74 Sweet Couple Quotes About Love and Relationships

They're perfect for wedding vows, anniversary messages, birthday cards, and more.

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Anyone who is brave enough to fall in love knows that doing so is a risk. Whether it was love at first sight or a slow burn that developed after years of friendship, every love story is unique—but each also has a lesson to learn from it. Luckily, people aren’t shy about sharing their findings over the years. From filling literature and film with relatable or profound thoughts to celebrities and historical figures sharing their experiences with a touch of humor or optimism, society hasn’t held back when it comes to their thoughts on love.

Some quotes are swoon-worthy and fitting for romantic anniversaries while others are insightful pieces of advice that engaged couples should consider before marriage. And then there are those that are just downright hysterical and only come from countless years of wedded “bliss.” 

Whether you’re looking for love, falling head over heels, or have years of hard-earned experience, we’ve rounded up 74 couple quotes on love and marriage for both the hopeless romantics and realists at heart. 

Shakespeare Love Quote on Pink Background

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Quotes About Love and Relationships from Literature

  1. “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature.” — Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
  2. “Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.” — A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
  3. "You are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read." — Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
  4. "I would not wish any companion in the world but you." The Tempest by William Shakespeare
  5. "He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” — Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
  6. "I thought an hour ago that I loved you more than any woman has ever loved a man, but a half hour after that I knew that what I felt before was nothing compared to what I felt then. But ten minutes after that, I understood that my previous love was a puddle compared to the high seas before a storm." — The Princess Bride by William Goldman
  7. “So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.” — The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Barack Obama Quote About Love on Pink Background

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Quotes About Love and Relationships from Political Figures

  1. "After about 15 years I finally figured out that she's always right. So surprisingly we just stopped fighting after that." — Barack Obama
  2. "Because I always say, if you're married for 50 years, and 10 of them are horrible, you're doing really good!" — Michelle Obama
  3. “My most brilliant achievement was my ability to persuade my wife to marry me.” — Winston Churchill
  4. "The giving of love is an education in itself." — Eleanor Roosevelt
  5. "Michelle’s like Beyoncé in that song, ‘Let me upgrade ya!’ She upgraded me." — Barack Obama
Love Quote by Aristotle on Pink Background

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Quotes About Love and Relationships from Historical Figures

  1. "Where there is love there is life." — Mahatma Gandhi
  2. "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." — Aristotle
  3. “Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.” — Benjamin Franklin
  4. “By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you will be happy. If you get a bad one, you will be a philosopher.” — Socrates
  5.  "There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness." — Friedrich Nietzsche
  6. "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." — Lao Tzu
Robert Frost Love Quote on Pink Background

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Quotes About Love and Relationships from Writers

  1. "It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them." — Agatha Christie
  2. "Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time." — Maya Angelou
  3. "Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary." — Oscar Wilde
  4. "I love her and it is the beginning of everything." — F. Scott Fitzgerald
  5. “Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  6. "The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves." — Victor Hugo
  7. "Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." — Robert Frost
  8. "We are most alive when we are in love." — John Updike
  9. “You might not have been my first love, but you were the love that made all the other loves irrelevant.” — Rupi Kaur
Quote about Love Said by John Krasinski on Pink Background

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Quotes About Love and Relationships from Actors and Actresses

  1. "You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness." — Julia Roberts
  2. "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." — John Krasinski
  3. “Spend a few minutes a day really listening to your spouse. No matter how stupid his problems sound to you." — Megan Mullally
  4. "Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell." — Joan Crawford
  5. “People say, 'Jeez, it must be hard to stay married in show business.' I think it's hard to stay married anywhere, but if you marry the right person, it might work out.” — Tom Hanks
  6. “Make sure you have date night even if it's once in a blue moon because most of the time you’re just too tired and you’d actually prefer to sleep." — Chris Hemsworth
  7. "Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place." — Ice-T
  8. "Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, only with what you are expecting to give—which is everything." —​ Katharine Hepburn
  9. "Before you marry a person you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet to see who they really are." — Will Ferrell
  10. "Being in love is the worst. I mean it’s the best, but it's so hard and scary to open your heart to someone. But the point is, vulnerability is the key to happiness. Vulnerable people are powerful people." —​ Amy Poehler
  11. "True love is singing karaoke 'Under Pressure' and letting the other person sing the Freddie Mercury part." —​ Mindy Kaling
  12. “I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed, too—for being married so many times.” – Elizabeth Taylor
  13. “I’m just a big believer in ‘you must love yourself before you can love anybody else,’ and I think for me that breeds the most inspired relationships.” — Scarlett Johansson
  14. "We just like each other. You start there...I still can't believe my wife goes out with me. If we were in high school and I was just funny, I'd never have the courage to talk to her." — Tom Hanks
  15. “Love, gratitude, compassion, because sometimes every man or every woman will drive their partner crazy.” — Goldie Hawn
  16. "Marriage is like a graph—it has its ups and downs and as long as things bounce back up again, you’ve got a good marriage. If it heads straight down, then you’ve got some problems!" — Dame Julie Andrews
  17. "I married for love but the obvious side benefit of having someone around to find my glasses cannot be ignored." — Cameron Esposito
Rita Rudner Love Quote on Pink Background

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Quotes About Love and Relationships from Comedians

  1. “You know there is a name for people who are always wrong about everything all the time... husband!” — Bill Maher
  2. “There are only three things women need in life: food, water and compliments.” — Chris Rock
  3. “I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.” — Rita Rudner
  4. “You go, ‘You make me laugh, you make me smile, you make me feel loved, you make me food.'" — Nikki Glaser recalling Amy Schumer’s wedding vows
  5. "Being a good husband is like being a stand-up comic. You need 10 years before you can call yourself a beginner." — Jerry Seinfeld
  6. “Only married people can understand how you can be miserable and happy at the same time." — Chris Rock
  7. “Just found out the wife is writing a book about our honeymoon, called '50 Shades of Just O.K.'” — Conan O'Brien
  8. “Marriage has no guarantees. If that’s what you’re looking for, go live with a car battery.” — Erma Bombeck
Quote About Love from Frank Sinatra

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Quotes About Love and Relationships from Musicians

  1. "To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return." — Madonna
  2. "When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster." —​ Taylor Swift
  3. "Love is something sent from heaven to worry the hell out of you." — Dolly Parton
  4. “We have a couple of rules in our relationship. The first rule is that I make her feel like she’s getting everything. The second rule is that I actually do let her have her way in everything. And, so far, it’s working.” – Justin Timberlake
  5. “I feel like you have to get to know yourself, know what you want, spend some time by yourself, and be proud of who you are before you can share that with someone else.” — Beyoncé
  6. "A simple 'I love you' means more than money." — Frank Sinatra
Love Quote Said by Harry Burns in When Harry Met Sally on Pink Background

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Quotes About Love and Relationships from Pop Culture

  1. "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." — Harry Burns in When Harry Met Sally
  2. "Look, you want to know what marriage is really like? Fine. You wake up, she's there. You come back from work, she's there. You fall asleep, she's there. You eat dinner, she's there. You know? I mean, I know that sounds like a bad thing, but it's not." — Ray Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond
  3. "Did you know that the institution of marriage was created when the average person lived to the age of 30?" — Kim in The Last Kiss
  4. "Husbands are like wine, they take a long time to mature." — Donatella in Letters to Juliet
  5. "She's your lobster. Come on, you guys. It's a known fact that lobsters fall in love and mate for life. You can actually see old lobster couples, walking around their tank, you know, holding claws." – Phoebe Buffay in Friends
  6. “The first draft of my vows, which I wrote the day after we got engaged, clocked in at around 70 pages.” – Leslie Knope in Parks and Recreation
Princess Diana Love Quote on Pink Background

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Quotes About Love and Relationships from Royals

  1. “If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.” — Princess Diana
  2. “When a man opens a car door for his wife, it’s either a new car or a new wife.”— Prince Philip
  3. "My grandmother famously said that grief was the price we pay for love." — Prince William
  4. “Personally, I love a great love story.” — Meghan Markle
  5.  "I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure." — Princess Diana
  6. "This is a great love story, and the craziest thing is that I think this love story is just getting started." — Prince Harry
Love Quote from Oprah Winfrey on Pink Background

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Quotes About Love and Relationships from Present-Day Public Figures

  1. "Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." — Oprah Winfrey
  2. “I think you have different soulmates throughout your life, that your soul needs different things at different times. I do believe in love. I will always believe in love, but my idea has changed from what I've always thought." —​ Kim Kardashian
  3. "Who won in life? Me. Because I got to marry you." — Chip Gaines
  4. “Marriage is not just spiritual communion and passionate embraces; marriage is also three-meals-a-day and remembering to carry the trash out.” — Joyce Brothers

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