Find your inner sass with these 106 inspiring single life quotes.
February 15th, the day after Valentine’s Day, and the unofficial day for Single Awareness Day.
And what better time to remind the world (and yourself) just how amazing it is to be single.
I know, I know.
Some of you might be thinking, “I don’t want to be single.”
I get it. I really do.
But trust me on this — being single is the best time of your life.
You’re a free-spirited soul. You can do whatever you want, whenever you want, and however you want.
Need evidence? Just ask any couple about the perks of single life, and I bet they will tell you how amazing it really is.
Still not convinced? Here’s a compiled list of 106 empowering, funny, and inspiring quotes from all walks of life to remind you just how incredible life can be when you’re flying solo.
Let’s celebrate the beauty of being single!
106 Best Single Life Quotes
From self-love quotes to funny and empowering single life quotes, I hope this collection can help you find the awesomeness in going solo.
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“Single and fabulous, exclamation point.” — Carrie Bradshaw in Sex in the City
“It’s far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.” — Marilyn Monroe
“Being with no one is better than being with the wrong one. Sometimes, those who fly solo have the strongest wings.” — Nitya Prakash
“I’m single because I was born that way.” — Mae West
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” — Oscar Wilde
“I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is ending up with people who make you feel all alone.” — Robin Williams
“I’ve been single for a while and I have to say, it’s going very well. Like… it’s working out. I think I’m the One!” — Emily Helle
“I’ve got self-love, self-confidence, and self-motivation… I AM POWERFUL.” — Stephanie Lahart
“The best thing about being single is sleeping around. You can sleep all over that bed of yours! Left, right, middle, wherever.” — Unknown
“And you, you scare people because you are whole all by yourself.” — Lauren Alex Hooper
“Stop asking why I’m still single! I don’t ask you why you’re still married.” — Unknown
“Single is not a status, it is a word that describes a person who is strong enough to live and enjoy life without depending on others.” — Prixie
“Stay single until someone complements your life in a way that makes it better.” — Unknown
“Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.” — The Wizard of Oz
“’Happily Single’ is recognizing that you don’t need or want to be rescued from your life by a handsome prince because your life is pretty awesome, as is.” — Mandy Hale
“It’s not about being single or in a relationship, it’s about feeling good about yourself.” — Akansh Malik
“Current relationship status: Made dinner for two. Ate both.” —Unknown
“I like being single. I’m always there when I need me.” — Art Leo
“The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one we have with ourselves.” — Shirley MacLaine
“Don’t wait for someone to shape your life. Shape it yourself.” — Unknown
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“Being single is definitely better than being with the wrong person.” — Hassan Choughari
“I love being single. It’s almost like being rich.”— Sue Grafton
“I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.” — Henry David Thoreau
“A kiss may ruin a human life.” — Oscar Wilde
“I call it being ‘self-partnered.'” — Emma Watson
“Men should be like Kleenex: soft, strong, disposable.” — Cher
“Don’t let society fool you into believing that if you don’t have a girlfriend or boyfriend then you’re destined for a life of misery. The Dalai Lama has been single for the last 80 years and he is one of the happiest people on earth. Stop searching for happiness in places outside of yourself, and start finding it where it has always been: within you.” —Miya Yamanouchi
“Sometimes, you have to stand alone to prove you can still stand.” — Unknown
“You wind up happily married after you live in an era in which you can be happily single.” — Rebecca Traister
“I don’t need Prince Charming to have my own happy ending.” — Katy Perry
“It’s okay if you don’t like me, not everyone has good taste.” — Unknown
“It takes strength to not settle for less.” — Unknown
“Single is no longer a lack of options — but a choice. A choice to refuse to let your life be defined by your relationship status but to live every day Happily and let your Ever After work itself out.” — Mandy Hale
“Love yourself first, because that’s who you’ll spend the rest of your life with.” — Luigina Sgarro
“If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.” —Unknown
“Being single isn’t a time to be looking for love. Use that time to work on yourself and grow as an individual.” —Unknown
“If you really are going to be a happy single, you have to stop treating being single as the annoying time that you pass between relationships and embrace it. Rather than focusing on what you lack, focus on what you have: You.” —Natalie Lue
“‘Cause I’m my own soulmate, I know how to love me, I know that I’m always gonna hold me down.” — Lizzo
“You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single relationship that is truly central and crucial in a life is the relationship to the self. Of all the people you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never lose.” — Jo Coudert
“Even when it seems that there is no one else, always remember there’s one person who never ceased to love you — yourself.” — Unknown
“I am the creator of my very own self and I intend to treat me like my greatest masterpiece.” — Charlotte Eriksson
“Heartbreak could be lived with if it weren’t accompanied by regret.” — Laura Kasischke
“Love is a promise delivered already broken.” — Steve Martin
“The single life is just a short break between two different love stories.” — Unknown
“Love sucks. Sometimes it feels good. Sometimes it’s just another way to bleed.” — Laurell K. Hamilton
“Life is too precious to waste it with the wrong person.” — Tony Gaskins
“The last thing you want to get addicted to is someone.” — Aruho Marvin
“People would be a lot better off if they’d enjoy being single.” — Lewis Black
“I matter. I matter equally. Not, ‘If only’, not ‘As long as’. I matter. Full stop.” — Chimamanda Adichie
“Being single entitles you to not ask someone’s opinion before you do something like mess up your own room, your credit report or even your life.” — Sayali Patil
“Roses are red. Violets are blue. Vodka is cheaper than dinner for two.” — Unknown
“Too many women throw themselves into romance because they’re afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. I won’t do that.” — Julie Delpy
“I’m actually extremely grateful that some things didn’t work out the way I once wanted them to.” — Unknown
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” — Maya Angelou
“People ask me, ‘Why are you single? You’re attractive, intelligent, and creative.’ My reply is, ‘I’m overqualified.'” —Unknown
“If you’re single, make the best of it. It’s not because you’re not good enough for anyone, but it means no one is good enough for you yet.” — Unknown
“You can’t give your heart to a wild thing.” — Truman Capote
“Being single is about celebrating and appreciating your own space that you’re in.” — Kelly Rowland
“You can’t put me on a leash. I’m unleashable!” — Tiffany Winfree
“Getting into a relationship may seem tempting, but so was getting on the Titanic ship and look what happened there.” — SomeECards
“You are not his princess; you are your own queen.” — Nikita Gill
“You can’t buy love, but you can pay heavily for it.” — Henry Youngman
“Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.” — W. Somerset Maugham in A Writer’s Notebook
“We are all like candles, and whether we are single or joined with another does not affect how brightly we can burn.” — Stacey Lee
“Yes I’m alone, but I’m alone and free.” — Elsa in Frozen
“I love being single. I can come and go as I please and stay out as late as I want to.” — Eric Dickerson
“Discover why you’re important, then refuse to settle for anyone who doesn’t completely agree.” — Fisher Amelie
“My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.” — Warsan Shire
“It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him.” — Coco Chanel
“I’m not suffering because I’m alone. There were many years I was in a relationship and I wasn’t learning about myself. Now I’m learning about what I like, what I need, and what I want.” — Demi Lovato
“If you’re not happy single, you won’t be happy married, either.” — Nick Vujicic
“It could be raining men, and I’d still be single.” — Unknown
“Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they did, but we don’t.” — Stephen King
“Today is Valentine’s Day. Or, as men like to call it, Extortion day.” — Jay Leno
“I favor my heart when it’s all mine, rather than having to share it with someone else.” — Unknown
“A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone.” — Anonymous
“You don’t need a knight to rescue you. You’re not locked in a turret.” — Candi Williams
“No, I am not single. I’m in a long-distance relationship because my boyfriend/girlfriend lives in the future.” —Unknown
“Being single is pretty good. It’s a nice sense of irresponsibility.” — Michael Douglas
“I never feel alone realizing the fact that my life is my only life partner.” — Munia Khan
“Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It’s sanity.” — Katrina Mayer
“Some people are settling down, some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies.” — Carrie Bradshaw in Sex in the City
“Single isn’t better. But it’s definitely not less than either. It’s equally as nourishing and joyous an existence.” — Catherine Gray
“I am happy every day, regardless of my relationship status, because I understand that my happiness doesn’t come from a relationship, it comes from within.” — Gregg Michaelsen
“I’d rather be alone than unhappy.” — Whitney Houston
“Don’t settle for ANYBODY, just so you can have SOMEBODY.” — Unknown
“Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.” — Marcus Aurelius
“The single woman is a free woman, and being single does not mean being alone — it means being free to have a relationship or not. This can be scary, but it’s also very interesting.” — Monica Bellucci
“I found being single to be a gift in disguise because I fell in love with the person I am.” — Unknown
“You’re single not because you are not good enough for one, it’s that you’re too good for the wrong one.” — Chris Burkmenn
“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” — Robert Morley
“You don’t have to be part of a couple to be happy, you know.” — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
“It takes a strong person to stay single in a world that is accustomed to settling for anything just to say they have something.” — Unknown
“Now I’m feeling how I should, never knew single could feel this good.” — Jason Derulo
“Instead of single as a marital status…I prefer ‘Independently owned and operated'”. — Unknown
“Being single doesn’t mean you’re weak, it means you’re strong enough to wait for the right person.” — Niall Horan
“Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.” — Paulo Coelho
“Being single is getting over the illusion that there is somebody out there to complete you.” — Omkar Phatakc
“Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.” — John Mayer
“I am so romantic, sometimes I think I should marry myself.” — Mike Wazowski
“I’m not alone! I’m with myself, and myself is fabulous.” — Eva Longoria
“Being single doesn’t necessarily mean you’re available. Sometimes you have to put up a sign that says ‘Do Not Disturb’ on your heart.” — Wiz Khalifa
“Just a reminder that you are whole without someone else. You are not a fraction. You are a complete masterpiece all by yourself and you do not need anyone else to validate your existence.” — Unknown
“I wish I were a little girl again, because skinned knees are easier to fix than a broken heart.” — Julia Roberts
“Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.” — Lynda Barry
“Get to know who you are instead of waiting for some magical person to walk into your life and make you more adventurous, richer, nicer, smarter, sexier, or more relaxed in your own skin. That’s too big a job for anyone to take on anyway. At the end of the day, all anyone wants to be is loved and appreciated, not burdened with your unresolved issues.” — Andrea Bain
Going Solo
Being single isn’t just a relationship status but a way of life that can be empowering, freeing, and downright fun.
I hope these single life quotes can empower you to appreciate your independence and to always love yourself first. And remember, regardless of your relationship status, you’re always worthy, awesome and enough!
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