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Best Unconditional Love Quotes

February 10, 2012 By Deb Chitwood 24 Comments

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Love quotes are appropriate not only in February but at any time. Rather than focusing on romantic love, I want to share unconditional love quotes … what the best romantic love (or any type of love) is about anyway.

Best Unconditional Love Quotes

Here are my favorite unconditional love quotes (with the exception of quotes from the world’s holy books):

“Unconditional love is the greatest gift of all.” Sylvia Massara, The Soul Bearers

“The only love worthy of a name is unconditional.” John Powell

 “The only way love can last a lifetime is if it’s unconditional. The truth is this: love is not determined by the one being loved but rather by the one choosing to love.” Stephen Kendrick, The Love Dare

“Unconditional love, agape love, will not be swayed by time or circumstances.” Stephen Kendrick, The Love Dare

“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” Thomas Merton

“Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another’s personhood.” Karen Casey

“This fire that we call Loving is too strong for human minds. But just right for human souls.” Aberjhani, Elemental: The Power of Illuminated Love

 “Accept the children the way we accept trees—with gratitude, because they are a blessing—but do not have expectations or desires. You don’t expect trees to change, you love them as they are.” Isabel Allende

“Love… What is love? Love is to love someone for who they are, who they were, and who they will be.” Chris Moore

“The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.” Brian Tracy

“Intense love does not measure, it just gives.” Mother Teresa

“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

 “To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.” Oscar Wilde

“Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.” Leo Buscaglia

“You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.” Amy Carmichael.

“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.” Mother Teresa

 “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, above all, the gift of oneself.” Jean Anouilh

“Love is the doorway through which the human soul passes from selfishness to service.” Unknown.

 “He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Do all things with love.” Og Mandino

“Love creates an ‘us’ without destroying a ‘me.’” Unknown.

 “Where there is great love there are always miracles.” Willa Cather.

“All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.” Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy.

“Where there is love there is life.” Mahatma Gandhi.

“Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.” St. Augustine.

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” Helen Keller.

“Once you have learned to love, you will have learned to live.” Unknown.

 “Love is its own reward.” Thomas Merton.

“A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love.” Mother Teresa.

“The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.” Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

 “Love is life…and if you miss love, you miss life.” Leo Buscaglia.

“All you need is love.” The Beatles

What is your favorite unconditional love quote?

~The heart is unconditional love~ when we feel this love - we know - we are all ONE

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  1. Janet Callaway says

    February 10, 2012 at 12:19 pm

    Some great, great quotes, Deb. Thanks so much for sharing.

    Enjoy a magnificent weekend. Aloha. Janet

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    • Deb says

      February 12, 2012 at 5:27 pm

      Thanks such much for your kind comment, Janet! I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend, too! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Creative and Curious Kids! says

    February 10, 2012 at 8:54 pm

    beautiful!! Stopping over from Mom Loop. Hope you have a great weekend.

    Jen 🙂

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    • Deb says

      February 12, 2012 at 5:29 pm

      Thanks for visiting and for your kind words, Jen! I hope your weekend has been great, too! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Omily says

    February 16, 2012 at 3:24 am

    “You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.” Amy Carmichael.
    My favorite one 🙂 But all the others were also great, of course 🙂

    Reply
    • Deb says

      February 20, 2012 at 8:54 pm

      Thanks, Omily … I love that quote, too! Have a great week! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Nikki says

    February 16, 2012 at 12:21 pm

    “Intense love does not measure, it just gives.” Mother Teresa
    That is my favorite one. so thrilled you shared it! thank you!

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    • Deb says

      February 20, 2012 at 8:56 pm

      Thanks, Nikki! I LOVE Mother Teresa quotes. I’ve probably used quotes from her more than anyone else (except Maria Montessori in my Living Montessori Now blog)! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Juliya says

    April 3, 2012 at 9:57 am

    Love me or hate me I am still gonna shine-lelin

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    • Deb says

      April 7, 2012 at 6:48 am

      Thanks for your comment, Juliya! That is a good quote! 🙂

      Reply
  6. linda zenson says

    June 30, 2012 at 10:04 am

    Mahatma gandhi, as i know he was a great politician, and now, I know he was very lovely man……I love mahatma gandhi’s quotes….

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  7. linda jason says

    July 10, 2012 at 11:47 pm

    ” Mother Teresa is my favorite one. so thrilled you shared it! thank you!

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  8. riosgang007 says

    July 12, 2012 at 3:33 am

    “The only way love can last a lifetime is if it’s unconditional. The truth is this: love is not determined by the one being loved but rather by the one choosing to love.”
    it’s just awesome and it’s my favorite too.Really nice collection.And also the image up their was also so cute.Thanks a lot for such a nice post.

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  9. Jessi says

    July 22, 2012 at 9:53 am

    Awesome collection mate.Love this quote “Intense love does not measure, it just gives.” Mother Teresa.

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  10. Linda Zenson says

    September 7, 2012 at 9:13 pm

    Awesome collection mate.Love this quote “Intense love does not measure, it just gives.” Mother Teresa.

    Reply
  11. Sandy says

    December 2, 2013 at 7:19 pm

    My top pick —> “Love is life…and if you miss love, you miss life.” Leo Buscaglia. Great quotes! Please do share more. Thanks!

    Reply
  12. Beth ( says

    January 16, 2014 at 4:51 am

    This is wonderful! I need to hold to this. Thank you for sharing. Stopping by from Lyli’s today.
    Blessings,
    Beth

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  13. Lyli says

    January 16, 2014 at 8:28 pm

    What a lovely collection! Thanks for sharing it with Thought-Provoking Thursday today. The Willa Cather quote was my personal favorite. 🙂

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  14. Lorraine says

    January 28, 2016 at 7:56 pm

    My two favourites are the ones by Thomas Merton and Mother Teresa.

    Thanks for the list! Great for wedding cards!
    🙂

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  16. bhooms says

    December 20, 2016 at 6:43 am

    Really a great quotes!! I love this very much. Thanks for the sheARING..

    Reply
  17. David Cody says

    February 24, 2017 at 8:43 am

    Hey Deb, It’s good to see your website! You have some excellent quotes! It seems you really have a heart for encouraging others, and I love that! God bless you, and keep up the good work!

    Reply
  18. sony says

    March 16, 2017 at 1:44 am

    hello, sir i have gone through to all your posts. They all are good, and they all are useful for us. I check your site regularly. We hope that you will provide better and more stuff with us in future. Thank you.

    Reply
  19. Victor Ambrose says

    February 14, 2018 at 1:37 am

    Such great quotes, they are all really good thanks for this post.

    Reply

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