88 Thoughtful Valentine's Day Quotes to Express Your Love
Short and sweet messages to help you say exactly how you feel.
We get it — Valentine's Day can be a dividing holiday for a lot of people. But the sweet sentiment behind the day of love is something to celebrate and embrace on February 14th, especially since you don't have to be in a committed relationship to tell the people in your life how much you love them (just check out at these special friendship quotes). Although not everyone has a knack saying "I love you" the way poets, writers, philosophers and public figures do, it's important to try your best to share those thoughtful, vulnerable feelings with siblings, cousins, parents, friends and other key folks in your life so that they truly understand how valued they are by you. And if you yourself find you're overwhelmed trying to find the right things to say come Valentine's Day, we're here to help.
With our roundup of sweet Valentine's Day quotes, you have a full list of heartfelt words and messages that help capture what you want to say when you can't find the right words yourself to do so. Add some of your favorites to a Valentine's Day card, use one as an Instagram caption or send them in a text. That said, if you're spending Cupid's favorite holiday with a significant other or spouse, there are plenty of love quotes for him and lovely words of admiration for her.
And don't forget to take a look at these affordable Valentine's Day gifts, ideas for DIY Valentine's Day gifts and our favorite places to get takeout from on February 14th to really send them over the moon.
Katharine Hepburn
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.
John Mark Green
And if the stars should ever die, we’ll make our own light, you and I.
Madonna
To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give.
Vincent van Gogh
Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence.
Princess Diana
I don't go by the rule book ... I lead from the heart, not the head.
Franklin P. Jones
Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
'50 First Dates'
I love you very much, probably more than anybody could love another person.
Elton John
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words how wonderful life is while you're in the world.
'The Vow'
I vow to fiercely love you in all your forms, now and forever.
Rumi
Love is the whole thing. We are only the pieces.
Jimmy Fallon
Oh, here's an idea: Let's make pictures of our internal organs and give them to other people we love on Valentine's Day. That's not weird at all.
Robert Frost
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
J.R.R. Tolkien
I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.
André Breton
All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.
Rumi
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.
William Shakespeare
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Jodi Picoult
You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.
Voltaire
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.
Keith Urban
When you put your arms around me, you let me know there's nothing in this world I can't do.
'Frozen'
Some people are worth melting for.
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