80+ Best Black Love Quotes And Sayings

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These words show the power of true love and its potential to change lives.
Have you come across black love messages lately on the internet and wondered what it is? Some people misinterpret the word ‘love’ and think it includes affection of all types. However, black love is real, unconditional, flawless, unstoppable, and fulfilling. This love is filled with adoration, admiration, and passion. It creates an unbreakable bond between two people and drives it through a divine force. If you think you have experienced this magical feeling with your soulmate and want to share how it feels, you can use black love quotes and messages from our post.

80+ Best Black Love Quotes And Sayings

To love and to be loved is one of the greatest feelings ever. Have a look at some of the greatest black love quotes of all time.

1. “Unconditional love will have the final word in reality.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

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2. “The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We’re still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings.”– Halle Berry

3. “Being in love with someone will make you come out of your comfort zone. ”Zora Neale Hurston

4. “I am grateful to have been loved, and to be loved now and to be able to love. Because love liberates.”– Maya Angelou

5. “Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.” – James Baldwin

6. “Out of love, no regrets--though the goodness be wasted forever. Out of love, no regrets–though the return be never.” ― Langston Hughes

7. “We choose love. Our love for our children. Our commitment to leaving them a better world. Our love for our country … our love for our fellow citizens … that’s what we choose.”– Michelle Obama

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8. “I found god in myself  and I loved her- I loved her fiercely”– Ntozake Shange

9. “Paradise is one’s own place, one’s own people, one’s own world, knowing and known, perhaps even loving and loved.”– Octavia E. Butler

10. “Love is an endless act of forgiveness. Forgiveness is me giving up the right to hurt you for hurting me.”– Beyoncé

11. “To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients – care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open communication.”– Bell Hooks

12. “When you love and accept yourself when you know who really cares about you, and you learn from your mistakes, then you stop caring about what people who don’t know you think.”– Beyonce

13. “A man who isn’t willing to fight for love will always be alone.”– Malcolm X

14. “Love means accepting many faults and taking revenge out of your vocabulary. If you love someone, let go of the pain and move on with that person.”– Beyonce

15. “When we first met, I never felt something so strong. You were like my lover and my best friend all wrapped into one with a ribbon on it.”– Rihanna

16. “Love is so blind it feels right when it’s wrong.”– Beyonce

17. “Love sometimes means letting go of something that isn’t right for you. It’s important to walk away from toxic people and things going on in your life. Love gives you strength and courage.”– Lucille Clifton

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18. “Love can hurt, but it shouldn’t stop you from pursuing it. When you love someone, you shouldn’t regret it. The feeling is worth all of the pain you may endure from it.”– Langston Hughes

19. “Love is a feeling that’s similar to being on a tropical island. It makes you feel like you are safe and living in a peaceful world. Love will bring you peace and joy.”– Octavia E. Butler

20. “Finding love within yourself is truly an act of God. Love is about accepting everything about yourself.”– by Ntozake Shange

21. “Don’t ever think I fell for you or fell over you. I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.”– Toni Morrison

22. “Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.”– Nikki Giovanni

23. “The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.”– Zadie Smith

24. “To return to love, to get the love we always wanted but never had, to have the love we want but are not prepared to give, we seek romantic relationships. We believe these relationships, more than any other, will rescue and redeem us. True love does have the power to redeem but only if we are ready for redemption. Love saves us only if we want to be saved.”– Bell Hooks

25. “Paradise is one’s own place, One’s own people, One’s own world, Knowing and known, Perhaps even Loving and loved.” – Octavia Butler

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26. “Kindness eases change, Love quiets fear.”– Octavia Butler

27. “I found God in myself, and I loved her, I loved her fiercely.”– Ntozake Shange

28. “If we lose love and self-respect for each other, this is how we finally die.” – Maya Angelou

29. “No. Don’t never go looking for love girl. Just wait. It’ll come. Like the rain fallin’ from the heaven, it’ll come. Just don’t never give up on love.” – Sonia Sanchez

30. “I hope I’ll always believe in love. Even if love shames me and tries to destroy me, I hope I’ll want to start again.”– Warshan Shire

31. “Loving you was like going to war; I never came back the same.”– Warshan Shire

32. “We have all hurt someone tremendously, whether by intent or accident. We have all loved someone tremendously, whether by intent or accident. It is an intrinsic human trait, and a deep responsibility, I think, to be an organ and a blade. But, learning to forgive ourselves and others because we have not chosen wisely is what makes us most human. We make horrible mistakes. It’s how we learn. We breathe love. It’s how we learn. And it is inevitable.” – Nayyirah Waheed

33. “She asked, ‘You are in love. What does it look like?’, to which I replied ‘Like everything I’ve ever lost come back to me.’” – Nayyirah Waheed

34. “You must leave me now, but I feel good in my heart, we stayed together and in love; only death caused us to part.” – Margaret H. Oliver

35. “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”– Nelson Mandela

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36. “Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.” – Maya Angelou

37. “When you’re truly in love, you will never have anything to hide.”– Jay-Z

38. “Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.”– Maya Angelou

39. “There are people in the world who will love you and people in the world who will hurt you, and there are people in the world who will do both. When it’s over and it’s gone, you almost wish that you could have all that bad stuff back so you can have the good.”– Rihanna

40. “If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.” – Maya Angelou

41. “I love you more than all the words in all the books in all the world.” – James Earl Jones

42. “Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.” – Stokely Carmichael

43. “When you find someone who loves you for who you are, flaws and all, hold on to them and never let them go.” – Niobia Bryant

44. “Together we glow brighter than the sun and moon combined, we are love.” – Sanjo Jendayi

45. “Black love is black wealth.” – Nikki Giovanni

46. “Love is something that you can’t describe, but when you feel it, you know it. It’s a bond that cannot be broken, a connection that cannot be severed.” – Taraji P Henson

47. “Love is the foundation that all relationships are built upon. Without it, there can be no trust, no understanding, no happiness.” – Brittainy C. Cherry

48. “I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.” – Zora Neale Hurston

49. “Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself.” – Oprah Winfrey

50. “I have learned not to worry about love, but to honor its coming with all my heart.” – Alice Walker

51. “If you are out there and you want to attract somebody, fall in love with yourself.” – Tina Lawson

52. “Don’t be scared. Just remember that I belong to you. Just remember that I wouldn’t hurt you for anything in this world. You’re just going to have to get used to me. And we got all the time in the world. Hold on to me.” – Alonzo ‘Fonny’ Hunt

53. “Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.” – Zora Neal Hurston

55. 4em>“I need to see my own beauty and to continue to be reminded that I am enough, that I am worthy of love without effort, that I am beautiful, that the texture of my hair and that the shape of my curves, the size of my lips, the color of my skin, and the feelings that I have are all worthy and okay.” – Tracee Ellis Ross

55. “I think the thing about love is that even though the things around us change, we as human beings, a lot of the ways we interact, and the ways we love each other is timeless. It requires trust, honesty, commitment, romance, and physical chemistry.” – John Legend

56. “I pray that someone will love you enough to see you when you are not well, to see when you need true support, to see you when you need compassion, to see you when you need kindness. I pray that somebody loves you enough to sacrifice their life for you. I pray that type of love finds you so that you can understand why I don’t want my husband to put his life on the line anymore, wearing a bulletproof vest if he doesn’t have to and if it’s not his desire.” – Tabitha Brown

57. “You must learn to love only that which cannot be stolen.” – Alice Walker

58. “There is one irrefutable law of the universe: We are each responsible for our own life. If you’re holding anyone else accountable for your happiness, you’re wasting your time. You must be fearless enough to give yourself the love you didn’t receive.” – Oprah Winfrey

59. “Black love is a source of joy, healing, and hope.” – Angela Davis

60. “Love always begins with you. If you can’t find someone you love, you always have you.” – Kendrick Lamar

61. “If I love you, I show you I love you every day. Little things, big things.” – Dwayne Johnson

62. “I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love.” – Nelson Mandela

63. “When you put love out in the world it travels, and it can touch people and reach people in ways that we never even expected.” – Laverne Cox

64. “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” – Maya Angelou

65. “Once we recognize what it is we are feeling, once we recognize we can feel deeply, love deeply, can feel joy, then we will demand that all parts of our lives produce that kind of joy.” – Audre Lorde

66. “You’ve got to learn to leave the table when love’s no longer being served.” – Nina Simone

67. “Yes, I do have a big ego … and I am in love with myself … Because if you don’t love yourself how can anybody love you back?” – Mel B

68. “We’ve been married now twenty years, and like every marriage you have your ups and you have your downs, but if you work through the tough times, the respect and love that you feel deepens.” – Barack Obama

69. “I think love is simple. It’s trying to get to it or walking away from it that complicates things. Love, at its center, is peace. Like the eye of a storm. Chaos may happen around love, but never in it.” – Stalina Goodwin

70. “Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.” – Maya Angelou

71. “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is to love and be loved in return.” – Nat King Cole

72. “Love is not a one-way street, it’s a two-way highway. It’s about giving as much as you receive, and always putting your partner’s needs before your own.” – Brittainy C. Cherry

73. “In the flush of love’s light, we dare be brave. And suddenly we see that love costs all we are, and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.” – Maya Angelou

74. “Our hearts connect with lots of folks in a lifetime but most of us will go to our graves with no experience of true love.” – Bell Hooks

75. “Love is disposition, behaviour, attitude, thoughts, likes, dislikes – these things make a beautiful woman, a beautiful wife. This is the beauty that never fades.” – Malcolm X

76. “Oh, my darling, it’s incredible, that someone so unforgettable should think I am unforgettable, too.” – Nat King Cole

77. “I’m a human being and I fall in love and sometimes I don’t have control of every situation.” – Beyoncé

78. “The chance to love and be loved exists no matter who or where you are.” – Oprah Winfrey

79. “When other people parted, we clung to each other fast. We knew our love was special. We struggled to make it last.” – Margaret H. Oliver

80. “What you’re willing to sacrifice is the measurement of how you love – at least it is for me.” – Jada Pinkett Smith

81. “We all want to be in love and find that person who is going to love us no matter how our feet smell, no matter how angry we get one day, no matter the things we say that we don’t mean.” – Will Smith

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