Relationships are the heartbeats of our lives, filled with joy, challenges, and moments that make us laugh and think. Whether you’re in love, navigating friendship, or just trying to understand the beautiful mess of human connection, the right words can inspire, comfort, and even tickle your funny bone. Here, we’ve gathered over 140 of the best relationship quotes that blend wisdom and humor. These quotes are simple, relatable, and perfect to share with that special someone or just to brighten your day.
140+ Best Relationship Quotes That Even Your Ex Will Like
1. “My heart is, and always will be, yours.” — Jane Austen
2. “Just in case you ever foolishly forget; I’m never not thinking of you.” — Virginia Woolf
3. “And I’d choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I’d find you, and I’d choose you.” — Kiersten White
4. “If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.” — Joan Powers
5. “Whenever I’m alone with you, you make me feel like I am home again. Whenever I’m alone with you, you make me feel like I am whole again.” — The Cure
6. “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.” — Leo F. Buscaglia
7. “It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.” — Hermann Hesse
8. “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” — Emily Brontë
9. “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.” — Paulo Coelho
10. “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” — Maya Angelou
11. “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” — Audrey Hepburn
12. “Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.” — Walter Winchell
13. “Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get, you’ve got to make yourself.” — Alice Walker
14. “A soulmate is the one person whose love is powerful enough to motivate you to meet your soul.” — Kenny Loggins
15. “We loved with a love that was more than love.” — Edgar Allan Poe
16. “You can talk with someone for years, every day, and still, it won’t mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word.” — C. JoyBell C.
17. “Love that stammers, that stutters is apt to be the love that loves best.” — Gabriela Mistral
18. “I love you without knowing how or when or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride.” — Pablo Neruda
19. “We cannot really love anyone with whom we never laugh.” — Agnes Repplier
20. “Be honest, brutally honest. That is what’s going to maintain relationships.” — Lauryn Hill
21. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” — Lao Tzu
22. “The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.” — Henny Youngman
23. “Our soul mate is the one who makes life come to life.” — Richard Bach
24. “To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow—this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.” — Elizabeth Gilbert
25. “We are most alive when we are in love.” — John Updike
26. “Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.” — Orhan Pamuk
27. “Fall in love with someone who makes you glad to be different.” — Sue Zhao
28. “Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.” — William Paul Young
29. “Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.” — Emily Kimbrough
30. “Time, wondrous time, gave me the blues and then purple-pink skies… And isn’t it just so pretty to think all along there was some invisible string tying you to me?” — Taylor Swift
31. “It isn’t possible to love and to part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you.” — E.M. Forster
32. “I’m in love with you, and I’m not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things.” — John Green
33. “You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.” — Jodi Picoult
34. “Finding someone you love and who loves you back is a wonderful, wonderful feeling.” — Cecelia Ahern
35. “Don’t promise me fair sky above. Don’t promise me kind road below. Just walk beside me, love, any way the wind blows.” — From Hadestown
36. “Joy is the fire extinguisher of comparison.” — The Minimalists
37. “Blind loyalty creates a smokescreen between rationality and reality.” — The Minimalists
38. “Loyalty to love is life. Loyalty to hatred is death.” — The Minimalists
39. “Freedom does not exist without the willingness to walk away.” — The Minimalists
40. “To love someone is to see them for who they are without trying to change them.” — The Minimalists
41. “Honesty does not require transparency.” — The Minimalists
42. “Misery encourages others to pull up a chair and stay a while.” — The Minimalists
43. “To be happy, stop saying yes to the things that make you miserable.” — The Minimalists
44. “Your frustrations point toward your fears.” — The Minimalists
45. “Suffering exists at the intersection of desire and inaccessibility.” — The Minimalists
46. “Your complaints point toward your clinging.” — The Minimalists
47. “The death of a relationship needn’t be a catastrophe.” — The Minimalists
48. “Your identities form the roots of your suffering.” — The Minimalists
49. “You care what other people think only because there’s an underlying dissatisfaction in your own life.” — The Minimalists
50. “One man’s potential is another man’s prison.” — The Minimalists
51. “Every expectation adds another bar to your prison cell.” — The Minimalists
52. “You don’t get to determine what makes other people happy.” — The Minimalists
53. “To convince someone is to unlove them.” — The Minimalists
54. “Your prison cell is built with bricks of expectation.” — The Minimalists
55. “It is better to hurt a man’s feelings with the truth than to pacify him with a lie.” — The Minimalists
56. “The price of truth makes silence tempting.” — The Minimalists
57. “You can’t change the people around you, but you can change the people around you.” — The Minimalists
58. “Words can wound, but only love can heal.” — The Minimalists
59. “Judgment is a mirror that reflects the insecurities of the judge.” — The Minimalists
60. “To love someone is to see them for who they are without attempting to change them.” — The Minimalists
61. “Misery encourages others to pull up a chair and stay a while.” — The Minimalists
62. “You don’t get to determine what makes other people happy.” — The Minimalists
63. “When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.” — Goodreads
64. “I have decided to stick to love; hate is too great a burden to bear.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
65. “Being in love and sharing your life with another takes strength and commitment.” — Various
66. “Love is eternal.” — E.M. Forster
67. “You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of their imperfections.” — Jodi Picoult
68. “A true soulmate understands you like no other and loves you forever.” — Cecelia Ahern
69. “The best relationships are built on honesty, trust, and laughter.” — Common Wisdom
70. “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” — Erich Segal
71. “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” — Audrey Hepburn
72. “Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.” — Osho
73. “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
74. “A great relationship is about two things: First, appreciating the similarities, and second, respecting the differences.” — Unknown
75. “Love is friendship set on fire.” — Jeremy Taylor
76. “True love stories never have endings.” — Richard Bach
77. “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” — Aristotle
78. “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more.” — Nicholas Sparks
79. “Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” — Franklin P. Jones
80. “To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” — David Viscott
81. “Love is like a friendship caught on fire.” — Bruce Lee
82. “The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.” — Victor Hugo
83. “Love is the bridge between you and everything.” — Rumi
84. “The best proof of love is trust.” — Joyce Brothers
85. “Love is not finding someone to live with; it’s finding someone you can’t live without.” — Rafael Ortiz
86. “Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
87. “Love is a game that two can play and both win.” — Eva Gabor
88. “Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.” — Rabindranath Tagore
89. “Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.” — John Lennon
90. “Love is a better teacher than duty.” — Albert Einstein
91. “Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
92. “Love is the greatest refreshment in life.” — Pablo Picasso
93. “Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.” — Voltaire
94. “Love is the only gold.” — Alfred Lord Tennyson
95. “Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” — Robert Heinlein
96. “Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat.” — Ben Hecht
97. “Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules.” — Tom Robbins
98. “Love is the light that brightens every heart’s darkness.” — Unknown
99. “Love is the answer, and you know that for sure.” — John Lennon
100. “Love is the greatest gift that one generation can leave to another.” — Richard Garnett
101. “Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.” — Erich Fromm
102. “Love is the voice under all silences.” — E.E. Cummings
103. “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
104. “Love is the poetry of the senses.” — Honoré de Balzac
105. “Love is the beauty of the soul.” — Saint Augustine
106. “Love is the greatest refreshment in life.” — Pablo Picasso
107. “Love is the only reality, and it is not a mere sentiment.” — Rabindranath Tagore
108. “Love is the bridge between you and everything.” — Rumi
109. “Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.” — John Lennon
110. “Love is a better teacher than duty.” — Albert Einstein
111. “Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
112. “Love is the greatest thing in the world.” — Unknown
113. “Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.” — Louisa May Alcott
114. “Love is the only gold.” — Alfred Lord Tennyson
115. “Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” — Robert Heinlein
116. “Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat.” — Ben Hecht
117. “Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules.” — Tom Robbins
118. “Love is the light that brightens every heart’s darkness.” — Unknown
119. “Love is the answer, and you know that for sure.” — John Lennon
120. “Love is the greatest gift that one generation can leave to another.” — Richard Garnett
121. “Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.” — Erich Fromm
122. “Love is the voice under all silences.” — E.E. Cummings
123. “Love is patient, love is kind.” — 1 Corinthians 13:4
124. “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
125. “Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” — Nicholas Sparks
126. “Love is the greatest refreshment in life.” — Pablo Picasso
127. “Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
128. “Love is a friendship set on fire.” — Jeremy Taylor
129. “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
130. “Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
131. “Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment.” — Rabindranath Tagore
132. “Love is the poetry of the senses.” — Honoré de Balzac
133. “Love is the beauty of the soul.” — Saint Augustine
134. “Love is the light that brightens every heart’s darkness.” — Unknown
135. “Love is the answer, and you know that for sure.” — John Lennon
136. “Love is the greatest gift that one generation can leave to another.” — Richard Garnett
137. “Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.” — Erich Fromm
138. “Love is the voice under all silences.” — E.E. Cummings
139. “Love is patient, love is kind.” — 1 Corinthians 13:4
140. “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
141. “Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” — Nicholas Sparks
Conclusion
These 140+ relationship quotes capture the essence of love, trust, humor, and the beautiful complexity of human connections. Whether you want to express your feelings, find comfort, or simply enjoy a laugh, these quotes offer something for everyone. Remember, the best relationships thrive on honesty, laughter, and the willingness to grow together. Keep these words close, share them often, and let love and laughter light your way.
