"A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life."
- Isadora James
Love
"A sister is like yourself in a different movie, a movie that stars you in a different life."
- Deborah Tannen
Connection to Earth
"Sisters share the scent and smells… the feel of a common childhood."
- Pam Brown
Nature
"My sister is the one person who truly knows me, as I know her."
- Lisa See
Connection to Earth
"Sisters make the best friends in the world."
- Marilyn Monroe
Relationships
"My sister and I truly are best friends."
- Solange Knowles
Relationships
"You’re not my best friend. You’re my sister, and that’s more."
- Jenny Han
Love
"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
Relationships
"I know my sister like I know my own mind / You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind."
- Angelica Schuyler
Belief in Self
"A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost."
- Marion C. Garretty
Nature
"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
Connection to Earth
"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
Adversity
"What are sisters for if not to point out the things the rest of the world is too polite to mention."
- Claire Cook
Awareness
"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness."
- Emily Dickinson
Love
"Of two sisters one is always the watcher, one the dancer."
- Louise Glück
Relationships
"Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other."
- Carol Saline
Connection to Earth
"Sisterhood is powerful."
- Robin Morgan
Empowerment
"A sister is both your mirror and your opposite."
- Elizabeth Fishel
Connection to Earth
"Is solace anywhere more comforting than in the arms of a sister?"
- Alice Walker
Compassion
"Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow."
- Benjamin Disraeli
Compassion
"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
Relationships
"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
Relationships
"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
Aspirations
"There’s nobody in the world that knows me better than my sister."
- Tia Mowry
Relationships
"You know full well as I do the value of sisters’ affections: There is nothing like it in this world."
- Charlotte Brontë
Connection to Earth
"A sister smiles when one tells stories — for she knows where the decoration has been added."
- Chris Montaigne
Relationships
"An older sister is a friend and defender—a listener, conspirator, a counselor and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too."
- Pam Brown
Relationships
"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
Relationships
"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
Compassion
"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
Love
"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
Love
"Unconditional love: the definition of sister."
- Alicia Cook
Love
"A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves —a special kind of double."
- Toni Morrison
Relationships
"She’s always there for me when I need her. She’s my best friend. She’s just my everything."
- Ashley Olsen
Love
"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
Relationships
"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
Relationships
"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
Love
"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
Love
"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
Relationships
"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
Relationships
"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
Self-esteem
"Your sister is a jewel, a priceless, one-of-a-kind gem who makes living precious for many people, including you."
- Dave Pipitone
Love
"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
Love
"You are blood. You are sisters. No man can break that bond."
- Kim Boykin
Belief in Self
"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
Love
"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
Wisdom
"She is my sister, always, even in death, even beyond."
- Marie Lu
Love
"One’s sister is part of one’s essential self, an eternal presence of ones’ heart, soul and memory."
- Susan Cabil
Love
"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
Love
"We are sisters. We will always be sisters. Our differences may never go away, but neither, for me, will our song."
- Elizabeth Fishel
Love
"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
Love
"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
Healing
"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
Love
"Sisters will always love you tomorrow no matter what you do today."
- Marinela Reka
Love
"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
Love
"A little sister you once were, but now a great friend you are!"
- Catherine Pulsifer
Love
"If I was to give you three words to describe my big sister: encourager, supporter, and amazing!"
- Ann Butler
Love
"Being a big sister is like having an instant best friend built in."
- Stephanie Pearl Kimmel
Relationships
"Sisters are friends we have for a lifetime."
- Catherine Pulsifer
Connection to Earth
"Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister?"
- Alice Walker
Compassion
"God sent me an angel when he gave me you as a sister."
- Catherine Pulsifer
Love
"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
Relationships
"When our hair is white, we’ll still have our sister love."
- Lisa See
Love
"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
Love
"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
Connection to Earth
"I could never love anyone as I love my sisters."
- Jo March
Love
"Words that describe you: my wise sister, my confidant, and my best friend."
- Catherine Pulsifer
Love
"Sister. You are not only a strong woman, you are the strongest tie to the best years of my life."
- Melanie J. Pellowski
Love
"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
Gratitude
"Appreciation I send to you my sister, for always being there, for your support and encouragement. On you I can always count."
- Catherine Pulsifer
Gratitude
"During life’s highs and lows, hurts and happiness, a sister is always there."
- Catherine Pulsifer
Compassion
"You know full well as I do the value of sisters’ affections; there is nothing like it in this world."
- Charlotte Bronte
Love
"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
Connection to Earth
"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
Relationships
"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
Connection to Earth
"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
Love
"The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend."
- Cali Rae Turner
Relationships
"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
Relationships
"A woman without her sister is like a bird without her wings."
- Moosa Rahat
Love
"A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves—a special kind of double."
- Toni Morrison
Awareness
"When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us?"
- Pam Brown
Courage
"As I grew up, one of my strongest allies has been my sister."
- Patti Smith
Empowerment
"She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling even in the dark."
- Barbara Alpert
Connection to Earth
"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
Gratitude
"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
Connection to Earth
"My sisters are my treasures, the women that keep me grounded."
- Daniela Pesconi
Love
"Sister we don’t know what the future holds but we always know we are there for each other."
- Catherine Pulsifer
Belief in Self
"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
Gratitude
"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
Love
"When you treasure your sister, you also treasure yourself."
- Dave Pipitone
Love
"Having a elder sister is just like a diamond in darkest room."
- Pratiksha Prajapati
Love
"I learned many life lessons from watching my big sister make mistakes!"
- Kate Summers
Learning from Mistakes
"Big sisters are the best. They boss you around, but they also have your back."
- Sutton Foster
Relationships
"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
Inspiration
"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
Healing
"…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
Relationships
"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
Relationships
"I have always thought that sisters have a way of communicating, no matter what keeps them apart."
- Kelly S. Thompson
Relationships
"There is no place for secrets in sisterhood."
- Erin Forbes
Relationships
"Acquaintances were always on their best behavior, but sisters loved each other enough to say anything."
- Lauren Weisberger
Relationships
"Sisters may walk on different paths, but they're never farther than a heartstring."
- Julia Ash
Connection to Earth
"We will always be sisters. Our differences may never go away, but neither, for me, will our song."
- Nancy Kelton
Relationships
"A sister is a dearest friend, a closest enemy, and an angel at the time of need."
- Debasish Mridha
Relationships
"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
Learning from Mistakes
"How do people make it through life without a sister?"
- Sara Corpening Whiteford
Reflection
"Because angels are sometimes busy elsewhere, God created sisters like you."
- Sal Williams
Spirituality
"There’s no better friend than a sister."
- Mary Engelbreit
Love
"Having an elder sister is just like a diamond in darkest room."
- Pratiksha Prajapati
Love
"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
Adversity
"Sisters become more beautiful as each day passes by."
- Michelle Malm
Growth
"Sisters share a bond unlike any other—thornier, but also tender, full of possibility."
- Joy McCullough
Love
"A sister is both your mirror —and your opposite."
- Elizabeth Fishel
Relationships
"You can kid the world, but not your sister."
- Charlotte Gray
Family
"So distant yet so close. So different yet so similar. That’s why I love my sister."
- Maxime Lagacé
Love
"A sister is a friend you don’t have to avoid the truth with."
- Michelle Malm
Honesty
"Sister is our first friend and second mother."
- Sunny Gupta
Relationships
"In some ways, siblings, and especially sisters, are more influential in your childhood than your parents."
- Deborah Tannen
Influence
"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
Love
"The mildest, drowsiest sister has been known to turn tiger if her sibling is in trouble."
- Clara Ortega
Courage
"She stands firmly on her own two feet and I just behind her; should she ever need me."
- J. Iron Word
Courage
"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
Relationships
"Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship."
- Margaret Mead
Relationships
"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
Courage
"My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously."
- Venus Williams
Responsibility
"Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world."
- Marilyn Monroe
Relationships
"A sister is both your mirror—and your opposite."
- Elizabeth Fishel
Relationships
"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
Relationships
"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
Love
"We acquire friends and we make enemies, but our sisters come with the territory."
- Evelyn Loeb
Relationships
"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
Teamwork
"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
Adversity
"Siblings seem to bring out the best and the worst in one another."
- Suzanne Degges-White
Relationships
"A sister smiles when one tells stories—for she knows where the decoration has been added."
- Chris Montaigne
Relationships
"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
Relationships
"What’s the good of news if you haven’t a sister to share it?"
- James DeVries
Connection to Earth
"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
Adversity
"Look inside any sister relationship and you’ll find a wealth of interesting stories."
- Colleen Sell
Reflection
"Sisters never quite forgive each other for what happened when they were five."
- Pam Brown
Relationships
"Of two sisters, one is always the watcher, one the dancer."
- Louise Glück
Relationships
"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
Adversity
"Little sisters can be a pain, but the big sister heroine worship can’t be beat."
- Allison M. Lee
Relationships
"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
Relationships
"If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she’s wearing your best sweater."
- Pam Brown
Adversity
"Sisters are reliably good for two things: hating and loving."
- Jessica Knoll
Relationships
"A sister will always notice her sister’s first gray hairs with glee."
- Allison M. Lee
Adversity
"The only person I lie to is my little sister, when I steal her clothes."
- Kendall Jenner
Relationships
"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
Courage
"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
Relationships
"My sisters. My blood. My skin. What a gruesome bond we shared."
- Krystal Sutherland
Adversity
"Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life."
- Charles M. Schulz
Adversity
"Sisterhood is a gift. It’s knowing you will always have someone in your corner, no matter what."
Empowerment
"Sisters are different flowers from the same garden."
- Unknown
Growth
"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
Courage
"A sister is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be."
- Unknown
Contentment
"Sisters make the bad times good and the good times unforgettable."
- Unknown
Joy
"Sisters: partners in crime."
Relationships
"Sisters: a bond unbreakable."
Relationships
"Sisters: forever friends."
Relationships
"Sisterhood is a journey where hand-in-hand, hearts are entwined, and souls are connected."
Connection to Earth
"A sister’s love is a lighthouse guiding us through life’s storms."
Compassion
"A sister’s presence is a soothing balm to the wounds the world inflicts."
Healing
"Sisters hold hands through life’s emotional rollercoaster, offering strength in unity."
Resilience
"The greatest gift our parents ever gave us was each other."
Gratitude
"Brothers and sisters are each other’s superheroes with super-healing powers; consider yourself lucky to have them."
Healing
"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."
Relationships
"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."
Inspiration
"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."
Compassion
"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."
Compassion
"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."
Compassion
"Sisters are for sharing laughter and wiping tears."
- Unknown
Compassion
"Our roots say we’re sisters, our hearts say we’re friends."
Relationships
"A sister is God's way of proving He doesn't want us to walk alone."
Spirituality
"In the cookies of life, sisters are the chocolate chips."
- Unknown
Joy
"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.'"
Wisdom
"A loyal sister is worth a thousand friends."
Relationships
"A person that truly loves you will never let you go, no matter how hard the situation is."
Love
"Never let an angry sister brush your hair."
Relationships
"Sister, you are like my angel, with a love that always glows. You are one of the greatest gifts my heart will ever know."
Love
"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."
Love
"Being sisters means you always have back up."
Compassion