Heartfelt Inspirational Quotes for Sisters: A Collection of Love

"You’re not my best friend. You’re my sister, and that’s more."

- Jenny Han

"My sister and I truly are best friends."

- Solange Knowles

"My sister is the one person who truly knows me, as I know her."

- Lisa See

"There’s nobody in the world that knows me better than my sister."

- Tia Mowry

"A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life."

- Isadora James

"Sisterhood is powerful."

- Robin Morgan

"You know full well as I do the value of sisters’ affections: There is nothing like it in this world."

- Charlotte Brontë

"Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow."

- Benjamin Disraeli

"Of two sisters one is always the watcher, one the dancer."

- Louise Glück

"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness."

- Emily Dickinson

"A sister is like yourself in a different movie, a movie that stars you in a different life."

- Deborah Tannen

"What are sisters for if not to point out the things the rest of the world is too polite to mention."

- Claire Cook

"You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you..."

- George R.R. Martin

"A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost."

- Marion C. Garretty

"Sisters make the best friends in the world."

- Marilyn Monroe

"My sisters were the coolest people I knew, and still are. I have always aspired to be like them and know what they know."

- Rob Sheffield

"Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other."

- Carol Saline

"My sister…is the person who keeps me in line, whether I like it or not. I trust her and also have a good, healthy fear of her."

- Katy Perry

"Nobody fights you like your own sister; nobody else knows the most vulnerable parts of you and will aim for them without mercy."

- Jojo Moyes

"When my sister, Joan, arrived I asked if I could swap her for a rabbit. When I think what a marvelous friend she's been, I'm so glad my parents didn't take me at my word."

- Maeve Binchy

"A sister smiles when one tells stories — for she knows where the decoration has been added."

- Chris Montaigne

"Sisters share the scent and smells… the feel of a common childhood."

- Pam Brown

"Is solace anywhere more comforting than in the arms of a sister?"

- Alice Walker

"A sister is both your mirror and your opposite."

- Elizabeth Fishel

"I know my sister like I know my own mind / You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind."

- Angelica Schuyler

"A young lady’s most natural ally is her sister although sometimes our own relatives are as inscrutable to us as an antipodean."

- Anna Godbersen

"Having a sister is like having a best friend you can’t get rid of. You know whatever you do, they’ll still be there."

- Amy Li

"An older sister is a friend and defender—a listener, conspirator, a counselor and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too."

- Pam Brown

"Life has its ups and downs, times of sadness and times of joy. You, little sister, have been through it all with me, thanks for being there."

- Catherine Pulsifer

"To have a loving relationship with a sister is not simply to have a buddy or a confidant, it is to have a soulmate for life."

- Victoria Secunda

"She is the mother I never had, she is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don’t know a better person."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Sister you were the one I always told on, now you’re the friend I always lean on. I count my blessings everyday for you."

- Catherine Pulsifer

"God sent me an angel when he gave me you as a sister."

- Catherine Pulsifer

"Sisters will always love you tomorrow no matter what you do today."

- Marinela Reka

"She is the person I ran to when I got my period; the one who helped me knit back together my first broken heart; the hand I would reach for in the middle of the night when I could no longer remember which side our father parted his hair on, or what it sounded like when our mother laughed. No matter what she is now, before all that, she was my built-in best friend."

- Jodi Picoult

"Bless you, my darling, and remember you are always in the heart—oh tucked so close there is no chance of escape—of your sister."

- Katherine Mansfield

"To have a loving relationship with a sister is not simply to have a buddy or a confidant… it is to have a soul mate for life."

- Victoria Secunda

"We’ll always fight, but we'll always make up as well. That's what sisters do: we argue, we point out each other’s frailties, mistakes, and bad judgment, we flash the insecurities we've had since childhood, and then we come back together. Until the next time."

- Lisa See

"Your sister is a jewel, a priceless, one-of-a-kind gem who makes living precious for many people, including you."

- Dave Pipitone

"Parents are just parents, brothers are just brothers, best friends are just best friends, even husbands are just husbands, but sisters—well, sisters are the ones to whom sisters always turn in times of joy or trouble, celebration or crisis."

- Lorraine Bodger

"For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands."

- Christina Rossetti

"I’m the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don’t have anything. It’s hard. I love her too much. That’s what counts."

- Venus Williams

"She is my sister, always, even in death, even beyond."

- Marie Lu

"One’s sister is part of one’s essential self, an eternal presence of ones’ heart, soul and memory."

- Susan Cabil

"Sisters touch your heart in ways no other could. Sisters share… their hopes, their fears, their love, everything they have. Real friendship springs from their special bonds."

- Carrie Bagwell

"We are sisters. We will always be sisters. Our differences may never go away, but neither, for me, will our song."

- Elizabeth Fishel

"But the love of sisters needs no words. It does not depend on memories, or mementos, or proof. It runs as deep as a heartbeat. It is as ever present as a pulse."

- Lisa Wingate

"I do not see as well without her. I do not hear as well without her. I do not feel as well without her. I would be better off without a hand or a leg than without my sister."

- Erin Morgenstern

"When our hair is white, we’ll still have our sister love."

- Lisa See

"My sister and I are so close that we finish each other’s sentences and often wonder who’s memories belong to whom."

- Shannon Celebi

"I could never love anyone as I love my sisters."

- Jo March

"Words that describe you: my wise sister, my confidant, and my best friend."

- Catherine Pulsifer

"Sister. You are not only a strong woman, you are the strongest tie to the best years of my life."

- Melanie J. Pellowski

"Appreciation I send to you my sister, for always being there, for your support and encouragement. On you I can always count."

- Catherine Pulsifer

"Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister?"

- Alice Walker

"During life’s highs and lows, hurts and happiness, a sister is always there."

- Catherine Pulsifer

"Sister. She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your witness, who sees you at your worst and best, and loves you anyway. She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling, even in the dark."

- Barbara Alpert

"You know full well as I do the value of sisters’ affections; there is nothing like it in this world."

- Charlotte Bronte

"My sister was the one person who told me not to change, that my skin was beautiful. She really helped me feel good about myself."

- Khoudia Diop

"That’s the best thing about little sisters: They spend so much time wishing they were elder sisters that in the end they’re far wiser than the elder ones could ever be."

- Gemma Burgess

"We have our own, unspoken language—a look that makes one of us fall on the floor laughing or the slight inflection in our voice that conveys everything. It is the ability to prod laughter and love no matter how much your heart might hurt. Someone who sees you exactly as you are and thinks that is enough. Someone who will walk next to you always."

- Barbara Bush

"I know my sister like I know my own mind/You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind…I love my sister more than anything in this life/I will choose her happiness over mine every time."

- Hamilton

"The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend."

- Cali Rae Turner

"Sisters are best friends, they are advisors, they are teachers, and best of all they are people with whom you can talk with about anything—someone you have a special bond with!"

- Catherine Pulsifer

"A woman without her sister is like a bird without her wings."

- Moosa Rahat

"Even though you are my little sister, your hugs during the difficult times in my life, have been like a hug from God."

- Kate Summers

"Husbands come and go; children come and eventually they go. Friends grow up and move away. But the one thing that’s never lost is your sister."

- Gail Sheehy

"Unconditional love: the definition of sister."

- Alicia Cook

"For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, To fetch one if one goes astray, To lift one if one totters down, To strengthen whilst one stands."

- Christina Rossetti

"A little sister you once were, but now a great friend you are!"

- Catherine Pulsifer

"If I was to give you three words to describe my big sister: encourager, supporter, and amazing!"

- Ann Butler

"A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves —a special kind of double."

- Toni Morrison

"You are blood. You are sisters. No man can break that bond."

- Kim Boykin

"She’s always there for me when I need her. She’s my best friend. She’s just my everything."

- Ashley Olsen

"Husbands come and go; children come and eventually they go. Friends grow up and move away. But the one thing that's never lost is your sister."

- Gail Sheehy

"Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there."

- Amy Li

"Sisters are friends we have for a lifetime."

- Catherine Pulsifer

"I’ve known every love possible, but as the years stretched out, the love I longed for the most is the one I shared with my sister."

- Josephine Angelini

"Being a big sister is like having an instant best friend built in."

- Stephanie Pearl Kimmel

"Big sisters are the best. They boss you around, but they also have your back."

- Sutton Foster

"She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling even in the dark."

- Barbara Alpert

"It is to be treasured when sisters are close or best friends, and what a loss for both of them when they aren’t."

- Linda Hale Bucklin

"Growing up there were times when I was pretty mad at you, but now that we are grown up I can’t imagine what I would do without you. Thanks, Sis!"

- Robert Rivers

"When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us?"

- Pam Brown

"You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you."

- George R.R. Martin

"I learned many life lessons from watching my big sister make mistakes!"

- Kate Summers

"My sisters are my treasures, the women that keep me grounded."

- Daniela Pesconi

"A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves—a special kind of double."

- Toni Morrison

"Sister we don’t know what the future holds but we always know we are there for each other."

- Catherine Pulsifer

"Often, in old age, the sisters become each other’s chosen and most happy companions. In addition to their shared memories of childhood and their relationship to each other’s children, they . . . carry the echoes of their mother’s voice."

- Margaret Mead

"As I grew up, one of my strongest allies has been my sister."

- Patti Smith

"Having a elder sister is just like a diamond in darkest room."

- Pratiksha Prajapati

"When you treasure your sister, you also treasure yourself."

- Dave Pipitone

"A sister is a dearest friend, a closest enemy, and an angel at the time of need."

- Debasish Mridha

"A sister is both your mirror—and your opposite."

- Elizabeth Fishel

"Depending on the day, the mood, the weather, or the time of day, a sister can be a companion, an adversary, an enemy or a soulmate."

- Bonnie Louise Kuchler

"Sisters are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about fairness and cooperation and kindness and caring—quite often the hard way."

- Pamela Dugdale

"How do people make it through life without a sister?"

- Sara Corpening Whiteford

"There’s no better friend than a sister."

- Mary Engelbreit

"Sisters become more beautiful as each day passes by."

- Michelle Malm

"Acquaintances were always on their best behavior, but sisters loved each other enough to say anything."

- Lauren Weisberger

"There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me."

- Mary Wortley Montagu

"Your sister knows everything to say to piss you off. But sisters tend to be each other’s biggest champion and also their hardest critics."

- Erin Foster

"You can kid the world, but not your sister."

- Charlotte Gray

"Sisters share a bond unlike any other—thornier, but also tender, full of possibility."

- Joy McCullough

"Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship."

- Margaret Mead

"The mildest, drowsiest sister has been known to turn tiger if her sibling is in trouble."

- Clara Ortega

"I’ve always admired my little sister because she’s able to play with no fear. She’s a cutthroat player when it comes to taking risks."

- Ashley Prange

"It’s like having a big sister around who’s been able to show me some things about myself and about life and about this crazy sort of career thing."

- Stevie Nicks

"Four sisters, parted for an hour/None lost, one only gone before/Made by love’s immortal power/Nearest and dearest evermore."

- Louisa May Alcott

"She stands firmly on her own two feet and I just behind her; should she ever need me."

- J. Iron Word

"But most are like my sister and me… linked by volatile love, best friends who make other best friends ever so slightly less best."

- Patricia Volk

"My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously."

- Venus Williams

"Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world."

- Marilyn Monroe

"Because angels are sometimes busy elsewhere, God created sisters like you."

- Sal Williams

"Having an elder sister is just like a diamond in darkest room."

- Pratiksha Prajapati

"A sister is both your mirror —and your opposite."

- Elizabeth Fishel

"So distant yet so close. So different yet so similar. That’s why I love my sister."

- Maxime Lagacé

"A sister is a friend you don’t have to avoid the truth with."

- Michelle Malm

"Sister is our first friend and second mother."

- Sunny Gupta

"…Among the merits and the happiness of Elinor and Marianne, let it not be ranked as the least considerable, that though sisters, and living almost within sight of each other, they could live without disagreement between themselves..."

- Jane Austen

"May and I are sisters. We'll always fight, but we'll always make up as well. That's what sisters do: we argue, we point out each other's frailties, mistakes, and bad judgment, we flash the insecurities we've had since childhood, and then we come back together. Until the next time.."

- Lisa See

"I have always thought that sisters have a way of communicating, no matter what keeps them apart."

- Kelly S. Thompson

"There is no place for secrets in sisterhood."

- Erin Forbes

"Sisters may walk on different paths, but they're never farther than a heartstring."

- Julia Ash

"We will always be sisters. Our differences may never go away, but neither, for me, will our song."

- Nancy Kelton

"In some ways, siblings, and especially sisters, are more influential in your childhood than your parents."

- Deborah Tannen

"If you want to do really important things in life and big things in life, you can’t do anything by yourself. And your best teams are your friends and your siblings."

- Deepak Chopra

"That's the best thing about little sisters: They spend so much time wishing they were elder sisters that in the end they're far wiser than the elder ones could ever be."

- Gemma Burgess

"We acquire friends and we make enemies, but our sisters come with the territory."

- Evelyn Loeb

"What’s the good of news if you haven’t a sister to share it?"

- James DeVries

"Look inside any sister relationship and you’ll find a wealth of interesting stories."

- Colleen Sell

"Don’t talk about my sister; don’t play with me about my sister. If you do, you’ll see another side of me."

- Beyoncé

"Sisters, as you know, also have a unique relationship. This is the person who has known you your entire life, who should love you and stand by you no matter what, and yet it's your sister who knows exactly where to drive the knife to hurt you the most."

- Lisa See

"A sister smiles when one tells stories—for she knows where the decoration has been added."

- Chris Montaigne

"As you’re growing up and you’re close, you can’t trust anyone the way you trust your sister, but also they have the power to wound you in ways no one else really does."

- Ally Condie

"Siblings seem to bring out the best and the worst in one another."

- Suzanne Degges-White

"Of two sisters, one is always the watcher, one the dancer."

- Louise Glück

"At this point, none of us are sure why we fight. We’re sisters. We need no good reason to fight, even though we have plenty of them."

- Ken Wheaton

"Sisters never quite forgive each other for what happened when they were five."

- Pam Brown

"Lord help the mister who comes between me and my sister, and lord help the sister who comes between me and my man."

- Irving Berlin

"A sister will always notice her sister’s first gray hairs with glee."

- Allison M. Lee

"The only person I lie to is my little sister, when I steal her clothes."

- Kendall Jenner

"If you don’t annoy your big sister for no good reason from time to time, she thinks you don’t love her anymore."

- Pearl Cleage

"Little sisters can be a pain, but the big sister heroine worship can’t be beat."

- Allison M. Lee

"Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life."

- Charles M. Schulz

"My sisters. My blood. My skin. What a gruesome bond we shared."

- Krystal Sutherland

"If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she’s wearing your best sweater."

- Pam Brown

"Sisters are reliably good for two things: hating and loving."

- Jessica Knoll

"If you don't understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child."

- Linda Sunshine

"Sisters are different flowers from the same garden."

- Unknown

"Sisters: forever friends."

"Sisters may drive you crazy, get into your stuff, and irritate you. However, if anyone else dares say so, a sister will defend you to the death."

- Unknown

"A sister is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be."

- Unknown

"Sisters make the bad times good and the good times unforgettable."

- Unknown

"Sisters: partners in crime."

"Sisters: a bond unbreakable."

"Sisterhood is a journey where hand-in-hand, hearts are entwined, and souls are connected."

"A sister’s love is a lighthouse guiding us through life’s storms."

"Sisterhood is a gift. It’s knowing you will always have someone in your corner, no matter what."

"A sister’s presence is a soothing balm to the wounds the world inflicts."

"Sisters hold hands through life’s emotional rollercoaster, offering strength in unity."

"When the path seems too long and hard, my sister takes my hand and reminds me that I don’t ever have to walk it alone."

"Never let an angry sister brush your hair."

"Brothers and sisters are each other’s superheroes with super-healing powers; consider yourself lucky to have them."

"I honestly don’t know how people can go through life without a sister, older or younger. You have always inspired me and guided me through my hard times."

"In the cookies of life, sisters are the chocolate chips."

- Unknown

"The greatest gift our parents ever gave us was each other."

"The best advice my mother ever gave me: 'Be nice to your sister. Your friends will come and go, but you will always have your sister. And I promise that someday she will be your best friend.'"

"Sometimes we need someone to simply be there. Not to fix anything, or to do anything in particular, but just to let us feel that we are cared for and supported."

"A loyal sister is worth a thousand friends."

"Sisters are for sharing laughter and wiping tears."

- Unknown

"Sister, you are like my angel, with a love that always glows. You are one of the greatest gifts my heart will ever know."

"Our roots say we’re sisters, our hearts say we’re friends."

"A sister is God's way of proving He doesn't want us to walk alone."

"To my sister: You are my best friend, my human diary, and my other half. You mean the world to me and I love you."

"Being sisters means you always have back up."

"When life's hills become too steep to climb on my own, my sister takes my hand and reminds me that I didn't have to climb it alone to begin with."

"A person that truly loves you will never let you go, no matter how hard the situation is."

"Sister: A person who's been where you've been; someone you can call when things aren't going right; is more than just family; a sister is a forever friend."