The Ultimate List of 200+ Love Quotes to Inspire You

Ultimate List of 234 Love Quotes for Your Vow Renewal

Find the Perfect Words to Say “I Do Still”

Finding the perfect words for your vow renewal can be challenging, but the right love quote can say everything you feel in just a few sentences. Whether you’re writing your vows, planning a vow renewal proposal, designing invitations, or just looking for romantic inspiration, these 234 love quotes will help you express the depth of your love.

From classic authors to modern-day favorites, this ultimate collection of love quotes is here to help you convey what’s in your heart. Use these quotes to enhance your vows, set the tone for your invitations, or simply remind your spouse how much they mean to you.

Best Love Quotes

Here are some of the best love quotes to capture the essence of love in just a few words. Perfect for vow renewal invitations, vows, or anniversary notes.

1. “A simple ‘I love you’ means more than money.” – Frank Sinatra, “Tell Her You Love Her” lyrics
2. “How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.” – David Foster Wallace
3. “I love you. I’ve loved you since the first moment I saw you. I guess maybe I’ve even loved you before I saw you.” – A Place in the Sun
4. “I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.” – J.K.K. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
5. “If I know what love is, it is because of you.” – Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund
6. “If one day the moon calls you by your name don’t be surprised, because every night I tell her about you.” – Shahrazad al-Khalij
7. “If you were in an accident, I wouldn’t stop for red lights.” – The West Wing
8. “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
9. “It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.” – Vladimir Nabokov
10. “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
11. “Love is a friendship set to music.” – Joseph Campbell
12. “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle
13. “Love is when he gives you a piece of your soul that you never knew was missing.” – Torquato Tasso
14. “Sitting next to you is like taking a sip of eternity. The sun, the stars, the sky never tasted so good.” – Christy Ann Martine
15. “Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
16. “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn
17. “The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.” – Marilyn Monroe

Romantic Love Quotes

Planning a romantic vow renewal or just looking to reignite the spark? These romantic quotes will help express your love and devotion.

18. “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” — Mignon McLaughlin
19. “Because of you, I can feel myself slowly, but surely, becoming the me I have always dreamed of being.” — Tyler Knott Gregson
20. “Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.” — Simone Signoret
21. “Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.” — Plato
22. “For the two of us, home isn’t a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.” — Stephanie Perkins
23. “Happiness is only real when shared.” — Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
24. “I have found the one whom my soul loves.” — Unknown
25. “I swear I couldn’t love you more than I do right now, and yet I know I will tomorrow.” — Leo Christopher
26. “I was made and meant to look for you and wait for you and become yours forever.” — Robert Browning
27. “I will spend an eternity loving you, caring for you, respecting you, showing you every day that I hold you as high as the stars.” — Steve Maraboli
28. “If you find me not within you, you will never find me. For I have been with you, from the beginning of me.” — Rumi
29. “Loving is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
30. “The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.” — Rumi
31. “To have you in my life is wondrous. Yet all good things, allegedly, come to an end, piffle, says I, for you, undoubtedly, will forever be my lover and best friend.” — John Walter Bratton
32. “You are my today and all of my tomorrows.” — Leo Christopher
33. “You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.” — Barbara De Angelis
34. “You. You are my good days.” — F.D. Soul
35. “An anniversary is a time to celebrate the joys of today, the memories of yesterday, and the hopes of tomorrow.” — Unknown
36. “I love you much most beautiful darling more than anyone on the earth and I like you better than everything in the sky.” — E.E. Cummings
37. “I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way.” — Pablo Neruda
38. “If I had a flower for every time thought of you… I could walk through my garden forever.” — Alfred, Lord Tennyson
39. “If I know what love is, it is because of you.” — Hermann Hesse
40. “So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.” — Paulo Coelho
41. “When you meet the one who changes the way your heart beats, dance with them to that rhythm for as long as the song lasts.” — Kirk Diedrich
42. “Where there is love there is life.” — Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational/Beautiful Love Quotes

Looking for a love quote that touches the soul? These quotes are not only romantic but also deeply inspiring.

43. “Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.” – Roger de Rabutin
44. “All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.” – Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
45. “Because through love, we feel the intensity of our connection to everything and everyone. And at the core we are all the same. We’re all one.” – Loving Annabelle
46. “But the heart’s not like a box that gets filled up. It expands in size the more you love.” – Her
47. “Every heart sings a song, incomplete until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.” – Plato
48. “Give in to love, or live in fear.” – Rent
49. “I can’t do everything but I’d do anything for you
    I can’t do anything except be in love with you.”
    – Dire Straits, “Romeo and Juliet” lyrics
50. “I may not always love you,
    But long as there are stars above you,
    You’ll have no need to doubt it,
    I’ll make you so sure about it.”
    – Beach Boys, “God Only Knows” lyrics
51. “If I never see you again I will always carry you
    inside
    outside
    on my fingertips
    and at brain edges
    and in centers
    centers
    of what I am of
    what remains.”
    – Charles Bukowski, Living on Luck
52. “If you find me not within you, you will never find me. For I have been with you, from the beginning of me.” – Rumi
53. “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
54. “Lonely days of uncertainty, they disappear when you’re near me, when you’re around my life’s worthwhile, and now I long to see you smile.” – Big Star, “My Life is Right” lyrics
55. “Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” – Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
56. “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
57. “My love she speaks like silence,
    Without ideals or violence,
    She doesn’t have to say she’s faithful,
    Yet she’s true, like ice, like fire.
    People carry roses
    Make promises by the hours,
    My love she laughs like the flowers,
    Valentines can’t buy her.”
    – Bob Dylan, “Love Minus Zero/No Limit” lyrics
58. “Some love stories aren’t epic novels. Some are short stories, but that doesn’t make them any less filled with love.” – Sex and the City
59. “To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness.” – Robert Brault
60. “We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” – Sam Keen
61. “One day, in your search for happiness, you discover a partner by your side, and you realize that your happiness has come to help you search.”– Robert Brault
62. “There is no remedy for love, but to love more.” – Thoreau
63. “There’s only one thing that cuts through all our realities and that’s love—the bridge between all our differences.” – The L Word
64. “We accept the love we think we deserve.” – Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
65. “We loved with a love that was more than love.” – Edgar Allen Poe, “Annabel Lee”
66. “A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.” – Andre Marois
67. “I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.” – Dr. Steve Maraboli
68. “Marriage is the golden ring in a chain whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is Eternity.” – Kahlil Gibran
69. “The highest happiness on earth is marriage.” – William Lyon Phelps
70. “When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again.” – Albert Einstein

Sweet/Cute Love Quotes

Sometimes a sweet or cute love quote says it best. Use these for your vow renewal vows, invitations, or just to make your spouse smile.

71. “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” – Elbert Hubbard
72. “At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.” – Plato
73. “Deep within us — no matter who we are — there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable, of wanting to be the kind of person that others like to be with. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.” – Fred Rogers
74. “For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love.” – Carl Sagan
75. “Happiness is anyone and anything at all that’s loved by you.” – You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
76. “Laughter is holier than piety, freedom is sweeter than fame, and in the end it’s love and love alone that really matters.” – Tom Robbins
77. “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” – Robert Frost
78. “Maybe you don’t need the whole world to love you, you know. Maybe you just need one person.” – The Muppets
79. “Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.” – Zelda Fitzgerald
80. “Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.” – Nicole Krauss, The History of Love
81. “She had blue skin,
    And so did he.
    He kept it hid
    And so did she.
    They searched for blue
    Their whole life through,
    Then passed right by-
    And never knew.”
    – Shel Silverstein, “Masks”
82. “So excuse me forgetting
    But these things, I do
    You see, I’ve forgotten
    If they’re green or they’re blue.
    Anyway, the thing is, what I really mean
    Yours are the sweetest eyes I’ve ever seen.”
    – Elton John, “Your Song”
83. “That’s why they call them crushes. If they were easy, they’d call them something else.” – Sixteen Candles
84. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
85. “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” – Nat King Cole, “Nature Boy” lyrics
86. “True love stories never have endings.” – Richard Bach
87. “Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that’s beautiful.” – Milan Kundera
88. “When you’re a kid, you assume your parents are soulmates. My kids are gonna be right about that.” – The Office
89. “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” – Dr. Seuss
90. “You’re my one in five billion.” – The X-Files

Short Love Quotes

Sometimes, brevity is the best way to express deep feelings. These short yet romantic love quotes are ideal for invitations, vows, or even a simple message to your spouse.

91. “I like you very much. Just as you are.” – Bridget Jones’s Diary
92. “I love you and I like you.” – Parks and Recreation
93. “I’m in lesbians with you.” – Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
94. “Love loves to love love.” – James Joyce
95. “Love me—that’s all I ask of you.” – Phantom of the Opera
96. “Nothing compares to you.” – Prince, “Nothing Compares 2 U” lyrics
97. “To me you are perfect.” – Love Actually
98. “True love is inexhaustible. The more you give, the more you have.” – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
99. “Who, being loved, is poor?” – Oscar Wilde
100. “You make me want to be a better man.” – As Good As It Gets
101. “You see, until I met you, I had only experienced desire. Love, never.” – Vicomte de Valmont
102. “I won’t ever find the words you are my everything always, and even that is not enough” – Atticus
103. “You want the moon? Just say the word, and I’ll throw a lasso around it and pull it down.” – George Bailey, It’s a Wonderful Life
104. “I could make you happy, make your dreams come true. Nothing that I wouldn’t do.” – Adele, Make You Feel My Love
105. “You are, and always have been, my dream.” – Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
106. “You complete me.” – Tom Cruise Jerry Maguire
107. “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.” – Billy Crystal When Harry Met Sally
108. “You’re my end and my beginning. Even when I lose I’m winning.” – John Legend, All of Me

Funny Love Quotes

When humor is your love language, a funny love quote might be just the thing to lighten the mood and share your affection with a smile.

109. “A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.” — Paul Sweeney
110. “A wedding band is the smallest handcuff ever made, I’m glad I chose my cellmate wisely.” — Unknown
111. “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” – Charles M. Schulz
112. “Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do, but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.” – Albert Einstein
113. “I just happened to be nowhere near your neighborhood.” – Singles
114. “I love being married. It’s so great to find one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.” — Rita Rudner
115. “I’m afraid once your heart is involved, it all comes out in moron.” – Gilmore Girls
116. “Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.” – Matt Groening, The Big Book of Hell
117. “Love is a two-way street constantly under construction.” – Carroll Bryant
118. “Love is something sent from heaven to worry the hell out of you.” – Dolly Parton
119. “Marriage is like a game of chess except the board is flowing water, the pieces are made of smoke and no move you make will have any effect on the outcome.” – Jerry Seinfeld
120. “Our wedding was many years ago. The celebration continues to this day.” — Gene Perret
121. “Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you’re offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone’s feelings.” – David Sedaris
122. “You are the butter to my bread, and the breath to my life.” — Julia Child
123. “God proved two things when he brought us together: his genius and his sense of humor.” — Unknown
124. “I love you more than coffee, but please don’t make me prove it.” — Elizabeth Evans
125. “If two people love each other, nothing is impossible. Except deciding where to eat.” — Unknown
126. “If you are lucky enough to find a weirdo, never let them go.” — Unknown
127. “Marriage is like a deck of cards: At the start, all you need is two hearts and a diamond, but after a while, you just wish you had a club and a spade!” — Unknown
128. “Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.” — Joyce Brothers
129. “Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music, and dancing…she goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.” — Henry Youngman
130. “To keep your marriage brimming with love in the loving cup, whenever you’re wrong—admit it, whenever you’re right—shut up.” — Ogden Nash

Famous Love Quotes

Some love quotes have become iconic in popular culture. These famous quotes are instantly recognizable and perfect for making a lasting impression in your vows or speeches.

131. “All you need is love.” – The Beatles, “All You Need Is Love” lyrics
132. “And don’t forget—I’m also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.” – Notting Hill
133. “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” – Love Story
134. “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” – Dirty Dancing
135. “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.” – Casablanca
136. “Pleasure of love lasts but a moment. Pain of love lasts a lifetime.” – Bette Davis
137. “‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson, “In Memoriam A.H.H”
138. “What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I’ll throw a lasso around it and pull it down.” – It’s a Wonderful Life
139. “Where there is love there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
140. “You complete me.’ ” – Jerry Maguire
141. “You had me at ‘hello.’ ” – Jerry Maguire

Country Love Quotes

If you and your spouse are fans of country music, these heartfelt quotes from country songs may resonate with you for your vow renewal or proposal.

142. “Be a best friend, tell the truth
     And overuse ‘I love you.'”
     – Lee Brice, “Love Like Crazy” lyrics
143. “Better than I was/more than I am/And all this happened/By taking your hand.” — “It’s Your Love” by Tim McGraw
144. “From here on after
     Let’s stay the way we are right now
     And share all the love and laughter
     That a lifetime will allow.”
     – George Strait, “I Cross My Heart” lyrics
145. “Holding you I held everything.” – Garth Brooks, “The Dance” lyrics
146. “Life with you makes perfect sense
     You’re my best friend.”
     – Tim McGraw, “My Best Friend” lyrics
147. “The way we work together is what sets our love apart
     So closely that you can’t tell where I end and where you start.”
     – Clint Black, “Something That We Do” lyrics
148. “There ain’t a cowboy hat in Dallas if I ain’t in love with you.” – The Charlie Daniels Band, “Cowboy Hat in Dallas” lyrics
149. “They didn’t have you where I come from
     Never knew the best was yet to come
     Life began when I saw your face
     And I hear your laugh like a serenade.”
     – Dixie Chicks, “Lullaby” lyrics
150. “This much I know is true
     That God blessed the broken road
     That led me straight to you.”
     – Rascal Flatts, “Bless the Broken Road” lyrics
151. “Through weakness and strength
     Happiness and sorrow
     For better, for worse
     I will love you with every beat of my heart.”
     – Shania Twain, “From This Moment On” lyrics
152. “What’s meant to be will always find a way.” – Trisha Yearwood, “She’s in Love with the Boy” lyrics

Popular Music Love Quotes

Sometimes music speaks to the heart like any other medium. These popular music love quotes are perfect for using in your vow renewal invitations, programs, vows, and ceremony. In fact, you might even want to pair up your quote with your first dance song at your vow renewal reception!

153. “If you’re lost, you can look and you will find me/Time after time.” — “Time After Time” by Cyndi Lauper
154. “All that you are is all that I’ll ever need.” — “Tenerife Sea” by Ed Sheeran
155. “And all along I believed I would find you/Time has brought your heart to me/I have loved you for a thousand years/I’ll love you for a thousand more.” — “A Thousand Years” by Christina Perri
156. “Forever can never be long enough for me/To feel like I’ve had long enough with you.” — “Marry Me” by Train
157. “How sweet it is to be loved by you.” — “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” by Marvin Gaye
158. “I could make you happy, make your dreams come true/Nothing that I wouldn’t do/Go to the ends of the Earth for you/To make you feel my love.” — “Make You Feel My Love” by Bob Dylan
159. “I’m not looking for another as I wander in my time/Walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme/You know my love goes with you, your love stays with me/It’s just the way life changes, like the shoreline of the sea.” — “Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye” by Leonard Cohen

Disney Love Quotes

Whether you’re planning a trip to Disney to celebrate renewing your vows or simply share a love of Disney, you’re sure to find love phrases from the movies here are just wonderful. Disney love quotes, just like their movies, are sweet, simple, and filled with nostalgia. You can use these Disney love quotes and phrases for just about anything in your vow renewal.

160. “All at once everything looks different, now that I see you.” – Tangled
161. “I have just met you and I love you.” Dug, Up
162. “I’d rather die tomorrow than live a hundred years without knowing you.” – John Smith, Pocahontas
163. “It’s enough for this restless wanderer just to be with you.” – The Lion King
164. “It’s there, I know it is, because when I look at you, I can feel it. And I look at you, and I’m home.” – Finding Nemo
165. “Love is a song that never ends.” – Bambi
166. “Love is an open door.” – Anna and Hans, Frozen
167. “One song, my heart keeps singing, of one love only for you.” – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
168. “Some people are worth melting for.” – Frozen
169. “Tell me, princess, now when did you last let your heart decide?” – Aladdin
170. “When somebody loved me
     Everything was beautiful.” – Toy Story 2
171. “You are my greatest adventure.” – The Incredibles
172. “You mean more to me than anyone in this whole world.” – Peter Pan
173. “You were my new dream” – Flynn Rider, Tangled

Shakespeare Love Quotes

Few writers have expressed love as beautifully as William Shakespeare. These timeless quotes are perfect for making a grand statement in your vows or speeches.

174. “Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move, Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love.” – Hamlet
175. “Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that I saw you, Did my heart fly at your service” – The Tempest
176. “Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that I saw you, Did my heart fly at your service.” The Tempest
177. “I do love nothing in the world so well as you.” – Much Ado About Nothing
178. “I would not wish any companion in the world but you.” –William Shakespeare, The Tempest
179. “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” – All’s Well That Ends Well
180. “Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.” – “Venus and Adonis”
181. “Love is a smoke and is made with the fume of sighs.” – Romeo and Juliet
182. “Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark, that looks on tempests and is never shaken.” – “Sonnet 116”
183. “Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind.” – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
184. “Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.” – King Henry V
185. “The sight of lovers feedeth those in love.” – As You Like It
186. “What is light, if Sylvia be not seen? What is joy if Sylvia be not by?” The Two Gentlemen of Verona
187. “Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?” – As You Like It

Love Quotes from Literature

If you want a love quote with literary flair, these quotes from classic and modern literature will help you express your feelings with elegance.

188. “Do I love you? My god, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.” —The Princess Bride by William Goldman
189. “Whatever our souls are made of his and mine are the same.” — Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
190. “My heart is, and always will be, yours.” — Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
191. ”I’m in love with you, and I’m not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things.” —The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
192. “If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving one be me.” — The More Loving One by W.H. Auden
193. “Those that truly love, have roots that grow towards each other underground. And when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two.” — Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
194. “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.” — The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White
195. “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.” — Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
196. “We loved with a love that was more than love.” — Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe
197. “I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I’ve ever had.” —The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
198. “Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born: you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.” — You Are My Sun, My Moon, and All My Stars by E.E. Cummings

Bible Love Quotes

For a religious vow renewal, these Bible love quotes are perfect for adding depth and meaning to your vows, ceremony, or invitations.

199. “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” – 1 Peter 4:8
200. “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” – Ephesians 4:2
201. “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” – Romans 12:10
202. “But Ruth said, ‘Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.'” – Ruth 1:16
203. “Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.” – Romans 12:9-15, New Living Translation
204. “Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” – 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
205. “Most of all, let love guide your life, for then the whole church will stay together in perfect harmony.” – Colossians 3:14
206. “The flowers have already appeared in the land; The time has arrived for pruning the vines, And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land. The fig tree has ripened its figs, And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance. Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along!'” – Song of Solomon 2:12
207. “There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.” – 1 John 4:18
208. “We love because He first loved us.” – 1 John 4:19

World Religions Love Quotes

We’ve undoubtedly all heard the old saying, “love makes the world go round,” and these quotes show it does indeed. Every religion in the world has something to say about love. Those sayings can be the perfect inspiration for your vow renewal ceremony and vows. These world religions love quotes come from different faith leaders around the world and through the millennia. You may find that these love quotes are perfect for showing that love is a common language to all. Including several in your vow renewal ceremony or vows is a wonderful way to connect with diverse guests and show your love knows no bounds.

209. “A husband and wife are one soul, separated only through their descent to this world. When they are married, they are reunited again.” The Zohar, 191a
210. “A man should eat and drink less than his means, clothes himself according to his means, and honor his wife and children beyond his means.” Talmud, Chullin 84b
211. “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is better than wine.” King Solomon, Song of Songs 1:2
212. “Love and compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion” Dalai Lama
213. “Love is a gift of one’s inner most soul to another so both can be whole.” Buddha
214. “Love is the absence of judgement” Dalai Lama
215. “Radiate boundless love towards the entire world—above, below, and across—unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.” Buddha
216. “The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.” Buddha

Love Quotes for Him

Finding the perfect way to express your feelings to him can be challenging, even for those who have been married for decades. Here we’ve put together a collection of love quotes and phrases that are perfect for telling him just how you feel as you sit down to write your vows.

217. “For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” — Judy Garland
218. “I got lost in him, and it was the kind of lost that was exactly like being found.” –Claire LeZebnik
219. “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
220. “In case you ever foolishly forget: I am never not thinking of you.” — Virginia Woolf
221. “Real love stories never have endings.” — Richard Bach
222. “Whatever our souls are made of his and mine are the same.” — Emily Brontë
223. “Your voice is my favorite sound.” — Unknown
224. “Because of you, I laugh a little harder, cry a little less, and smile a lot more.” — Unknown
225. “Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favorite.” — Unknown
226. “I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more.” — Angelita Lim

Love Quotes for Her

You love her, there’s no question about it, but how to tell her in a way that is just perfect for your vow renewal can be more challenging than it seems. Here we’ve selected short, sweet love quotes to tell her how you feel.

227. “Grow old with me, the best is yet to be.” — Robert Browning
228. “I want you for always…days, years, eternities.” — Franz Schubert
229. “I’m much more me when I’m with you.” — Unknown
230. “When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.” — Arrigo Boito
231. “I love her, and that’s the beginning and end of everything.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
232. “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” — Audrey Hepburn
233. “When I follow my heart, it leads me to you.” — Unknown
234. ”In a sea of people, my eyes will always search for you.” — Unknown

Put This Ultimate List of Love Quotes to Work

Whether you’re professing your love for an anniversary, planning a vow renewal proposal, designing invitations, or writing your own vows for your vow renewal, these quotes are sure to inspire you. These 200+ love quotes and love phrases have been selected to inspire you to put together the right words to convey how you feel about your spouse and marriage. If you need a little more inspiration on writing unforgettable vows or crafting the perfect vow renewal ceremony, explore our vow renewal advice and tips for writing your own vows or ceremony.