Best Love Quotes

Ever wondered what to write on a Valentines Day card? Look no further because I have gathered together some of the most inspirational love quotes.

“Even logical positivists are capable of love”

~ A.J. Ayer

“Eternity is love with the production of time”

~ William Blake

“Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, 

but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair”

~ William Blake

"Take away love, and our earth is a tomb"
~ Robert Browning

“The falling out of lovers is the renewing of love”

~ Robert Burton

“A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge”
~ Thomas Carlyle

“Love is wiser than ambition”

~ Barry Cornwall

“To love abundantly is to live abundantly, 
and to love forever is to live forever”
~ Henry Drummond

"Life has taught us that love 
does not consist in gazing at each other, 

but in looking outward together in the same direction"
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“Love knows no mean or measure”

~ Phineas Fletcher

“Love’s sooner felt than seen”

~ Phineas Fletcher

“Love is a game that two can play and both win”
~Eva Gabor

“Love is a circle that doth restless move, 
in the same sweet eternity of love”

~ Robert Herrick

“If I know what love is, it is because of you"
~ Herman Hesse

 “Love and a red rose can’t be hid”

~ Thomas Holcroft

“Life is the flower for which love is the honey”
~ Victor Hugo

“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, 

but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly"
~ Sam Keen

“Affection is responsible for nine-tenths 

of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives”
~ C. S. Lewis

“In true love the smallest distance is too great, 
and the greatest distance can be bridged"
~ Hans Nouwens

“Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. 
I'd stepped in it a few times”
~ Rita Rudner

“The course of true love never did run smooth”

~ William Shakespeare

“O! How this spring of love resembleth 
the uncertain glory of an April day. 
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun. 
And by a cloud takes all away”

~ William Shakespeare

“And all for love and nothing for reward”

~ Edmund Spencer

“A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love”
~ Stendhal

“Love is love forevermore”

~ Tennyson

"Love is friendship set on fire"
~ Jeremy Taylor

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, 

while loving someone deeply gives you courage”
~ Lao Tzu

“I love you not because of who you are, 

but because of who I am when I am with you"
~ Unknown

“His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love”

~ William Wordsworth

References:

http://www.brainyquote.com

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. (1981)

Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (2004)

A Dictionary of Quotations

To blog or not to blog.

There seems to be an infinite number of blogs out there; people blogging for a variety of reasons, topics and issues. Some people are viewed as brave, when they blog their journey through serious illness, or when they lost a child. Others share their excitement on the run up to getting married, or when travelling the world. Some people seem to blog about everyday family life, share photos and explain their tastes in things. It seems that there are as many motivating factors as there are blogs.

It is a shame, when some time later, you want to look at a blog and it’s no longer there. Perhaps the author got into hot water and somebody took exception to the content, and they had to take it down. Other people loose heart, or circumstances change and they stop blogging, but the blog is still there. I prefer the latter option, because generally there is a newer blog that they use instead, or have transferred to a proper website.
I often notice people apologizing for not blogging for a while. They feel guilty about being busy in work, or being ill. Perhaps others simply didn’t think they had anything to say, but to admit that, they think it would make them sound boring.

After all, don’t we all get busy, caught up in everyday life? You think everyday routines don’t necessarily warrant a blog post and think that people wouldn’t be interested in what you have to say.

I will stay away from controversial issues, and refrain from describing scandal in my own life. My blogging issues will be personal, but on a general level that I hope you will relate to. Having said that, I am sure everybody only writes about things they want others to know. Even celebrities, who write an autobiography, must hold something back; keep certain memories to themselves, for privacy.

Last time I blogged after sitting in a café, waiting for my car to be fixed. Next to somebody travelling the world, that is a dull everyday task, but I found inspiration that day and a reason to blog about how observant you are.

I find one thing can lead to another: an idea to read another book, all because it was mentioned in your current book. Certainly the more music you listen to, the more you want to listen to. There are always authors who have written other books, actors who have stared in other movies.

I see such issues important to self development, in terms of actually getting around to reading new books, or hearing new music. This means actually taking the time to fully appreciate somebody’s work and not just reading one book of theirs. Perhaps this is when you see the influence or inspiration they have for you.

Indeed learning more about where I live, looking at everyday landmarks in a different way is something I want to do. I know certain places nearby have been immortalised in art or film. I think these aspects are worthy of a blog post and more importantly getting around to investigating. Perhaps some interesting observations can be made in the middle of town, places you pass every day; the everyday things that can also inspire you at a time when you don’t know what to blog about. I am sure this is when true creativity and ideas occur, when somebody takes a step back from their everyday task and looks at their surroundings in a different way.

Taking all this into account, there must always be something to blog about then!