Theme
Love
Affection, devotion, and the bonds between people.
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“'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”
“A true friend is, as it were, a second self”
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity”
“Be worthy love, and love will come”
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that”
“Fan Ch'ih asked about benevolence. The Master said, 'It is to love all men.'”
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”
“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain”
“If you wish to be loved, love”
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none”
“Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies”
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched”
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows not”
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him”
“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart”
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends”
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die”
“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another”
“We loved with a love that was more than love”
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive”
“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier”
“The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy”
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Commonly shared about love — but misattributed
Popular love lines that get pinned on the wrong name. If you use one, credit it correctly.
“And God said, Love your enemy, and I obeyed Him and loved myself”
ReallyKahlil Gibran · not Kahlil Gibran
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage”
ReallyLao Tzu · not Lao Tzu
“Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully”
ReallyPhillips Brooks · not Zig Ziglar
“For sale: baby shoes, never worn”
ReallyOrigin unknown — an anonymous legend · not Ernest Hemingway
“Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet”
ReallyTouched by an Angel (the character Tess) · not Maya Angelou
“Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”
ReallyWilliam Congreve
“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles”
ReallyUnknown (anonymous online author, c. 2007–08) · not Audrey Hepburn
“I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that”
ReallyJessica Dovey (opening line) & Martin Luther King Jr. (the rest) · not Martin Luther King Jr.
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them”
ReallyMother Teresa
“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”
ReallyA. A. Milne (falsely credited) · not A. A. Milne
“If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours”
ReallyUnknown
“If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it's yours; if it doesn't, it never was”
ReallyUnknown (an anonymous saying) · not Kahlil Gibran
“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best”
ReallyMarilyn Monroe · not Marilyn Monroe
“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love”
ReallyLao Tzu (misattributed) · not Lao Tzu
“Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place”
ReallyZora Neale Hurston
“May love be your guide in every moment of your life”
ReallyPaulo Coelho (credited, but unverified) · not Paulo Coelho
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love”
ReallyMother Teresa (Saint Teresa of Calcutta)
“People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care”
ReallyTheodore Roosevelt · not Theodore Roosevelt