Valentine's Day 2017
A couple poses for pictures with an art installation to celebrate Valentine's Day at the Times Square in New York on 10 February, 2017 Jewel Samad/Getty

Valentine's Day is celebrated around the world on 14 February and is a day used by couple to express their love for each other. The date is deeply rooted in history as the word itself is associated with early Christian martyrs. It is also associated with a Saint with the same name who, according to legends, was persecuted by the Roman Empire for helping those soldiers marry, who were forbidden from staring a family.

As of today, the day is synonymous with people pampering their partners and by expressing their love by giving gifts, sharing thoughtful messages and organising a special candle-lit dinner or going to a romantic restaurant.

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To celebrate the day of love, IBTimes UK has compiled a list of top quotes and messages to with loved ones.

Top ten love quotes

1. "If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love." – Maya Angelou

2. "Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else." – Nicholas Sparks

3. "The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along." – Rumi

4. "A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others." – Frank Morgan

5. "Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear. – John Lennon

6. "If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I." – Michel de Montaigne

7. "Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love." – William Shakespeare

8. "Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey." – Lord Byron

9. "They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything." – Bil Keane

10. "Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone, we find it with another." – Thomas Merton

Top 10 messages for loved ones:

1. Every time you hold my hand. I find another reason to fall in love with you..Love you always. Happy Valentine's Day.

2. I promise to be there when you need me, I promise to hug you tight when you're lonely, I promise to wipe your tears when they fall and I promise to keep you, not for the rest of my life but for the rest of yours.

3. In your arms I always want to stay and I want to be loved by you with every passing day

4. It does sounds funny, but yes, if a kiss could tell how much I love you, I will keep kissing you forever and ever". Happy Valentines Day

5. The most beautiful view on earth is the love that I share with you, I love you!

6. They say that we fall in love only once in our lifetime. I know that this is not true because every day, I fall for you over and over again. I love you.

7. Love is too weak a word for what I feel for you.

One life is too small a time to express how madly I am in love with you.

8. If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever." Wish You A Happy Valentines Day

9. Our love is like a romance movie, but the best part is that it never ends. Happy Valentine's day!

10. The first time you touched me, I knew I was born to be yours.