A return to dating, especially after a long absence, can stir up lots of emotion. So, to lighten the mood a bit and let you know you’re not alone, I decided to compile a few quotes about dating from authors around the world.
First, a few general dating quotes that are somewhat thoughtful without being too cliché (hopefully.) Then on to some lighter quotes:
Quotes About Dating Apps and Online Dating
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Quotes About Dating
It’s not about finding fun things to do. It’s about finding someone in whose company, it’s all fun. ― Robert Brault
A partner is someone who makes you more than you are, simply by being by your side. ― Albert Kim
Sooner or later we realize that we will only be offered imperfect people to love. ― Dr. SunWolf
Cling tight to the hearts that will not let you fall. ― Emily Dickinson
An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ― Portuguese proverb
It’s a life-long battle, perhaps worth fighting, to try to love someone through the chinks in their armor. ― Robert Brault
A heart that loves is always young. ― Greek proverb
One of the best times for figuring out who you are & what you really want out of life? Right after a break-up. ― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass
If you have to convince someone to stay with you then they have already left. ― Shannon L. Alder
The time you are most prepared for dating is when you don’t need anyone to complete you, fulfill you, or instill in you a sense of worth or purpose. ― Myles Munroe, Waiting and Dating: A Sensible Guide to a Fulfilling Love Relationship
Use the darkness of your past to propel you to a brighter future. ― Donata Joseph
Find yourself first, and be surprised at how quickly and logically “the” one just appears in front of you. ― Yasmina Diallo, From Catwalk To Freedom
Don’t let the fear of being alone or the fear of not finding someone make you settle for less than what you deserve. ― Carrie Hope Fletcher
If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life. ― Cher
Funny Online Dating Quotes
Love is an ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses. ― Lord Dewar
Love is blind but the neighbors are not. ― Spanish proverb
If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? ― Author unknown
I don’t understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine’s Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon. ― Author unknown
Maybe our girlfriends are our soulmates and guys are just people to have fun with. ― Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City character
Just because you’re in the market for a minivan doesn’t mean you can’t test drive a hotrod. ― Inez Kelley, Sweet as Sin
I’m still learning how to express myself on the platform but the digital distance and the human values that i learned in my pre-smartphone education don’t seem to match together very well sometimes. ― Alain Bremond-Torrent
Dating Quotes for Her
God grant me the courage to date the men who aren’t idiots, the serenity to accept the fact that many men are idiots, and the wisdom to know the difference. ― Kristan Higgins, Until There Was You
A good place to meet a man is at the dry cleaner. These men usually have jobs and bathe. ― Rita Rudner
A lot of men tend to want “models.” I tell men, unless they look like a model themselves, they can’t expect to land one. ― Trisha Ventker, Internet Dates From Hell
Every rose has its thorn, but that doesn’t mean you have to put up with a ton of pricks. ― Kelly Rossi, Dating the Wrong Men
Men date younger women all the time and get a pat on the back. Why does dating a younger guy automatically make me a cougar? ― Christina Lauren, My Favorite Half-Night Stand
Don’t leave a piece of jewelry at his house so you can go back and get it later; he may be with his real girlfriend. ― Amy Sedaris, I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
Men don’t realize that if we’re sleeping with them on the first date, we’re probably not interested in seeing them again either. ― Chelsea Handler
Chances are, whatever he’s calling his ex right now, he’ll be calling you when things don’t go his way. Be warned. ― Miya Yamanouchi, Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
Dating Quotes for Him
The world seems full of men who are initially infatuated by our eccentricities, but who ultimately expect them to be temporary. ― Christina Lauren, Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating
What’s the point of changing who you are in order to impress a woman, when your intention is to return to who you were, a person she was never attracted to in the first place? ― Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
New Rule: You’re never going to pick up women at a coffee shop pretending to be working on your laptop. You don’t look like you’re sensitive, you look like you’re homeless. The last guy to pick up a chick with an Apple was Adam. And when you sit across from another dateless loser with a laptop, it still doesn’t look like you’re working–it looks like you’re playing Battleship. ― Bill Maher
You are always responsible for how you act, no matter how you feel. ― Robert Tew
Quotes About Dating Apps and Online Dating
Nothing good ever came from right-swiping on a guy holding a fish on a dating app. ― Ana Huang
What organized dating sites fail to understand is that the people are far more interesting in what they don’t say about themselves. ― Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Dating is basically this weird thing where you go out and pretend to be someone you’re not until the other person likes you enough that you can eventually reveal who you really are. ― Kevin Molesworth, The Rudman Conjecture on Quantum Entanglement
All these dating apps make young people think there’s something better out there, but when you find the person you love you should stick to them like toffee on a candy apple. ― Anita Hughes, Christmas in Vermont
The age-old refrain of the dating app provider. “Here be crazies. Do not blame the management.” ― Renae Jones, Oakland Arcana: Awakening
Be sure to check out our list of dating resources for singles over 60.
Some of the relationship and dating quotes above are from the folks at Quotegarden.com