Because sometimes, we forget or the meaning is lost in the flurry of life.

Writing about love isn’t a new idea.

However, I think it’s vital to keep the truths about real love in front of us.

We forget.

We’re told that love is perfume, and we say we love everything from our spouse to our favorite beer.

To keep the true meaning at the forefront, I will use some uplifting quotes.

Return to them whenever you need to remember what love is truly meant to be.

Other times, when love has disappeared, we don’t know what it is or how to regain it.

Other times, when love has disappeared, we don’t know what it is or how to regain it.

Here are some tips!

Love is not finding someone to live with. It’s finding someone you can’t live without. Rafael Ortiz

The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. Nicholas Sparks

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Aristotle

Love is an endless act of forgiveness. Forgiveness is me giving up the right to hurt you for hurting me. Beyoncé

Love is finding someone you can’t live without.

Love awakens the soul, makes us reach for more, plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.

It is a single soul inhabiting two bodies and is an endless act of forgiveness.

When all is said and done, and against all odds, love is sufficient unto the day. Love is what your soul is made of, and for. Love is a piece of toast and a diamond. It is a sturdy, imperfect shelter, all around and deep inside, a lantern with warm bracing light, a magician. When life has lost its promise, or disappointed us one too many times, when it is hard to trust again or feel alive or curious again, love beckons us over and asks, “Got a minute?”
Anne Lamott — Somewhere — Thoughts on Love[1]

In case you you’re still wondering what love is, read these beautiful quotes.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13:4–7 NIV

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only with what you are expecting to give — which is everything. Katherine Hepburn

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses. Ann Landers

Love is one important thing that becomes the best thing when shared.

It is felt, experienced and lived before it is ever defined.

Thank you for reading, and God Bless!

Can you identify some areas where you can use these quotes to improve your relationships and love?

Use these quotes to help you remember what love is!

[1] Anne Lamott. Somehow — Thoughts on Love; page 9. © 2024 by Anne Lamott. Published in the United States of America by Random House Large Print in association with Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.