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“A love for the people, a love for country, and a love for justice. They form the basis for what the production is about using audio visual elements to stimulate imagination and explore history while moulding a new world.”
Thandiswa Mazwai (born 1976) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Award-winning artist Thandiswa Mazwai brings ‘A Letter To Azania’ to Cape Town,20 February 2023,By Bongeka Gumede
“Another important element of love is finding yourself, and that’s how you know what love is. When you become much more comfortable with you. A relationship you have with your child, with a significant other, or with a friend that helps you to grow into your own skin — that’s a huge part of love.”
Wendy Fitzwilliam (born 1943) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wendy Fitzwilliam: Soul behind the Symmetry,Mar 15, 2018,by Araxe Hajian
“Ah! some love Paris, And some, Purdue. But love is an archer with a low I.Q. A bold, bad bowman, and innocent of pity. So I'm in love with New York City.”
Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978) first seen 1953 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Kind of a Valentine", st. 9, in The New York Times Magazine (1 February 1953), sec. 6, pt. 2, p. 19
“Love is acceptance - my best times are spent with people I love and who love me”
Ashley Callie (1976–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love that is truly altruistic seeks no reward and is based on true faith directed towards God. The true practice of altruistic love lies in not seeking anything in return. Yokoshi kamikumite have been given the art of True Light, through which we are able to give the Light of God. This is truly a wonderful gift from God. The foundation of altruistic love lies in giving Light.”
Keishu Okada (1929–2016) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: January 2000. Quoted in Chang (2007), p. 94.
“Love without thinking: love is simple. Love will never make a mistake.”
John of Kronstadt (1829–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There from hys quiver full of shafts two arrowes did he take Of sundrie workes: t'one causeth Love, the tother doth it slake. That causeth love, is all of golde with point full sharpe and bright, That chaseth love is blunt, whose stele with leaden head is dight.”
Arthur Golding (1536–1606) said by 1606 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The ego will never fail to strangle the love out of one's heart if we allow it to take center stage in our relationships. Transferring our trust to our hearts from our egos is a painful process in learning HOW to love. BUT… through it all… when we finally get to the place where we can give and receive love in its most pure state… ego free… it is only ever… beauty.”
Jada Pinkett Smith (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But can one really kill “for love”? In all honesty, I don't think so. Or rather, one can kill for love, yes, but for the love of oneself.”
Roberta Bruzzone (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I love my students and I love this mission and I love the role that Huston-Tillotson University plays in Austin and in Austin's prosperity and in higher education.”
Colette Pierce Burnette (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I love you guys, but I can’t say I’m not happy to see you leave,”. “I love you for coming and I love you for leaving.”
Dorinda Medley (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well, the love that you got Is the love that I need. It's in the air of these hills And the blood that I bleed. And the love that you gave For the awful shape I'm in Led me through the day So I can find my hope again.”
Zach Bryan (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A love story is a story that I think almost anyone can relate to, a love story is universal and I think that allows audiences to really invest in the world we have created and pick up on the racial injustices and social injustices the characters face based on the colour of people’s skin. I think a love story gives people a way into that.”
Masali Baduza (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I come from a place of love, I am love and that made it easy for me to recognise love.”
Linda Mtoba (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think it’s how we show love. My love language is showering people with gifts. I also reciprocate feelings when someone shows me love”
Ayanda Gugulethu Thabethe (born 1999) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t understand people who don’t fight with their friends or the people they claim they love. I just don’t understand it; if you say you love somebody, love them fully and be there for them at every hour of their life.”
Warren Masemola (born 1983) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Warren Masemola: ‘Presley and I fought a lot’ as Tsotsi star is laid to rest in Pretoria The Citizen (7 June 2025)
“This Virginia Woolf quote lately resonates with me. I think that existence is worthy of great inquiry! How hard it is to love life and to speak to that love in a world that can silence and hurt. Yet, what a wonderful opportunity one lifetime offers for the exploration of love.”
Kirsty Cameron wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You gave love to love; you gave love to acting; you have been faithful to yourself. And now everything is showing up.”
Sabrina Impacciatore (born 1968) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: taken from an article by the New York Times, 1 September 2025
“‘If I leave this world, I’d like to remember the love. Not the love of one particular person, but the love I’ve received from so many people. That is what I’d choose to remember.’”
Iza Calzado (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love is a cage without which I could not live. The time when being called “the singer-songwriter of love” felt restrictive is over. We are no longer in the 1960s and 1970s, the era of red and black. Today, talking about love is like talking about politics.”
Biagio Antonacci (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I cannot say that I am a peaceful man; peace does not go hand in hand with the word love. Without torment, passion cannot take off. There is no such thing as polite love; the horse of love cannot be tamed.”
Biagio Antonacci (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love has a different meaning, not just in giving love. Sometimes, when you care for someone or when you make a sacrifice for someone. For me, that is also the definition of too much love.”
Jolina Magdangal (born 1978) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The real meaning of love according to Jolina Magdangal, Marvin Agustin, Mary Ann Bardinas 8 February 2025.
“I’m still very much open to it. But I’m not like I used to be, when I was young, when love was everything. You realize that love can inspire you, but it can also… you can get derailed, right, if you’re not happy in love.”
Pops Fernandez (born 1966) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pops Fernandez on love: Ready, but not in a hurry, The Philippine Star 29 June 2025.
“Love will make you or break you. Love can hurt you. It's almost impossible not to get hurt by love. You just have to choose what or who is worth the pain.”
Bea Alonzo (born 1987) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: . "Bea Alonzo: "Love will make you or break you". 22 May 2018.
“Feelings need privacy. Because when you reveal too much, you empty yourself. And then there is nothing left for yourself. Nothing to hold on to when evening falls and you need to rediscover that hard core that makes you unique, that reassures you. Love for life. Love for ourselves. Love for others. (chap. 12)”
Michela Marzano (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While romantic love is complicated, the love you feel for your children and grandchildren is a love made of serenity.”
Ornella Vanoni (1934–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of all man's inborn dispositions there is none more heroic than the love in him. Everything else accepts defeat and dies, but love will fight no-love every inch of the way.”
Laurens van der Post (1906–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(Q: I couldn't live without…) Love. It's more important than oxygen. I'm someone who believes that hearts don't beat voluntarily, they need a reason. If you lack self love or love for others you die.”
Melody Gardot (born 1985) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 13 Questions" (2008)
“In the state he’s in, my child, your love is of no use to him—the whole world might love him and to him it would be of no use. Alas, if only men could love not with half their heart but with the whole heart God has given us, then no one would deserve to die. But as you see, no one is immortal, and that is how the world goes around." (chapter 8)”
Simone Schwarz-Bart (born 1938) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My love for the child asleep in the crib, the child's need for me, for my vigilance, had made my life valuable in a way that even the most abundantly offered love, my parents', my brother's, even Tom's, had failed to do. Love was required of me now — to be given, not merely to be sought and returned.”
Alice McDermott (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No one in your life will ever love you as your mother does. There is no love as pure and strong as a mother's love.”
Tony Ezenna (born 1957) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Orange Drugs' Boss, Tony Ezenna, in Pensive Mood", ThisDay, 16 November 2025
“My love for you is deep, but even then, it's not always so. Sometimes my love for you is lukewarm at best. And sometimes I feel nothing for you. Nothing at all. I search inside myself for that hot, scalding love and it's not there anymore.”
Okwiri Oduor (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It will not be easy to bring the Gospel to the place where you are sent because of various difficulties, including language barriers. However, I ask you to love the people you meet with the love of the apostles. If you do your best to nurture mutual love, people will be moved to share their lives with you, and time will give you joy and gratitude.”
Timothy Yu Gyoung-chon (1962–2025) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cardinal Yeom to missionary priests: "Proclaim the Good News of God" (23 February 2019) Fides News Agency
“2015. I was a dancer, actually. I used to dance for gqom artists. Everything happened quickly. People fell in love with Babes– with my music, with my dance. I’m so in love with what I do. I’m not doing it for money. I’m doing it because I love it. It’s my passion.”
Babes Wodumo (born 1994) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m starting with paralegal work to see if I love it first. I have to love what I do. If I love it, I can take over the world. There was so much paperwork with the divorce, I had to use ChatGPT as my best friend to make sure I understood everything so I could navigate it properly. I didn’t want to feel like a victim. That mindset kept me strong throughout the process.”
Karlie Redd (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have always had love for film. I think my first love is actually making films. It’s not that I don’t like acting, but my first love is film-making.”
Memry Savanhu (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nollywood is the king of movies. Nollywood is big. It’s not that I don’t love Zimbabwe, we are trying. I am even supposed to shoot a movie there in September. What I have learnt here, I will love to take back and do some films with my Zimbabwean people. I will also love to teach one or two people about film-making.”
Memry Savanhu (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Can eye now behold Thee as truly Thou art? Can heart Thy love picture and smiles e’en in part? The heart that’s a slave to a love or a smile Can never be worthy to see thee awhile. Engrossed he that’s now with pleasure and pain Can he by these accidents live o’er again? Green pastures of love in their infinitude More fruits yield than care and than beatitude.”
Rumi (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Then love the saints; their love plant deeply in thy heart, The pure of mind alone deserve a pure love’s part, Court not despair; hope ever springs in human breast, Seek not the dark; the sun of light shines full confest.”
Rumi (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of rhymes do I dream? ’Tis my love orders me Of love still to dream; swain devoted to be, ‘Thyself make thou happy. Rhymes leave now alone The rhyme I seek thou art. I love thee my own. What’s rhyme that thou turnest thy thoughts thitherward, Mere bramble on wall, hedging round our vineyard, I care not for words, for asseverations, My time if I pass in these sweet delusions.’”
Rumi (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (misattributed) first seen 1787 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: True genius without heart is a thing of nought - for not great understanding alone, not intelligence alone, nor both together, make genius. Love! Love! Love! that is the soul of genius. - Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, en…
“We trust as we love, and we trust where we love; if you love Christ much surely you will trust Him much.”
Thomas Brooks (Puritan) (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well be-bop-a-lula, she's my baby Be-bop-a-lula, I don't mean maybe Be-bop-a-lula, she's my baby Be-bop-a-lula, I don't mean maybe Be-bop-a-lula, she's my baby love My baby love, my baby love.”
Gene Vincent (misattributed) first seen 1956 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Be-Bop-A-Lula" (1956); though Vincent composed the tune and sang the song, by his accounts, the lyrics to this were written by Donald Graves (the credit for which he sold to Bill "Sheriff Tex" Davis). · Town Hall Party …
“But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“In their first passion women love their lovers, in all the others they love love.”
Francis, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680) said by 1680 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“When you approach others in judgement they will be on the defensive. When you are able to approach them in a kindly, loving manner without judgement they will tend to judge themselves and be transformed.”
Peace Pilgrim (1908–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Truly, it is worth being poor and greatly tried in faith, for the sake of having day by day such precious proofs of the loving interest which our kind Father takes in every thing that concerns us.”
George Müller (1805–1898) said by 1898 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How loving is the Lord God and how strong withal!”
Richard Hovey (1864–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sleep, soldiers! still in honored rest Your truth and valor wearing: The bravest are the tenderest,— The loving are the daring.”
Bayard Taylor (1825–1878) first seen 1856 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Song of the Camp" (1856), in The Poetical Works of Bayard Taylor (1907), p. 86.
“Much like the French (or like ourselves, their apes), Who with strange habit do disguise their shapes; Who loving novels, full of affectation, Receive the manners of each other nation.”
Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590) said by 1590 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Du Bartas