As the most romantic occasion of the year approaches, now’s the perfect time to express our affection for those who mean the most to us. From sweet and short to cheesy and cute, these Valentine’s Day quotes are sure to inspire you to celebrate love in all its glory. And they’ll look great on your personalized canvas, blanket, pillow, slate or mug.
1. Meaningful Valentine’s Day Quotes
“And if the stars should ever die, we’ll make our own light, you and I.” – John Mark Green
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn
“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” – Dr. Seuss
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle
“There is my heart, and then there is you, and I’m not sure there is a difference.” – A.R Asher
“Whatever souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Emily Brontë
“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.” – Claudia Adrienne Grandi
“For the two of us, home isn’t a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.” — Stephanie Perkins
“For all of the things my hands have held, the best by far is you.” — Anonymous
“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
2. Short Valentine’s Day Quotes
“Grow old with me, the best is yet to be.” – Robert Browning
“My heart is and always will be yours.” – Jane Austen
“Together is my favorite place to be.” – Unknown
“True love stories never have endings.” — Richard Bach
“We are most alive when we are in love.” — John Updike
“Love conquers all” – Virgil
“Love is being stupid together.” — Paul Valery
“I would not wish any companion in the world but you.” – William Shakespeare
“Love is friendship on fire.” – Susan Sontag
“A life lived in love will never be dull.” – Leo Buscaglia
3. Valentine’s Day Quotes for Friends
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson
“If there ever comes a day where we can’t be together, keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.” —Winnie The Pooh
“If you are ever lucky enough to find a weirdo, never let them go.” — Matthew Gray Gubler
“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings.” – François de La Rochefoucauld
“Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.” — Bill Watterson
“A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.” — Aristotle
“No friendship is an accident.” — O. Henry
“To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.” — Dr. Seuss
“It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.” — Marlene Dietrich
“Friends are the family you choose.“ — Jess C. Scott
4. Funny Valentine’s Day Quotes
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” — Charles M. Schulz
“Without Valentine’s Day, February would be…well, January.” — Jim Gaffigan
“If you were on paper, you’d be what they call fine print.” —Anonymous
“The brain is the most outstanding organ. It works 24/7, 365 from birth until you fall in love.” – Sophie Monroe
“If I love you, what business is it of yours?” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“I love you more than coffee, but please don’t make me prove it.” — Unknown
“My life’s accomplishments? Sanity, and you.” — Elizabeth Gilbert
“What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.” — Pearl Bailey
“Honesty is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that, you’re in.” — Richard Jeni
“It wasn’t love at first sight, it took at least 5 minutes.” – Lucille Ball
5. Inspirational Self-Love Valentine’s Day Quotes
“Be you, love you. All ways, always.” — Alexandra Elle
“To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance” — Oscar Wilde
“Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.” – Judy Collins
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” – Rumi
“We must be our own before we can be another’s.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.” — Jean Anouilh
“Flowers grow back even after the harshest winters. You will too” – Jennae Cecilia
“Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.” — Aberjhani
You, yourself, as much as anybody in this universe, deserves your love and affection.” – Buddha