Valentine Quotes For Lover

Valentine's Day is an annual festival in which romantic love, friendship and admiration are celebrated. People celebrate this day every year on 14 February by sending messages of love and affection to partners, family and friends. Couples give Valentine's Day cards and roses and together spend special time celebrating each other's devotion.

Valentine's Day is named after St. Valentine, a 3rd-century Catholic priest who served in Rome. There are many legends of Valentine's and these tales have become the myth we know today over time.

Most Romans converted to Christianity at the time of Valentine's birth, but Emperor Claudius II was a pagan and established strict laws about what was permitted to be done by Christians. Claudius believed that Roman soldiers should be completely committed to Rome and thus passed a law that would prohibit them from marrying. St Valentine began to marry these soldiers in secret Christian ceremonies and this was the start of his reputation for believing in the value of marriage.

Finally, for his crimes against Claudius, Valentine was found out and jailed. While in custody, Valentine took care of his fellow prisoners, as well as the blind daughter of his jailor. Legend has it that Valentine healed the girl's blindness and that before being hanged, his final act was to write her a message of love signed' from your Valentine.' Valentine was executed in the year 270 on 14 February.

Only more than 200 years later was St Valentine's Day declared on 14 February. By this time Rome had become Christian. Every year in February a pagan celebration of fertility was held and the Pope abolished this festival and declared St. Valentine's Day on 14 February.

In the Middle Ages, the poet Chaucer was the first to associate St Valentine with romantic love. This was the beginning of the courtly love tradition, a practice of love and admiration sharing, usually in silence. This tradition spread throughout Europe and stories grew around a High Court of Love where every year on 14 February female judges would rule on love-related issues.
The tradition of sending messages of love has evolved into sending people special cards expressing their affection. These cards were created by the sender's beautiful creations designed individually to demonstrate how much they loved the recipient.

Saint Valentine's Day cards have been adorned with images of cupid, hearts and roses and lace and ribbon trimmed. Still used today to symbolize passion, these pictures are remembered throughout the world.

Although Valentine's Day is celebrated in most countries, various cultures for this festival have formed their own traditions. Valentine's Day is celebrated in some parts of the world as a day to express love among family members and friends rather than romantic couples. Many traditions include leaving children with lollies and presents, and others include acts of gratitude among friends.

Valentine's Day is most often associated with romantic love, with an annual exchange of millions of Valentine's Day cards. Flowers gifts or a single red rose are sent to loved ones and couples share special time together with romantic messages.

For dinner, a picnic or a special home-cooked meal, several people choose to celebrate Valentine's Day. Most restaurants offer discounts for Valentine's Day dinner, and food is often served with expressions of love such as hearts and flowers. Another popular activity on Valentine's Day is to indulge in a beautiful location in a luxury hotel stay, allowing a couple to get away from it all and spend some quality time together. Marriage proposals are also common on Valentine's Day, and expressing their love and commitment is often chosen as the perfect day. Many marriage proposals are presented very creatively, such as posting a message on a billboard after climbing to the top of a mountain.

Whatever the process, it is usually romantic and unforgettable to propose marriage on Valentine's Day.