--- title: "11 Ideal Love Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Ideal Love quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Ideal Love sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/george-bernard-shaw-68_affair_the-ideal-love-affair-should-be-conducte_2018568.png" --- > [The ideal love affair should be conducted by post.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/the-ideal-love-affair-should-be-conducted-by-post/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/george-bernard-shaw-68_affair_the-ideal-love-affair-should-be-conducte_2018568.png) > [An ideal's love-fraught, imperious call That bides the spheres become articulate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-preston-peabody/an-ideal-s-love-fraught-imperious-call-that-bides-the-spheres-become/) [Josephine Preston Peabody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-preston-peabody/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/josephine-preston-peabody-6579_electricity_an-ideal-s-love-fraught-imperious-call-t_2840238.jpg) > [For love that is not requited in equal measure is not love at all; it is not sacred. And holding on to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-mcgowan/for-love-that-is-not-requited-in-equal-measure-is-not-love-at-all-it/) [Kathleen McGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-mcgowan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbd/kathleen-mcgowan-22129_equal_for-love-that-is-not-requited-in-equal-m_837373.jpg) > [Each of us, when our day's work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster à…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/each-of-us-when-our-day-s-work-is-done-must-seek-our-ideal-whether-it/) [O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/721/o-henry-3281_bookshelves_each-of-us-when-our-day-s-work-is-done-m_1086289.jpg) > [ “In the most common fantasy of ideal love, \[...\], a woman can only unleash her desire in the hands of a man… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-benjamin/in-the-most-common-fantasy-of-ideal-love-a-woman-can-only-unleash-her/) [Jessica Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-benjamin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/434/jessica-benjamin-70705_desire_in-the-most-common-fantasy-of-ideal-love_2891341.jpg) > [Of all the nonsense written about love, none is more absurd than the notion that ideal love is selfless. To love is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-branden/of-all-the-nonsense-written-about-love-none-is-more-absurd-than-the/) [Nathaniel Branden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-branden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/nathaniel-branden-2125_about_of-all-the-nonsense-written-about-love-n_1742773.png) > [How many times have you said, 'This is it. I've finally found my one true love'? And how many times has the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/how-many-times-have-you-said-this-is-it-i-ve-finally-found-my-one/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cd/anonymous-1_fairy-tale_how-many-times-have-you-said-this-is-it_780743.jpg) > [Ideal Love, stepped down to the level of the practical, day-to-day life, must mean the service of each to all within his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nilakanta-sri-ram/ideal-love-stepped-down-to-the-level-of-the-practical-day-to-day-life/) [Nilakanta Sri Ram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nilakanta-sri-ram/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/nilakanta-sri-ram-29301_consideration_ideal-love-stepped-down-to-the-level-of_1494563.jpg) > [Ideal love is fostered only between two sincere, mature and independent people. Real love is not two people clinging to each other;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daisaku-ikeda/ideal-love-is-fostered-only-between-two-sincere-mature-and/) [Daisaku Ikeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daisaku-ikeda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/daisaku-ikeda-1472_clinging_ideal-love-is-fostered-only-between-two_3160916.jpg) > [How many times have you said, 'This is it. I've finally found my one true love'? And how many times has the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/how-many-times-have-you-said-this-is-it-i-ve-finally-found-my-one-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/haruki-murakami-21_breakup_how-many-times-have-you-said-this-is-it_2633540.jpg) > [“As beautiful as you are my lady, You sick answers to why love is never by your side Your heart wonders around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molemo-sylence/as-beautiful-as-you-are-my-lady-you-sick-answers-to-why-love-is-never/) [Molemo.Sylence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molemo-sylence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/498/molemo-sylence-171618_good-man_as-beautiful-as-you-are-my-lady-you-sick_2169502.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ideal-love/#itemlist", "name": "Ideal Love Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The ideal love affair should be conducted by post.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Bernard Shaw" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/the-ideal-love-affair-should-be-conducted-by-post/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/george-bernard-shaw-68_affair_the-ideal-love-affair-should-be-conducte_2018568.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/george-bernard-shaw-68_affair_the-ideal-love-affair-should-be-conducte_2018568.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/george-bernard-shaw-68_affair_the-ideal-love-affair-should-be-conducte_2018568.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The ideal love affair should be conducted by post.” — George Bernard Shaw", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An ideal's love-fraught, imperious call That bides the spheres become articulate.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Josephine Preston Peabody" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-preston-peabody/an-ideal-s-love-fraught-imperious-call-that-bides-the-spheres-become/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/josephine-preston-peabody-6579_electricity_an-ideal-s-love-fraught-imperious-call-t_2840238.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/josephine-preston-peabody-6579_electricity_an-ideal-s-love-fraught-imperious-call-t_2840238.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/josephine-preston-peabody-6579_electricity_an-ideal-s-love-fraught-imperious-call-t_2840238.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“An ideal's love-fraught, imperious call That bides the spheres become articulate.” — Josephine Preston Peabody", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For love that is not requited in equal measure is not love at all; it is not sacred. 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Take a stand my lady, no rose ever dies without growing back again, You need no tears to fall for a man who sees less in you You need no sad feeling to crush that happy self, he’ll never be worth the joy in you Show him no sad emotions, you’re too strong to give in now. As a flower you bloomed gracefully and a beautiful lady rose up from that seed the Lord God planted As a pillar you balanced yourself against all negative forces of life and that was your strength As an ocean you cried your tears out but that never hindered the ocean from being full again As a beautiful picture frame you lit up the room and no soul will ever take that away from you. 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