70+ Best Hug Quotes: Exclusive Selection

Profoundly inspirational hug quotes will encourage growth in life, make you wiser and broaden your perspective.

Famous Hug Quotes

I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words. Ann Hood

That’s what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you’re not so lovable.  Deb Caletti

If you have loved ones today you should hug them. Memories cannot be hugged. Maria Bastida

It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being. John Joseph Powell

I live in the hope that if not in this birth in some other birth I shall be able to hug all of humanity in friendly embrace. Mahatma Gandhi

He was one of those guys who’d pronounce I’m a hugger as he came at you, neglecting to ask if the feeling was mutual. Gillian Flynn

The most inexpensive gift you could receive that could fit all sizes and can be exchanged is a hug. Maria Bastida

It is never ridicule, but a compliment, that knocks a philosopher off his feet. He is already positioned for every possible counter attack, counter argument, and retort only to find a big bear hug coming his way. Criss Jami

A hug makes you feel good all day. Kathleen Keating 

I wished I could spend the rest of my life being slightly crushed by someone who loved me. Gail Carson Levine

Putting your love into hugs is much more effective than putting it into words. Maria Bastida

Some moments can only be cured with a big squishy grandma hug. Dan Pearce

Where I live if someone gives you a hug, it’s from the heart. Steve Irwin

A hug from a samurai girl is warmer than a heap of blankets and more meaningful than a pile of words. Sandy Fussell

Mamma holds me and I hold her back. Sometimes all you can do is hold on. Jasmine Warga 

Hugs feel good even when they come from strangers. Ergo, we should all be hugging more. Lena Dunham

Hug is my mother’s word for affection. Roberta Indiana

Hugs are okay. Hugs are manly as long as you thump them on the back. Daniel Thorman

There is nothing like a mama hug.Terri Guillemets

You aren’t tearing apart. Just need a hug. Meghna Sodha

My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me. R. J.Palacio

Good, said Olivia. She paused before asking, May I have a hug, please? I don’t want to impose. But I very much want a hug right now. Mira Grant

My mama always told me there are few things a good hug can’t cure. J.T Gessinger

I wish I had a friend whom I can text at 2 am and we can just talk and laugh and send hugs so the world doesn’t seem moving so slowly. Nitya Prakash

A hug is a smile with arms, a laugh with a stronger grip. Terri Guillemets

It was an intense embrace, no awkwardness, no holding back, the kind of hug two people can only achieve after long intimacy, but anyone can give in an instant to a stuffed bear. Ada Palmer

If you’re angry at a loved one, hug that person. And mean it. You may not want to hug  which is all the more reason to do so. It’s hard to stay angry when someone shows they love you, and that’s precisely what happens when we hug each other. Walter Anderson

My mama always told me there are few things a good hug can’t cure, and those things are what bourbon’s for. J.T. Geissinger

Things may get dark but I always have your hug to light me up. Maria Bastida

The good thing about hugs: when you give one, you get one too. Diana Rowland

A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else. Princess Diana

Sometimes you have to hug yourself and squeeze your own shoulder and be thankful it is humanly possible. Richelle E. Goodrich

Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in few minutes. T.D.Jakes

No one hugs, everyone is busy comforting with words. Nitya Prakash

Half the time when brothers wrestle, it’s just an excuse to hug each other. James Patterson

The hug was a simple gesture. Perhaps, the end of the cold war. Perhaps, the fragile beginning of love.  Mariyam Hasnain

Hugs are God’s way of reminding us how much we are loved. Gail Lynne Goodwin

Hugs may be silent, yet they speak volumes. Carol CC Miller

If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else, you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you. Peter Marshall

I embrace people with my arms mainly to remind myself that I ought to embrace them with my mind. Mokokoma Mokhonoana

When the right person hugs you, it’s like medicine. Steve Maraboli

Spread love. Hug the people you care about and make sure they know that you care and appreciate them. Make it known to your friends and family that you love them. Germany Kent

Hug and kiss those you love every day You never know when the tragedies of this world may visit your life. Kevin Nash

Sometimes the right hug from the right person at the exact right time makes all the wrong in the world disappear. Sarah Ockler

Sometimes all you can do is hug a friend tightly and wish that pain could be transferred  by touch to your own emotional hard drive. Richelle E. Goodrich 

When someone hugs you, let them be the first to let go. H. Jackson Brown Jr.

No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs you back.

My Christmas wish To feel your arms around me, to have your lips on mine, and to hold you close one more time, while there’s time. D.S. Mixell

Cute is when a person’s personality shines through their looks. Like in the way they walk, every time you see them you just want to run up and hug them. Natalie Portman

When a hug is this big, you feel it for days. Jessica Shook

If you hug someone for seven seconds, it gives you a chemical drop in your brain. Walt Dohrn

A hug delights, warms, and charms. That must be why God gave us arms. Lashana Harney

You can never have too many books or too many hugs. Gina House

Some moments can only be cured with a big squishy grandma hug. Dan Pearce

She wanted to hug him and at the same time she kind of wanted to slap him. Liane moriarty

Be a love pharmacist: dispense hugs like medicine  they are!Terri Guillemets

Children harbor a great many doubts and sorrows that could be eased by a loving hug from a parent. Richelle E. Goodrich

I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug ten people at a time. Drew Barrymore

Alle volte, un caldo abbraccio è tutto ciò di cui abbiamo bisogno. Impariamo a chiederlo, impariamo a riceverlo. Rhoma G.

You know food is such  It’s a hug for people. Rachel Ray

She had a lot of hugs to give, but not enough people to give them to. James Patterson

Eating something fresh out of the oven is like a hug you can taste. Regina Brett 

I don’t do hugging. I don’t like people touching me ever when there’s no treat involved. It’s too intimate and it bothers me. Katja Millay

We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth. Virginia Satir

Hugs should be available at the medical stores 24/7. Sometimes, they are the best healers for almost everything.  Minhal Mehdi

I will not play tug o war, I’d rather play hug o war .Shel Silverstein

However long a hug lasts, it doesn’t last long enough. Kyle Schmalenberg

Dance in your dream. Go out into the street and hug everyone you meet. Tell them how beautiful they are. Dance together. Yoko Ono

You can’t fix things with a hug, but you can’t make them any worse either. Dean Koontz