A Valentine's Day card doesn't need to be poetic. A few honest lines about why you love someone will mean more than any verse. Valentine's Day 2027 is Sunday, February 14.
Below are Valentine's Day messages for your wife, girlfriend, husband or boyfriend, for friends, family and kids, Galentine's Day messages, short Valentines, and love quotes.
Article contents
- How to Write a Valentine's Day Card
- Valentine's Day Messages for Your Wife or Girlfriend
- Valentine's Day Messages for Your Husband or Boyfriend
- Valentine's Day Messages for Friends
- Valentine's Day Messages for Family and Kids
- Galentine's Day Messages
- Short Valentine's Day Messages
- Valentine's Day Love Quotes
- Funny Valentine's Day and Love Quotes
- Romantic Movie Quotes
- Frequently Asked Questions
How to Write a Valentine's Day Card
- Start with their name or a pet name.
- Name one thing you love about them. Be specific.
- Share a memory or a plan.
- Sign off with love.
Example: "Happy Valentine's Day, Sam. I love the way you make pancakes every Saturday, even when you burn the first one. I can't wait for our trip in April. All my love, Jess"
Valentine's Day Messages for Your Wife or Girlfriend
- Happy Valentine's Day to the woman I still can't stop looking at.
- I love you more than I did last year, and I didn't think that was possible.
- Every day with you feels like a gift. Happy Valentine's Day.
- You are my favorite person to come home to. I love you.
- Happy Valentine's Day. Thank you for putting up with my bad jokes and loving me anyway.
- Still crazy about you. Happy Valentine's Day.
- Happy Valentine's Day to my wife, my partner and my best friend.
- You make ordinary nights feel special. Be my Valentine?
Valentine's Day Messages for Your Husband or Boyfriend
- Happy Valentine's Day to the man who holds my hand in every crowd.
- You're my favorite adventure. Happy Valentine's Day.
- Thank you for loving me the way you do. Happy Valentine's Day.
- Happy Valentine's Day, handsome. Dinner is on me this year.
- You make me laugh every day, and I love you for it.
- Happy Valentine's Day to my husband. I'd choose you all over again.
- Life with you is my favorite love story.
- I love you more than coffee, and that's saying a lot.
Valentine's Day Messages for Friends
- Happy Valentine's Day to my favorite friend.
- Friends like you make every day feel like a holiday. Happy Valentine's Day.
- Sending love to you on Valentine's Day. So grateful for our friendship.
- Happy Valentine's Day! Let's plan a chocolate and movie night soon.
- You are one of the great loves of my life, friend.
Valentine's Day Messages for Family and Kids
- Happy Valentine's Day to my sweet boy. I love you to the moon and back.
- Happy Valentine's Day to our daughter, who fills our house with love.
- Happy Valentine's Day, Mom. You were my first Valentine.
- Happy Valentine's Day to the best sister. Love you always.
- Happy Valentine's Day, Grandpa! Thank you for all the hugs.
- Happy Valentine's Day to my favorite little Valentine.
Galentine's Day Messages
Galentine's Day, on February 13, celebrates female friendship.
- Happy Galentine's Day to the best friend a girl could have.
- Here's to us, our group chat and many more brunches.
- Happy Galentine's Day! Thanks for always being my plus-one.
- You're my favorite. Happy Galentine's Day.
Short Valentine's Day Messages
For a card, a lunchbox note or a class Valentine.
- Be mine.
- You're my Valentine.
- XOXO
- Love you lots.
- Happy Heart Day!
- You make my heart happy.
Valentine's Day Love Quotes
Classic love quotes from poets and writers. Write one at the top of the card and your own message below it.
- "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, Hamlet)
- "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind." (William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream)
- "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
- "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." (Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights)
- "You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." (Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice)
- "Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be." (Robert Browning)
- "We loved with a love that was more than love." (Edgar Allan Poe)
- "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." (Aristotle)
- "Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one." (Friedrich Halm)
Funny Valentine's Day and Love Quotes
A funny quote keeps the card light and gets a laugh.
- "Without Valentine's Day, February would be... well, January." (Jim Gaffigan)
- "It wasn't love at first sight. It took a full five minutes." (Lucille Ball)
- "Love is sharing your popcorn." (Charles Schulz)
- "All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt." (Charles Schulz)
- "Love is blind; marriage is the eye-opener." (Pauline Thomason)
- "Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell." (Joan Crawford)
Romantic Movie Quotes
A favorite line from a movie you watched together is a sweet way to open a card.
- "I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day." (The Notebook, 2004)
- "You make me want to be a better man." (As Good as It Gets, 1997)
- "You complete me." (Jerry Maguire, 1996)
- "To me, you are perfect." (Love Actually, 2003)
- "They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true." (Big Fish, 2003)
- "This kind of certainty comes but just once in a lifetime." (The Bridges of Madison County, 1995)
- "When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." (When Harry Met Sally, 1989)
Frequently Asked Questions
What do you write in a Valentine's Day card?
Say one specific thing you love about them, share a memory or a plan, and sign off with love. Three sentences is plenty.
What do you write in a Valentine's card for a friend?
Keep it warm and fun: "Happy Valentine's Day to my favorite friend" or "Friends like you make every day feel like a holiday."
When is Valentine's Day 2027?
Valentine's Day is Sunday, February 14, 2027. Galentine's Day is the day before.
For more, see our anniversary wishes and birthday wishes for your wife, or use the Message Finder. Our Watercolor Flowers and Boho Rainbow sets are blank inside, so any of these messages will fit.
