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83 Heartfelt Valentine's Day Quotes to Express Your Love

Find the perfect words about love for a family member, spouse or yourself.

By Larry Stansbury and Annie O'Sullivan
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Love may be a 365-day affair, but it gets a special shoutout on February 14. Valentine's Day is the perfect day to turn the romance up full force and show your partner ( or best friend, sister, father, and so on) just how much you cherish them. And while a thoughtful gift like chocolate, jewelry or flowers is always a good idea, you don't need to drop a dime to share some heartwarming sentiments with your loved ones. Sometimes it's as simple as telling them how you feel in person or in a card, but other times it can be hard to find the perfect words to convey your feelings. If you're in need of a little help or inspiration this Valentine's Day, we've got you covered with our favorite Valentine's Day quotes to make the special folks in your life feel loved.

Find cute quotes for your husband or wife, as well as funny sayings for your Galentines Day celebration, coworkers, kids and anyone else you want to give a little love to on Cupid's big day. This roundup of famous words from actors, writers, poets and other notable figures will light up your loved ones' faces instantly. If you want to sweeten the deal a bit, pair your best love quote with one of our top affordable Valentine's Day gifts.

1

Hermann Hesse

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"If I know what love is, it is because of you."

2

William Shakespeare

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"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind. And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind."

3

Roy A. Ngansop

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"Valentine's Day is just another day to truly love like there is no tomorrow."

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4

Paulo Coelho

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"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."

5

Mahatma Gandhi

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"Where there is love there is life."

6

Lucille Ball

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"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."

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7

Katharine Hepburn

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"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, only with what you are expecting to give — which is everything."

8

Jodi Picoult

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"You don't love someone because they're perfect. You love them in spite of the fact that they're not."

9

Eva Gabor

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"Love is a game that two can play and both win."

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10

Ernest Hemingway

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"'Tis better to have lost and loved than never to have loved at all."

11

John Krasinski

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"When you're lucky enough to meet your one person, then life takes a turn for the best. It can't get better than that."

12

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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"I love her, and that's the beginning and end of everything."

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13

Elinor Glyn

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"Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze."

14

Andre Breton

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"All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name."

15

Barack Obama

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"If you work through the tough times, the respect and love that you feel deepens."

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16

C.S. Lewis

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"To love at all is to be vulnerable."

17

Charles M. Schulz

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"All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and the doesn't hurt."

18

Elaine Davis

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"Loved you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will."

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19

Elvis Presley

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"Take my hand, take my whole life too, but I can't help falling in love with you."

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John Lennon

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"Everything is clearer when you're in love."

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Larry Stansbury
Contributing Writer

Larry Stansbury is a writer whose work has appeared in POPSUGAR, Sports Illustrated, Her Campus, Distractify and more. He covers a wide range of topics, including entertainment, lifestyle and sports. Larry graduated with a B.A. in writing and rhetoric from Syracuse University in 2018. When he’s not writing, he is either working out, eating carbs or dancing to the next Little Mix song. 

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As a member of the Special Projects Team, Annie works with the GH Tested program writing up product reviews and roundups and helps plan and run annual expos and events like the GH Parenting Summit, Xmas in July Expo, Cleaning Summit, Winter Essentials Expo, and more. When she’s not working, she can be found running, listening to true crime podcasts, designing graphic collages, or sipping on a margarita.
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