greek

Love and pity and wish well to every soul in the world; dwell in love, and then you dwell in God.

Law, William

Maybe kissing is sort of like nature's coffee.

Scott Westerfeld

Love is made by two people, in different kinds of solitude. It can be in a crowd, but in an oblivious crowd.

Aragon, Louis

Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

Mother Teresa

The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in that one word Love. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life.

Child, Lydia M.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

Voltaire

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

When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.

Buber, Martin

10.

To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others.

Orwell, George

11.

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

12.

Some cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.

William Shakespeare

13.

Who is wise in love, love most, say least.

Tennyson, Lord Alfred

14.

People who are sensible about love are incapable of it.

Yates, Douglas

15.

Love's pure silver flame gives each innermost spirit invisible warmth.

Verse, A Haiku

16.

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.

Maintenon, Francoise D'Aubegne

17.

The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

18.

Love touched her heart, and lo! It beats high, and burns with such brave hearts.

Crawshaw, Richard

19.

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

Lao-Tzu

20.

Well, love is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by delusion and self-destruction. You lose yourself, you have no power over yourself, you can't even think straight.

French, Marilyn

21.

Love is as much of an object as an obsession, everybody wants it, everybody seeks it, but few ever achieve it, those who do will cherish it, be lost in it, and among all, never... never forget it.

Judalet, Curtis

22.

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transform.

Krishnamurti, Jiddu

23.

You can't buy love, but you can pay heavily for it.

Youngman, Henny

24.

Be that self which one truly is.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

25.

Love may be blind, but it can sure find its way around in the dark!

26.

An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause.

Updike, John

27.

Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.

Byron, Lord

28.

If we really love ourselves, everything in our life works.

Hay, Louise L.

29.

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our country because such affections come naturally to us and are good in themselves, although we may corrupt them. We are commanded to love our neighbor because our natural attitude toward the other is one of either indifference or hostility.

Auden, W. H.

30.

An orange on the table, your dress on the rug, and you in my bed, sweet present of the present, cool of night, warmth of my life.

Prevert, Jacques

31.

No three words have greater power than I Love You.

32.

A man in love is like a clipped coupon -- it's time to cash in.

West, Mae

33.

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.

Russell, Bertrand

34.

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.

Connolly, Cyril

35.

To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.

Bruyere, Jean De La

36.

Naturally, love's the most distant possibility.

Bataille, Georges

37.

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

Aristotle

38.

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

39.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved, loved for ourselves, or rather loved in spite of ourselves.

Hugo, Victor

40.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Ardele, Jean Anouilh

41.

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.

W. Somerset Maugham

42.

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

DiFranco, Ani

43.

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

44.

By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. [John 13:35]

Bible

45.

Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.

Proverb, Japanese

46.

Do not keep the alabaster boxes of your love and tenderness sealed up until your friends are dead. Fill their lives with sweetness, speak cheering words while their ears can hear, and while their hearts can be thrilled and made happier by them. George

Childs, Williams

47.

I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

West, Mae

48.

He is not a lover who does not love forever.

Euripides

49.

If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?

Levine, Stephen

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Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.