Sometimes we need a reminder of what love is all about. These quotes from relationship experts, authors, and thought leaders offer wisdom about building lasting connections, navigating challenges, and nurturing the love you share.
On Love and Commitment
1. "A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person." — Mignon McLaughlin
2. "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." — Eden Ahbez
3. "Love is not about how many days, months, or years you have been together. Love is about how much you love each other every single day." — Unknown
4. "In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." — The Beatles
5. "The best thing to hold onto in life is each other." — Audrey Hepburn
6. "A great relationship is about two things: first, appreciating the similarities, and second, respecting the differences." — Unknown
7. "Love is not finding someone to live with; it's finding someone you can't live without." — Rafael Ortiz
8. "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed." — Carl Jung
9. "Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." — Franklin P. Jones
10. "A loving relationship is one in which the loved one is free to be himself." — Leo Buscaglia
On Communication and Understanding
11. "The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." — George Bernard Shaw
12. "We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all." — Eleanor Roosevelt
13. "The first duty of love is to listen." — Paul Tillich
14. "Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade." — Leo Buscaglia
15. "When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are." — Donald Miller
16. "Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we marry." — Tom Mullen
17. "The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships." — Tony Robbins
18. "In a relationship, when communication starts to fade, everything else follows." — Unknown
19. "The goal in marriage is not to think alike, but to think together." — Robert C. Dodds
20. "Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable." — David Augsburger
On Growth and Healing
21. "A strong relationship requires choosing to love each other even in those moments when you struggle to like each other." — Unknown
22. "The best relationships are the ones you never saw coming." — Unknown
23. "Relationships don't last because they're destined to last. Relationships last because two people made a choice to keep it, fight for it, and work for it." — Unknown
24. "Fall in love with someone who makes you glad to be different." — Unknown
25. "The couples that are meant to be are the ones who go through everything that is meant to tear them apart and come out even stronger." — Unknown
26. "Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit." — Peter Ustinov
27. "The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness of a relationship." — Henry Cloud
28. "There is no challenge strong enough to destroy your marriage as long as you are both willing to stop fighting against each other, and start fighting for each other." — Dave Willis
29. "Real love is not based on romance, candlelight dinners, and walks along the beach. It is based on respect, compromise, care, and trust." — Unknown
30. "Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something: they're trying to find someone who's going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take." — Tony Robbins
On Partnership and Teamwork
31. "Marriage is not 50-50; it's 100-100. It's not splitting the pie; it's making the pie bigger." — Unknown
32. "The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue." — Barbara De Angelis
33. "A perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other." — Unknown
34. "We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." — Sam Keen
35. "True love isn't about being inseparable; it's about two people being true to each other even when they are separated." — Unknown
36. "The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time." — Julia Child
37. "A successful marriage isn't the union of two perfect people. It's that of two imperfect people who have learned the value of forgiveness and grace." — Darlene Schacht
38. "Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you." — Walter Winchell
39. "You don't marry someone you can live with—you marry the person who you cannot live without." — Unknown
40. "I choose you. And I'll choose you, over and over and over. Without pause, without a doubt, in a heartbeat. I'll keep choosing you." — Unknown
On the Journey Together
41. "A great marriage isn't something that just happens; it's something that must be created." — Fawn Weaver
42. "The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being." — Tom Robbins
43. "You know you're in love when you don't want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." — Dr. Seuss
44. "Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope." — Maya Angelou
45. "The greatest marriages are built on teamwork, a mutual respect, a healthy dose of admiration, and a never-ending portion of love and grace." — Fawn Weaver
46. "What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life?" — George Eliot
47. "A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love." — Pearl S. Buck
48. "An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her." — Agatha Christie
49. "Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation." — Osho
50. "The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers." — Thich Nhat Hanh
Using These Quotes in Your Relationship
These quotes aren't just for inspiration—they can be conversation starters. Share one with your partner and discuss what it means to you. Write one in a card or text it unexpectedly. Use them as reminders when the relationship feels challenging.
The wisdom contained in these quotes has been distilled from centuries of human experience in love and partnership. Let them guide you on your own journey.
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