250 Relationship Quotes to Relive Your Romance

Have you ever struggled to put into words just how your relationship makes you feel? 

Well, look no further, with these relationship quotes we’ve found your solution! With eloquent prose and lofty sentiments, these love quotes try their best to capture what a romantic relationship is really all about. 

So, if you’re looking for the perfect relationship quote to write on your anniversary card, or simply want to slip it into conversation with your loved one — you’re going to want to have a read through this list! 

What types of relationship quotes are there? 

Every relationship is different, and no matter what kind of relationship you’re in, there’s a different kind of love quote for you! 

If you’re looking for more specific quotes to encapsulate your relationship dynamic, we’ve rounded up some inspiration to guide you through. 

1. Controlling relationship quotes

2. Healthy relationship quotes 

3. Toxic relationship quotes 

4. New relationship quotes

5. Long-distance relationship quotes

6. One-sided relationship quotes 

7. Relationship anxiety quotes

What is a brilliant quote about relationships?

We’ve scoured the written world to come up with a list of the best quotes about relationships, focusing on the wonder of that little thing called love. 

While you may recognize some famous names, we also hope that these words help to put words to the true love you share with your romantic partner. We would never recommend plagiarism but these might be the perfect opener for your next love letter — thank us later!

1. "I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there's a life after that, I'll love you then." — Cassandra Clare

2. "Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead." — Oscar Wilde

3. “There is no remedy for love but to love more.” — Henry David Thoreau

4. "For you see, each day I love you more, today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow." — Rosemonde Gérard

5. "I love you — I am at rest with you — I have come home." — Dorothy L. Sayers

6. “Never love anybody that treats you like you’re ordinary.” — Oscar Wilde

7. “I love you, but you don’t know what you’re talking about.” — Moonrise Kingdom

8. “Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says ‘I need you because I love you.’” — Erich Fromm

9. “Everything is clearer when you’re in love.” — John Lennon

10. “True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.” — François de la Rochefoucauld

11. “And I don’t know why but with you I’d dance in a storm in my best dress, fearless.” — Taylor Swift

12. "True love stories never have endings." — Richard Bach

13. “Each day I love you more, today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.” — Rosemonde Gerard

14. “When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.” — Victor Hugo

15. "Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation." — Oscar Wilde

16. “In true love, the smallest distance is too great and the greatest distance can be bridged.” – Hans Nouwens

17. “Long-term relationships, the ones that matter, are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys.” — Nicholas Sparks

18. “If I had to choose between breathing and loving you I would use my last breath to tell you I love you.” — Deanna Anderson

19. “True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.” — Erich Segal

20. “Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” — Khalil Gibran

21. "There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment." ― Sarah Dessen

22. "There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart." — Jane Austen

23. “I love you not only for what you are but for what I am when I am with you.” — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

24. “True love lasts forever.” — Joseph B. Wirthlin

25. "Who, being loved, is poor?" — Oscar Wilde

26. “I think the universe meant for us to let go and just start something new with another person.” — Anonymous

27. "Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye." — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

28. “Never love something so much that you can’t let go of it.” — Ginni Rometty

29. "True love is your soul's recognition of its counterpart in another." — Wedding Crashers

30. “I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.” — Nicholas Sparks

31. “True love is singing karaoke ‘Under Pressure’ and letting the other person sing the Freddie Mercury part.” — Mindy Kaling

32. "Promise me you'll never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave." ― A.A. Milne

33. "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." — Emily Brontë

34. “I love you not only for what you are but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.” — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

35. “You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.” — Epicurus

36. “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind/And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” — William Shakespeare

37. “Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.” — Unknown

38. "There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment." – Sarah Dessen

39. "Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are." — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

40. "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." — John Lennon

41. "I would rather spend one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone." — J.R.R. Tolkien

42. In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.” — Maya Angelou

43. “Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself.” — Oprah Winfrey

44. "I want you to know that I'm not like the women in your past. I see the real you, and I wake up every day excited to know more about you." — Barrie Davenport

45. "If I had a flower for every time I thought of you... I could walk through my garden forever." — Alfred Tennyson

46. "Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit." — Khalil Gibran

47. "Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that's a real treat." — Joanne Woodward

48. "Love starts as a feeling, but to continue is a choice. And I find myself choosing you, more and more every day." — Justin Wetch

49. "If you look for perfection, you'll never be content." — Leo Tolstoy

50. "All, everything that I understand, I only understand because I love." — Leo Tolstoy

51. "My heart is, and always will be, yours." — Jane Austen

52. “Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.” — Bob Marley

53. “A loving relationship is one in which the loved one is free to be himself — to laugh with me, but never at me; to cry with me, but never because of me; to love life, to love himself, to love being loved. Such a relationship is based upon freedom and can never grow in a jealous heart.” — Leo F. Buscaglia

54. “We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

55. “Remember to stay away from people who have a problem for every solution.” — Paulo Coelho

56. “We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” — Sam Keen

57. “Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.” — Walter Winchell

58. “To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.” — Jorge Luis Borges

59. "The scariest thing about distance is you don't know if they'll miss you or forget about you." — Nicholas Sparks

60. "I love her and that's the beginning and end of everything." — F. Scott Fitzgerald

61. “To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow — this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.” — Elizabeth Gilbert

62. “Assumptions are the termites of relationships.” — Henry Winkler

63. "You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity." — Epicurus

64. "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." — A.A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh

65. "There is no remedy for love but to love more." — Henry David Thoreau

66. "The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard — they must be felt with the heart." — Helen Keller

67. “Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr

68. “The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We’re still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings.” — Halle Berry

69. “For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.” — Anna and the French Kiss

70. "A relationship where you can be weird together is your best choice." — Paulo Coelho

71. “Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” — Herman Hesse

72. "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage." — Lao Tzu

73. "You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly." — Sam Keen

74. "A loving heart is the truest wisdom." — Charles Dickens

75. “Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.” — Richard Bach

76. “Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.” — William Shakespeare

77. "Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction." — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

78. “Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go.” — Oprah Winfrey

79. “The very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.” ― Jane Austen

80. "There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart." — Mahatma Gandhi 

81. "We are asleep until we fall in love." — Leo Tolstoy

82. "To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you are the world." — Dr. Seuss

83. "The giving of love is an education in itself." — Eleanor Roosevelt

84. "You are my best friend, my human diary, and my other half. You mean the world to me and I love you." — Unknown

85. “Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”— Maya Angelou

86. "The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it." — Nicholas Sparks

87. "A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." — Walter Winchell

88. “It wasn’t love at first sight. It took a full five minutes.” — Lucille Ball

89. "The best thing to hold onto in life is each other." — Audrey Hepburn

90. “To meet a beautiful woman is one thing, but to meet your best friend in the most beautiful of women is something entirely apart.” — Simon Basset, Bridgerton

91. “The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” — Charles Dickens

92. "We can not control a relationship. We can only contribute to a relationship. All relationships, business or personal, are an opportunity to serve another human being." — Simon Sinek

93. "Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold." — Zelda Fitzgerald

94. “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” — Aristotle

95. “If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love.” — Leo Tolstoy

96. "When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are." — Donald Miller

97. “Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.” — Charles Dickens

98. “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” – Dr. Seuss

99. “Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.” — John Lennon

100. “My husband says I treat him like he's a god; every meal is a burnt offering.” — Rhonda Hansome

101. All, everything that I understand, I only understand because I love.” — Leo Tolstoy

102. “The heart is forever inexperienced.” — Henry David Thoreau

103. "It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight." — Vladimir Nabokov

104. "To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god." — Jorge Luis Borges

105. "The way her body existed only where he touched her. The rest of her was smoke." — Arundhati Roy

106. “In a relationship, each person should support the other; they should lift each other up.” — Taylor Swift

107. “Love is a game that two can play and both win.” — Eva Gabor

108. “Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.” — Oprah Winfrey

109. "Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation." — Osho

110. "The best way to mend a broken heart is time and girlfriends." — Gwyneth Paltrow

111. "To love is to recognize yourself in another." — Eckhart Tolle

112. "Love is like a friendship caught on fire." — Bruce Lee

113. "A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person." — Mignon McLaughlin

114. "True love is not the number of kisses, or how often you get them, but the feeling that still lingers long after." — Unknown

115. "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

116. "A true relationship is two imperfect people refusing to give up on each other." — Unknown

117. "Love is not just looking at each other; it's looking in the same direction." — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

118. "Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own." — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

119. "Love is the bridge between you and everything." — Rumi

120. "A strong relationship requires choosing to love each other even in those moments when you struggle to like each other." — Unknown

121. "Love is an endless act of forgiveness. Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." — Maya Angelou

122. "Love is not something you look for. Love is something you become." — Alina Radoi

123. "You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear." — Oscar Wilde

124. "Love is like a good wine; it gets stronger with age." — Unknown

125. "Love is not what you say. Love is what you do." — Unknown

126. "The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness." — William Saroyan

127. "Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination." — Voltaire

128. "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." — Martin Luther King Jr.

129. "In love, one and one are one." — Jean-Paul Sartre

130. "Love is an endless act of forgiveness. Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." — Maya Angelou

131. "Love is not something you look for. Love is something you become." — Alina Radoi

132. "You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear." — Oscar Wilde

133. "Love is like a good wine; it gets stronger with age." — Unknown

134. "Love is not what you say. Love is what you do." — Unknown

135. "The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness." — William Saroyan

136. "Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination." — Voltaire

137. "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." — Martin Luther King Jr.

138. "In love, one and one are one." — Jean-Paul Sartre

139. "The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds." — Nicholas Sparks

140. "When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." — When Harry Met Sally

141. "Love is not just a feeling; it is an art." — Honore de Balzac

142. "Love is like the wind; you can't see it, but you can feel it." — Nicholas Sparks

143. "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." — David Viscott

144. "Love is the only gold." — Alfred Lord Tennyson

145. "The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds." — Nicholas Sparks

146. "When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." — When Harry Met Sally

147. "Love is not just a feeling; it is an art." — Honore de Balzac

148. "Love is like the wind; you can't see it, but you can feel it." — Nicholas Sparks

149. "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." — David Viscott

150. "Love is the only gold." — Alfred Lord Tennyson

151. "Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." — Franklin P. Jones

152. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." — Helen Keller

153. "A loving heart is the truest wisdom." — Charles Dickens

154. "Love is an endless act of forgiveness. Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." — Maya Angelou

155. "Love is not something you look for. Love is something you become." — Alina Radoi

156. "You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear." — Oscar Wilde

157. "Love is like a good wine; it gets stronger with age." — Unknown

158. "Love is not what you say. Love is what you do." — Unknown

159. "The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness." — William Saroyan

160. "Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination." — Voltaire

161. "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." — Martin Luther King Jr.

162. "In love, one and one are one." — Jean-Paul Sartre

163. "The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds." — Nicholas Sparks

164. "When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." — When Harry Met Sally

165. "Love is not just a feeling; it is an art." — Honore de Balzac

166. "Love is like the wind; you can't see it, but you can feel it." — Nicholas Sparks

167. "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." — David Viscott

168. "Love is the only gold." — Alfred Lord Tennyson

169. "Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." — Franklin P. Jones

170. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." — Helen Keller

171. "A loving heart is the truest wisdom." — Charles Dickens

172. "Love is an endless act of forgiveness. Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." — Maya Angelou

173. "Love is not something you look for. Love is something you become." — Alina Radoi

174. "You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear." — Oscar Wilde

175. "Love is like a good wine; it gets stronger with age." — Unknown

176. "Love is not what you say. Love is what you do." — Unknown

177. "The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness." — William Saroyan

178. "Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination." — Voltaire

179. "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." — Martin Luther King Jr.

180. "In love, one and one are one." — Jean-Paul Sartre

181. "The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds." — Nicholas Sparks

182. "When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." — When Harry Met Sally

183. "Love is not just a feeling; it is an art." — Honore de Balzac

184. "Love is like the wind; you can't see it, but you can feel it." — Nicholas Sparks

185. "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." — David Viscott

186. "Love is the only gold." — Alfred Lord Tennyson

187. "Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." — Franklin P. Jones

188. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." — Helen Keller

189. "A loving heart is the truest wisdom." — Charles Dickens

190. "Love is an endless act of forgiveness. Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." — Maya Angelou

191. "Love is not something you look for. Love is something you become." — Alina Radoi

192. "You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear." — Oscar Wilde

193. "Love is like a good wine; it gets stronger with age." — Unknown

194. "Love is not what you say. Love is what you do." — Unknown

195. "The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness." — William Saroyan

196. "Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination." — Voltaire

197. "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." — Martin Luther King Jr.

198. "In love, one and one are one." — Jean-Paul Sartre

199. "The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds." — Nicholas Sparks

200. "When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." — When Harry Met Sally

201. "Love is not just a feeling; it is an art." — Honore de Balzac

202. "Love is like the wind; you can't see it, but you can feel it." — Nicholas Sparks

203. "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." — David Viscott

204. "Love is the only gold." — Alfred Lord Tennyson

205. "Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." — Franklin P. Jones

206. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." — Helen Keller

207. "A loving heart is the truest wisdom." — Charles Dickens

208. "Love is an endless act of forgiveness. Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." — Maya Angelou

209. "Love is not something you look for. Love is something you become." — Alina Radoi

210. "You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear." — Oscar Wilde

211. "Love is like a good wine; it gets stronger with age." — Unknown

212. "Love is not what you say. Love is what you do." — Unknown

213. "The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness." — William Saroyan

214. "Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination." — Voltaire

215. "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." — Martin Luther King Jr.

216. "In love, one and one are one." — Jean-Paul Sartre

217. "The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds." — Nicholas Sparks

218. "When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." — When Harry Met Sally

219. "Love is not just a feeling; it is an art." — Honore de Balzac

220. "Love is like the wind; you can't see it, but you can feel it." — Nicholas Sparks

221. "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." — David Viscott

222. "Love is the only gold." — Alfred Lord Tennyson

223. "Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." — Franklin P. Jones

224. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." — Helen Keller

225. "A loving heart is the truest wisdom." — Charles Dickens

226. "Love is an endless act of forgiveness. Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." — Maya Angelou

227. "Love is not something you look for. Love is something you become." — Alina Radoi

228. "You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear." — Oscar Wilde

229. "Love is like a good wine; it gets stronger with age." — Unknown

230. "Love is not what you say. Love is what you do." — Unknown

231. "The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness." — William Saroyan

232. "Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination." — Voltaire

233. "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." — Martin Luther King Jr.

234. "In love, one and one are one." — Jean-Paul Sartre

235. "The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds." — Nicholas Sparks

236. "When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." — When Harry Met Sally

237. "Love is not just a feeling; it is an art." — Honore de Balzac

238. "Love is like the wind; you can't see it, but you can feel it." — Nicholas Sparks

239. "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." — David Viscott

240. "Love is the only gold." — Alfred Lord Tennyson

241. "Love is not just about finding the right person, but creating a right relationship." — Anon

242. "Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness." — Oliver Wendell Holmes

243. "Love is the greatest refreshment in life." — Pablo Picasso

244. "The only thing we never get enough of is love, and the only thing we never give enough of is love." — Henry Miller

245. "Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods." — Plato

246. "Love is like a river; it will cut a new path whenever it meets an obstacle." — Crystal Middlemas

247. "Love is the flower you've got to let grow." — John Lennon

248. "Love is not about how much you say 'I love you,' but how much you can prove that it's true." — Unknown

249. "Love is the bridge between two hearts." — Unknown

250. "Love is an act of endless forgiveness. Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." — Maya Angelou

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