These Happy Valentine's Day wishes and messages will perfectly capture the love you have for all the special people in your life
100 Happy Valentine’s Day Wishes and Messages for Everyone You Love
Updated on Jan. 02, 2025
Looking for the perfect way to say “I love you” this Valentine’s Day? One of the sweetest gestures is gifting a heartfelt card filled with thoughtful Happy Valentine’s Day wishes. But what should you write in your V-Day card to make your Valentine’s Day message truly special? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered!
Our collection of Valentine’s Day messages is packed with romantic, sweet and playful ideas for everyone in your life—your partner, best friends, kids or even your favorite movie buff. You’ll even find a sprinkle of iconic romantic movie quotes for Valentine’s Day to inspire you.
So dive into our list of Valentine’s Day wishes to find the perfect words to make your card—and your gift—unforgettable!
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Happy Valentine’s Day messages for everyone
1. I don’t need Valentine’s Day to say how much I care about you.
2. You’re sweeter than any heart-shaped box of chocolates.
3. You have an amazing heart. But you already know that.
4. I was just thinking about the people who matter to me this Valentine’s Day, and you popped into my head.
5. I hope your day is full of love.
6. Thanks for coming into my life and making it special.
7. May this Valentine’s Day bring all the love your heart can hold.
8. Sending my warm wishes to my lovely friend. Wishing you a lifetime of happiness and everlasting love.
9. I hope you find love, not only in people but also in everything you do and everything around you.
10. May you feel the warmth of love and a bunch of appreciation on Valentine’s Day, because you deserve it!
11. Platonic love is just as important as romantic love, and I’m grateful for ours.
12. I love you more than any candy heart could say.
13. I love you even more than chocolate.
14. You make my heart so full.
15. You are so beautiful, inside and out.
16. Our love is sweeter than any rose.
17. I look forward to every Valentine’s Day we share together.
Happy Valentine’s Day wishes for your husband
18. Tonight is all ours. I can’t wait to celebrate with you.
19. When we met, I knew I wanted to spend every single Valentine’s Day with you.
20. You give my heart peace over and over again. I love you so much.
21. It’s been a journey … one I’d do all over again.
22. Thanks for being you and for being mine.
23. You’re my forever love, and I’m so grateful.
24. Happy Valentine’s Day—you’re my happily-ever-after.
25. There are so many wonderful reasons I love calling you Valentine.
26. At the heart of it all, we’re friends. I love that. I love you.
27. You still make me laugh like crazy. That’s true love.
28. My heart belongs to you.
29. Our love story is my favorite.
30. I would choose you again and again.
31. Especially today, I hope you feel how much I love you and how grateful I am to have you in my life.
Happy Valentine’s Day wishes for your wife
32. Wishing the sweetest, happiest day to my forever Valentine.
33. I’m so lucky to be in love with my best friend.
34. I love all the things we are together.
35. I love that we’ve never lost the magic that makes us us.
36. You are my best friend, my partner and my soul mate.
37. I’m yours forever.
38. You are my Valentine every day, in every way.
39. Has it really been so long? I’d do it all over in a heartbeat.
40. I love all the adventures we have together.
41. You take my breath away. Always.
42. Being us is the best thing I’ll ever be.
43. Thank you for being the reason I look forward to every day.
Happy Valentine’s Day wishes for your boyfriend
44. I love you more than pizza.
45. I’m forever grateful to you for being by my side and for loving me.
46. You’re everything I’ve hoped for in a boyfriend.
47. Happy Valentine’s Day, handsome.
48. Some women need red roses, a bottle of wine and a box of chocolates to feel romantic. I just need you.
49. The more time we spend together, the more I love you.
50. You’re my person.
51. After so many years of being together, my heart still feels the same for you.
52. You’re cuter than any teddy bear.
53. On today and always, you’ll forever be my favorite person to hold on to.
54. You and me—it doesn’t get any better than us.
55. On Valentine’s Day and every day, next to you is my favorite place to be.
56. As time goes on, nothing is sweeter and more precious than the love I have for you.
57. You never fail to give me butterflies.
Happy Valentine’s Day wishes for your girlfriend
58. Valentine, you take my breath away, every single day.
59. I’m so excited to be sharing our first Valentine’s Day together. I hope it’s the first of many.
60. The best thing I found in life this year is the love of you.
61. Happy Valentine’s Day to the most beautiful woman I know.
62. Here’s to being my emergency contact someday.
63. Happy Valentine’s Day to the most special person in my life.
64. I really don’t know what I’d do without you.
65. Every moment I have spent with you has been special.
66. Being with you makes the world beautiful to me.
67. Everything about you makes me smile like crazy, and I don’t mind being crazy for you.
68. I never knew love could be so beautiful until I met you.
69. Are you a banana? Because I find you a-peel-ing.
Happy Valentine’s Day wishes for kids
70. Hope your day is filled with reminders of how much you’re loved.
71. Wishing a special Valentine’s Day to a very special kid!
72. Sending you a big Valentine’s Day hug.
73. Happy Valentine’s Day to one of our sweetest blessings.
74. U R 2 cute!
75. Hope your day is filled with fun and your mouth is filled with chocolate!
76. You make me laugh and smile every day. I love you!
Happy Valentine’s Day wishes for friends
77. Hope your day brings just what you want it to.
78. Wishing you a beautiful day filled with all the love and happiness you deserve.
79. I’ll raise an awesome Valentine’s cocktail to you.
80. If friends were chocolates, you’d be the one with caramel.
81. I wish you were here to Valenwine with me.
82. Happy Valentine’s to one of my favorite people ever.
83. Valentine’s Day and every day, I’m grateful for you.
84. Here’s to a Valentine’s Day filled with good wine, good food and especially good friends like you.
85. Hope he spoils you. You deserve it.
86. Besties are the best dates.
87. I love you, friend, and there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for you.
88. Valentine’s Day is a great time to remind my best friend how much I love you.
89. I can’t imagine a single day of the past year without you.
90. I wish I could give you a big hug in person, but this card will have to do.
Romantic movie quotes for Valentine’s Day
91. “I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.” —The Lord of the Rings
92. “To me, you are perfect.” —Love Actually
93. “I love you without knowing how, why or even from where.” —Patch Adams
94. “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…
95. “You have bewitched me, body and soul. I love, I love, I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.” —Pride & Prejudice
96. “I love you. You complete me.” —Jerry Maguire
97. “I’m scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I’m with you.” —Dirty Dancing
98. “I’ve come here with no expectations, only to profess now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is, and always will be, yours.” —Sense and Sensibility
99. “I think I’d miss you even if we’d never met.” —The Wedding Date
100. “I want all of you, forever. You and me, every day.” —The Notebook
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