20 relationship quotes to inspire love and intimacy

Your love relationship is the most important relationship you will ever have. Within this relationship, you can heal past wounds, comfortably be your true self, and stretch yourself without fear of failure or judgment. It takes effort to maintain your relationship in order to keep it healthy and happy. You have to tend to it as you would a prized garden.

If you need some inspiration, here are 20 relationship quotes to stoke your intimacy and love:

1. “The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands.” – Alexandra Penney

2. “Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.” -William Paul Young

3. “To grow in our ability to love ourselves we need to receive love as well.” -John Gray

4. “The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.” -Ernest Hemingway

5. “Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.” -Theodore Roosevelt

6. “Shared joy is a double joy, shared sorrow is half a sorrow.” -Swedish Proverb

7. “When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.” -Donald Miller

8. “Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.” -Wayne Dyer

9. “No road is long with good company.” -Turkish Proverb
10. “When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.” -Jess C. Scott

11. “There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

12. “Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.” – Nelson Mandela

13. “The first duty of love is to listen.” -Paul Tillich

14. “What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.” -George Eliot

15. “Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.” -J.K. Rowling

16. “I have learned not to worry about love, but to honor its coming with all my heart.” -Alice Walker

17. “A healthy relationship will never require you to sacrifice your friends, your dreams, or your dignity.” -Mandy Hale

18. “Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.” – Emily Kimbrough

19. “There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.” -Bryant H. McGil

20. “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