Happy Valentine’s Day! I know this day can be a sore subject for some ladies, namely those getting over a guy or those who feel a bit lonely. There really is no need to bash all the happy couples out there. Instead, use this day to appreciate the love you have in your life, there has to be some.
As you may know, I’m an avid quote collector. In honor of this lovely day to celebrate love, here are my favorite quotes on matters of the heart.
“Immature love says: “I love you because I need you.” Mature love says: “I need you because I love you.” Erich Fromm
“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”–Robert Heinlein
“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
“Unless it’s mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it’s a waste of your time. There are too many mediocre things in life–love shouldn’t be one of them” – Dream for an Insomniac
“We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love our first”- George John Whyte-Melville
“Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it’s better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together.” – Unknown
“The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end.” – Benjamin Disraeli
“You cannot make someone love you. You can only make yourself someone who can be loved”—Derek Gamba
“You cannot let go of someone you never really had, and if you had them you wouldn’t have to let go” – Dr. Gary Funk
“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.” Victor Hugo
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” – Carl Jung
“Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable.”- Wizard of Oz
“Love is giving people the freedom to be the way they are, not trying to make them the way you want.” – Unknown
“When you meet that special someone you’ll understand why it didn’t work out with anyone else” – Unknown
“The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.” – Deepak Chopra
“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin Jones
“The right person will love all the things about you that the wrong person was too insecure and intimidated to accept” – Charles Orlando
“To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything” – Bill Russell
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed” – Carl Jung
“Letting go of someone dear to you is hard, but holding on to someone who doesn’t even feel the same is much harder. Giving up doesn’t mean you are weak. It only means that you are strong enough to let go” – Unknown
“Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning” – James Earl Jones
“Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby: awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.” — Lemony Snicket
Got a favorite love quote? Tell us in comments!
Written by Sabrina Alexis
