A touching message from the heart is always a good way to let the special person in your life know how much they mean to you. While we can’t all be published writers who string words together for a living, sharing a few words of affirmations doesn’t have to be intimidating. In fact, the messages that mean the most can be simple or short – just as long as they’re heartfelt that’s all that matters.

If you’re feeling hesitant to become vulnerable and begin pouring out your feelings, just lean in to our curated list of the best love messages that are bound to bring a smile to your love’s face. You’ll find several flirty phrases and thoughtful expressions that will spark inspiration and help you to craft the perfect love letter or text. Several of them can also be sent as a loving good morning text or goodnight text too.

Share these with your one and only on their birthday, on your anniversary or on a random Wednesday, just because. No matter the occasion, these messages can help you say “I love you” in the most romantic way. Trust us, once they read these sentimental words they’ll instantly be reminded of why they fell in love with you in the first place.

Love messages for her

• Just thinking about you puts a smile on my face.
• I want to grow old with you.
• You are the most beautiful person, both inside and out. I am so lucky to have you as my girlfriend.
• You’re my true love and my soulmate.
• Your beauty, intelligence and kindness makes me fall in love with you more every single day! You are my everything.
• Sometimes it feels like I’m dreaming, but then I realise it’s all real. Thank you for being mine!
• I want to make you the happiest woman in the world.
• It only took one look to know you were going to be my wife. The rest is history.
• The more years go by, the more I learn new things to love about you. You are the most amazing woman.

Love messages for him

• You are my everything, and I am so grateful for your love and support.
• You are the sunshine in my life, and I love you more than words can express.
• You’re my strength, my protector and my hero. You’re the only man I want by my side.
• You make me feel like the most special woman on earth.
• You are everything I could want in a man.
• I would marry you all over again, just so you know.
• I love you. Whatever comes our way and whatever happens, we’re in this together.
• Marrying you has made me a better person. Thank you so much for that.
• I love you a little more every single day.
• You are my first and only love.
• I will forever be thankful to God for gifting me to you. You are not just my husband/lover; you are my best friend. I know I can always count on you. I love you so much.

Super romantic love messages

• To find love is to find joy, peace and happiness. All these have existed in my life ever since you became my partner.
• Loving you is the best thing I have ever done.
• There are no words I could use to describe the love we share. I’m so incredibly thankful for you.
• I’m so blessed to have you in my life. I will cherish you in my heart forever and always.
• I adore you.
• My love for you is indescribable.
• I had given up on love, but then you changed everything for me.
• You’re not an option. You’re my priority.
• I love you to infinity and beyond.
• You are the only person I want to come home to.
• You are one in a million.
• I am beyond lucky to have fallen in love with my best friend.
• When I see myself twenty years down the line, I see you sitting next to me.
• I love loving you.
• With each passing day I realise more and more how lucky I am to have you in my life.
• We drive each other crazy sometimes, but we always work it out.
• You changed my world the day I met you and I have never looked back since.
• You make me better.

Cute love messages

• Every moment I spend with you is my favourite.
• Being in love with you is the best feeling.
• I know no one is perfect, but you’re pretty close.
• All you have to do is show up to make my day so much better.
• You and I are the same kind of strange.
• From the moment we met, I knew you would be mine and I would be yours for the rest of our days.
• You’re the first person I want to tell when things go wrong and when they go right.
• Knowing that you love me as much as I love you is the best feeling in the world.
• I love that you see all of me and love me anyway.
• Thank you for letting me be myself.
• I want the kind of relationship where people look at us and say, I want what they have.
• I feel so lucky to love you the way that I do.
• I am yours, today and always.
• When I met you, everything made sense.
• I love that you are my biggest cheerleader.
• This is what they mean when they say, “meant to be.”

Love quotes

• “Love recognises no barriers. It jumps, hurdles, leaps, fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” —Maya Angelou
• “You are the music in me.” —Jamie Houston
• “My heart is and always will be yours.” —Jane Austen
• “In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.” —Maya Angelou
• “I remember who I am when I’m with you.” —Nicole Christie
• “I love you, not only for what you are but for what I am when I am with you.” —Roy Croft
• “I love you and that’s the beginning and end of everything.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald
• “You are, and always have been, my dream.” —Nicholas Sparks
• “When I saw you, I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.”—Arrigo Boito
• “When you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” —When Harry Met Sally
• “You had me at hello.”—Jerry Maguire
• “Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.” —Zora Neale Hurston
• “Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, now that’s a real treat.”—Joanne Woodward
• “I swear I couldn’t love you more than I do right now, and yet I know I will tomorrow” —Leo Christopher
• “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other “—Audrey Hepburn
• “You fill my heart with gladness, Take away all my sadness, Ease my trouble, that’s what you do” —“Have I Told You Lately” by Rod Stewart
• “When a man loves a woman, can’t keep his mind on nothing else” —“When A Man Loves A Woman” by Percy Sledge