124 Short Love Quotes and Sayings for Him and Her

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It only takes a few words like “I love you.” Just like that. No words in between. No ifs. No buts.

These three words are enough to move your romantic ties forward. Did you ever wonder how did these three little words become so powerful?

The words “I love you” became a big deal because it is a religious tenet, explains Simon May, a visiting philosophy professor at King’s College in London. “If God is love, then our lives were oriented toward love,” he says. And soon, “human beings had to take over this enormous value — love — and give it to each other.” (1)

The meaning of “I love you” may differ in cultures across the globe. Saying those words in Iran, for example, implies a formal step toward marriage. Younger South Koreans use it much more freely than their elders. The words often are said within the socially-acceptable range of three to six months of dating among Americans. (1)

Saying “I love you” to someone is a big milestone in a relationship. Be careful of your timing. There is also beauty in spontaneity. Say it when you feel the moment is right. (2)

Reflect on it first. Try to complete this phrase: “When I say I love you, what I really mean is…” Then, explore your reasons. Is it really more than “like?” Or, is it just a huge infatuation? There is no problem in letting those words escape if you’re bursting at the seams.

Be careful as those words imply a vow, a commitment, and a responsibility. You might be mistaken and, sadly, the person you said it to believes it. Know your reasons and be honest about your intentions. Say it when you mean it.

Here are three ways to use our short love quotes:

Reflect on your love. Reading through these quotes and processing them through the lens of your relationship will help you understand your own feelings, and better communicate with your loved one.
Saying I Love You – These love sayings are delivered verbally so the recipient can pick up your non-verbal cues if in person, or the sincerity in your voice if over the phone. Pair the message with something specific about your relationship to make it even more authentic.
Sending an I Love You Message – It could be sent via text. Consider the use of Emojis and adding additional heartfelt notes. Pair the message with something specific about your relationship.

Sweet Short Love Quotes

Feel free to use one of these short love quotes to show your love:

One day, I caught myself smiling without no reason, then I realized that I was thinking of you.
Every love story is beautiful but ours is my favorite.
I only want two things in this world. I want you and I want us.
The good things in life are better with you.
You smile. I smile. That how it works.
7 billions smiles and yours is my favorite.
Drugs? No thanks. I’m already addicted to someone.
Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
Life never meant this much until I found you.
Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.
I may not be able to give you everything but one thing is for sure, all I am is yours.
You have replaced my nightmares with dreams, my worries with happiness, and my fears with love.
Loving you in the only true adventure in my life. Everything I dream about is to be deeply loved by you.
I have decided to stick to love… Hate is too great a burden to bear. ― Martin Luther King Jr.
I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone. – J. R. R. Tolkien
A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and I can’t live without you.
You freed me from all the weight of misfortune, grief, and fear. You have been my light in difficult times. You showed me how wonderful life can be.
Love knows not its own depth until it’s shared with someone we love.
I would rather spend one lifetime with you than I’ll live forever alone.
I fell in love with your generous soul, loving heart, and your flaming self-respect.
All I need is to love and be loved by you, but a little chocolate won’t hurt too.
Right now I have an irresistible desire to kiss and hug you. You are my entire universe.

Romantic Short Quotes for Couples

It doesn’t matter how long you are together. Be sure to show your feelings toward each other. Try one of these short romantic quotes. Make them part of your everyday life or send these short romantic quotes to your loved one on Valentine’s day.

We loved with a love that was more than love.
We fight, we kiss, we hug, we text, we talk, we argue, we laugh, we smile, we laugh. That’s us.
You are my perfect soul mate who brings the very best out of me.
You are forever and always the hero of my heart, the love of my life.
Real love stories never have endings.
It’s so easy to fall in love but hard to find someone who will catch you.
Real love stories never have endings.
I love you with all my heart, soul and mind.
The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing.
You are my today and all of my tomorrows.
When I fall in love, it will be forever.
Real love never has happy endings. It has no ending at all.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. – William Shakespeare
Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
With you, I feel great in my own skin. With you, I can be myself. With you, I can be vulnerable. I love you.
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. – Robert Frost
Only love for you is everything that matters in this life.
I love thee to the depth my heart and my soul can ever reach.
Kindness in words creates confidence, the light of the soul in words creates love.
Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat. – Ben Hecht
Dark things became light thanks to your love.
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. – Mother Teresa
The very foundation of the human existence is to love and be loved.

Cute Little Love Quotes

Had a bit of a tiff? Need to make-up? Or just send your love? Try some of these ideas of cute short love quotes:

Your love is all I need to feel complete.
Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.
Love is a better master than duty.
What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.
Loving you is both my biggest weakness and greatest strength.
Being in love with you makes every morning worth getting up for.
Come live in my heart and pay no rent.
A good speech has a beginning, a middle and an end, the best example being, ‘I love you.’
I don’t want to live in a life that doesn’t have you in it.
The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.
You gave my life a whole new meaning. I will never let you go.
Walk with me through life…and I’ll have everything I’ll need for the journey.
It was love at first sight. You stole my heart once and for all.
I can’t fall asleep without you. I miss you, I miss your love, I miss life with you.
The entire universe conspired to help me find only one happiness in my life – you.
I will love forever the second half on my soul. I will make the whole world shine with happiness for you.
Love is the answer and you know that for sure. Love is a flower you got to let it grow. – John Lennon
Other words meanings are not important. Other people are not important. The whole life is meaningless to me without you.

Very Simple Love Quotes

These simple, but touching phrases, can melt hearts. Try some of these simple love quotes to make a special person happy.

‘Tis better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all.
Love is friendship set on fire.
True love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have.
Love develops through friendship.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Love is winning the war without starting the war.
I love you no matter what happens, no matter where we go and what we do. My love for you is unchanging and everlasting.
This is the meaning of true love, to give until it hurts.
I’ll never finish falling in love with you.
To live without loving is to not really live.
Love isn’t about the time you spend together. It’s about the memories you create.
I Love you with the breath, the smiles and the tears of all my life.
One word can change the whole life. This word is love.
I miss you, I miss our special bond, I miss love and life with you.
Love shines in my eyes when I look at you.
Only a glimpse of you made me fall for you. It happened in a single flashing throbbing moment.
My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep. The more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite. – William Shakespeare

Short Love Quotes for Him

If you can’t find the right words to express the strength of your feelings for your beloved, we’ve got you covered. Your guy will be touched when he gets one of these short phrases we collected for you, ladies. Speak them or send these very short love quotes for him from the heart to make a special person happy.

I got lost in him, and it’s the kind of lost that’s exactly like being found.
I can’t stop thinking about you, today… tomorrow… always.
And then my soul saw you and it kind of went, “Oh, there you are. I’ve been looking all over for you.”
I am very indecisive and always have trouble picking my favorite anything. But, without a doubt, you are my favorite everything.
I still fall in love with you every day!
Thank God someone threw me away so you could pick me up and love me.
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.
I just love hugging you. Having you within my arms makes everything possible.
If this is the only life I have to live, I want to spend the rest of it with you.
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.
I love you forever, I love you always, I love you until the end of time and our last breath.
You are the first and last thing on my mind each and every day.
It was love at first sight, at last sight. We were destined to be together.
All the ages in my life I want to spend with you.
Love for you brings peace into my soul and fills my heart with happiness.

New Short I Love You Phrases

You can say ‘I love you’ in so many ways. Here are some short quotes about love he or she will love to hear:

Loving you never was an option – it was necessity.
I love you every step of the way.
I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you are the world.
It is because of you, my angel, that I now understand all of those quotes about love.
When I wake up and see you lying next me, I can’t help but smile. It will be a good day simply because I started it with you.
In this crazy world, full of change and chaos, there is one thing of which I am certain, one thing which does not change: my love for you.
I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.
Being in love with you makes each day a brand new adventure.
I love you – those three words have my life in them.
I love you so much, I love you like the moon loves the Earth. You are my world.
I only want to love you twice in my lifetime. That’s now and forever.
You are my evening star, you are my greatest inspiration, you are my heart. I love you more than words can describe.
The sun shines upon the Earth and gives life to all humans, but your loving soul makes my life worth living.
We have been united in such fashion that today we cannot live without each other. We have become one.

Beautiful Small Love Quotes

There are lots of short love quotes that can mean the world to your special someone. Try some of these small love quotes:

If I know what love is, it is because of you.
I am forever grateful for the happiness and joy you have brought into my life.
When you smile at me you brighten up my day more than the sun ever could.
You are the source of my joy, the center of my world and the whole of my heart.
When I tell you I love you, I am not saying it out of habit, I am reminding you that you are my life.
I don’t need paradise because I found you. I don’t need dreams because I already have you.
You are the last thought in my mind before I drift off to sleep and the first thought when I wake up each morning.
You make my heart smile.
And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make.
I may not be your first date, kiss or love…but I want to be your last everything.
Love doesn’t make the world go ’round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
All of me loves all of you.
You made my dream to love and be loved come true.
I can’t understand how such grace, kindness, and endless love can be combined in a single soul.

Shortest Love Quotes for Her Ever

Short is good. Use some of these ultra-short love quotes for her to brighten her day. You’ll be glad you did.

You and me. Forever. Please?
All that you are is all that I’ll ever need.
I look over at you and see the sunshine.
I just want to be yours.
I want to be your favorite hello and your hardest goodbye.
Have I mentioned today how lucky I am to be in love with you?
I can never be close enough to you.
You are my happy place.
I love the day I met you.
Real love never asks a reason for loving.
It takes a second to say I love you, but a lifetime to show it.
Your soul spoke to mine the moment I looked into your eyes.
All the stars in the sky are shining for you, my beautiful lady.
One word frees me of all the dark things in my life. One word makes this ride worthwhile. One word makes me the happiest man in the world. This word is love.
Flowers cannot live without sunshine and man cannot exist without a soulmate.

Best Short Love U Quotes

Say ‘I love you’ out loud. Take one of these unique romantic words and take the short road to love.

My love for you is a journey starting at forever and ending at never.
I love you for all that you are, all that you have been, and all you’re yet to be.
I may not be your first love, first kiss, first sight, or first date but I just want to be your last everything.
If I did anything right in my life it was when I gave my heart to you.
My favorite place in the entire world is next to you.
I wish I could turn back the clock. I’d find you sooner and love you longer.
When I tell you I love you, I’m not saying it out of habit, I’m reminding you that you are my life.
You’re my favorite thing about everything. Love you.
I love it when I catch you looking at me. Love U!
Life is only worth living because you love me and I love u.
As my lungs cannot breathe without air, my heart cannot love without you.
Your voice is my favorite sound. I love you.
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. – Ingrid Bergman
You helped me cultivate self-love, love for others, and most importantly, compassion.

Short Sayings About Love

Got a complicated situation brewing? Untangle it with one of these short sayings about your love.

True love doesn’t have a happy ending. True love doesn’t have an ending.
Love fiercely. Because this all ends.
True love doesn’t mean being inseparable: it means being separated and nothing changes.
In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.
Love is not about how many days, weeks or months you’ve been together, it’s all about how much you love each other every day.
There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.
Time doesn’t matter love is forever.
I promise you to lay my heart in the palm of your hands. I promise you me.
Love is the gift that you have to give somebody if you want to get it in return.
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
Each kiss I give you is a piece of my soul. And I shall keep kissing you until all of me is absorbed into you.
We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. – Ingrid Bergman
You helped me cultivate self-love, love for others, and most importantly, compassion.

Best Love Quote Images

Check out these adorable images with short love captions for your loved one.