Single Life Sayings and Quotes

Sometimes living your best life means living the single life. There are perks to being a party of one. You are free to do whatever you want — from practicing self care, or traveling on a whim, to staying out as late as you please. Below you’ll find a curated collection of the best, wisest, and humorous single life quotes.

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
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
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
My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude. Warsan Shire
I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. Henry David Thoreau
A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence. Mandy Hale
I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not defined by another person. Oscar Wilde
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
Yes, it’s a virtue to grow and improve, but it’s important to remember that being single does not mean you’re flawed and in need of fixing. Your relationship or lack thereof has little to do with your worth. Jennifer Taitz
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
It’s high time we stopped thinking of families only in terms of couples, considering singles to be an anomaly (something must be wrong when you get into your thirties and aren’t married!) or undeveloped appendages which need to be nurtured and brought into maturity in marriage.  Harold J. Sala
If you can't take care of yourself, you can't take care of someone else. Sahithi Setikam
I love being single. I can come and go as I please and stay out as late as I want to. Eric Dickerson
Single is not a status. It is a word that best describes a person who is strong enough to live and enjoy life without depending on others. unknown
If we seek paradise outside ourselves, we cannot have paradise in our hearts. Thomas Merton
Single is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize. Mandy Hale
He sleeps fastest who sleeps alone. Richard Avedond
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened. Lao Tzu
I don't like to be labeled as lonely just because I am alone. Delta Burke
I like being single, I'm always there when I need me. Art Leo
I celebrate myself, and sing myself. Walt Whitman
Being single doesn't mean that you know nothing about love. Sometimes being solo is wiser than being in a false relationship. unknown
If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself. Barbara De Angelis
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves. Eda Leshan
Being single entitles you to not ask someone's opinion before you do something to mess up your own room, your credit report or even your life. Sayali Patil
I think, therefore I'm single. Liz Winston
Some people think it's wrong, being single isn't right. But you hurt the right person you'll be wrong all your life. Tyga
Being single is about celebrating and appreciating your own space that you're in. Kelly Rowland
To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude. Jeanne Moreau
Solitude is the place of purification. Martin Buber