--- title: "10 Sustain Love Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Sustain Love quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Sustain Love sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/namrata-shirodkar-10736_easy_it-s-easy-to-fall-in-love-but-it-s-a-lot_684950.jpg" --- > [It's easy to fall in love, but it's a lot harder to sustain love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namrata-shirodkar/it-s-easy-to-fall-in-love-but-it-s-a-lot-harder-to-sustain-love/) [Namrata Shirodkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namrata-shirodkar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/namrata-shirodkar-10736_easy_it-s-easy-to-fall-in-love-but-it-s-a-lot_684950.jpg) > [I sustain myself with the love of family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-sustain-myself-with-the-love-of-family/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/716/maya-angelou-104_cousin_i-sustain-myself-with-the-love-of-family_646079.png) > [“...the heart is a vessel not large enough to sustain love. Kneeling is the proper position for discovering love again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-burton-mains/the-heart-is-a-vessel-not-large-enough-to-sustain-love-kneeling-is/) [Karen Burton Mains](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-burton-mains/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/karen-burton-mains-47173_kneeling_the-heart-is-a-vessel-not-large-enough-t_3189220.jpg) > [To sustain love, a man and a woman must continually be marrying and divorcing, moving with, against, away from, and beyond each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-keen/to-sustain-love-a-man-and-a-woman-must-continually-be-marrying-and/) [Sam Keen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-keen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48a/sam-keen-4929_love_to-sustain-love-a-man-and-a-woman-must-c_34114.jpg) > [It just goes to show you, true love never dies. Love will always sustain. If your love it true, it will always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-just-goes-to-show-you-true-love-never-dies-love-will-always/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/anonymous-1_love_it-just-goes-to-show-you-true-love-never_910594.jpg) > [In any moment we can learn to let go of hatred and fear. We can rest in peace, love, and forgiveness. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/in-any-moment-we-can-learn-to-let-go-of-hatred-and-fear-we-can-rest/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e9/jack-kornfield-936_compassion_in-any-moment-we-can-learn-to-let-go-of_1244106.png) > [“When we allow the walls around our hearts to become rigid, and stay that way, we assign ourselves a slow death. Like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-r-anderson/when-we-allow-the-walls-around-our-hearts-to-become-rigid-and-stay/) [Jeffrey R. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-r-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/918/jeffrey-r-anderson-27339_alive_when-we-allow-the-walls-around-our-heart_2880608.jpg) > [We go to school and teachers teach us to read and write but nobody teaches us about the purposeful commitment and intentionality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cindy-wright/we-go-to-school-and-teachers-teach-us-to-read-and-write-but-nobody/) [Cindy Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cindy-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/cindy-wright-55515_commitment_we-go-to-school-and-teachers-teach-us-to_1516952.jpg) > [“There is a word I have always avoided in my writing, my life, my thoughts. That word is love. What does it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chloe-thurlow/there-is-a-word-i-have-always-avoided-in-my-writing-my-life-my/) [Chloe Thurlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chloe-thurlow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/121/chloe-thurlow-8642_adventure_there-is-a-word-i-have-always-avoided-in_3110450.jpg) > [It's very hard to sustain love, that's for sure. But the more you have your own life and your own self, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-delpy/it-s-very-hard-to-sustain-love-that-s-for-sure-but-the-more-you-have/) [Julie Delpy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-delpy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a75/julie-delpy-5079_desperate_it-s-very-hard-to-sustain-love-that-s-fo_2515664.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sustain-love/#itemlist", "name": "Sustain Love Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's easy to fall in love, but it's a lot harder to sustain love.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Namrata Shirodkar" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namrata-shirodkar/it-s-easy-to-fall-in-love-but-it-s-a-lot-harder-to-sustain-love/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/namrata-shirodkar-10736_easy_it-s-easy-to-fall-in-love-but-it-s-a-lot_684950.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/namrata-shirodkar-10736_easy_it-s-easy-to-fall-in-love-but-it-s-a-lot_684950.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/namrata-shirodkar-10736_easy_it-s-easy-to-fall-in-love-but-it-s-a-lot_684950.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's easy to fall in love, but it's a lot harder to sustain love.” — Namrata Shirodkar", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I sustain myself with the love of family.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maya Angelou" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-sustain-myself-with-the-love-of-family/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/716/maya-angelou-104_cousin_i-sustain-myself-with-the-love-of-family_646079.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/716/maya-angelou-104_cousin_i-sustain-myself-with-the-love-of-family_646079.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/716/maya-angelou-104_cousin_i-sustain-myself-with-the-love-of-family_646079.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I sustain myself with the love of family.” — Maya Angelou", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...the heart is a vessel not large enough to sustain love. 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That word is love. What does it mean? How do you deal with it? If you find it and lose it, how do you get over it? Love is something you feel and when you feel it you can’t trust it or define it. How can you sustain love for a long time? A short time? You may love your family, your friends. 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