"Siblings 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
Personal Growth
"The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend."
- Cali Rae Turner
Relationships
"Sisters and brothers are the truest, purest forms of love, family, and friendship, knowing when to hold you and when to challenge you, but always being a part of you."
- Carol Ann Albright-Eastman
Love
"Brothers aren't simply close; brothers are knit together."
- Robert Rivers
Connection to Earth
"Your parents leave you too soon and your kids and spouse come along late, but your siblings know you when you are in your most inchoate form."
- Jeffrey Kluger
Relationships
"During life’s journey, you will find most sisters and brothers are friends, companions, and support for each other."
- Kate Summers
Relationships
"A sibling is both your mirror and your opposite."
- Elizabeth Fishel
Self-awareness
"Brother and sister, together as friends, ready to face whatever life sends. Joy and laughter or tears and strife, holding hands tightly as we dance through life."
- Suzie Huitt
Relationships
"Siblings are people we grow up with and love for a lifetime."
- Kate Summers
Relationships
"A sibling is a lens through which you see your childhood."
- Ann Hood
Reflection
"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
"A sibling may be the keeper of one's identity, the only person with the keys to one's unfettered, more fundamental self."
- Marian Sandmaier
Self-awareness
"Sibling relationships outlast marriages, survive the death of parents, resurface after quarrels that would sink any friendship. They flourish in a thousand incarnations of closeness and distance, warmth, loyalty, and distrust."
- Erica E. Goode
Relationships
"A sibling is the one person you rely on, fight with, and love unconditionally."
- Karen White
Relationships
"Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet."
- Vietnamese Proverb
Connection to Earth
"Be nice to your siblings — they're your best link to your past and the most likely to stay with you in the future."
- Baz Lurhmann
Relationships
"Siblings – the definition that comprises love, strife, competition and forever friends."
- Byron Pulsifier
Relationships
"I don’t believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at."
- Maya Angelou
Relationships
"Our siblings. They resemble us just enough to make all their differences confusing, and no matter what we choose to make of this, we are cast in relation to them our whole lives long."
- Susan Scarf Merrell
Relationships
"Siblings are a volume of childhood memories; a nostalgia that cannot be easily deleted."
- Vincent Okay Nwachukwu
Reflection
"Having a sibling means having a built-in best friend for life."
- Sarah Dessen
Relationships
"Your siblings are the only people in the world who know what it’s like to have been brought up the way you were."
- Betsy Cohen
Relationships
"Siblings: the only enemy you can’t live without."
- Nalini Singh
Relationships
"A sibling is a forever friend who knows you better than anyone else."
- Liane Moriarty
Relationships
"Brothers and sisters can provide the most encouragement and support when life’s trials get us down. Talk to them!"
- Catherine Pulsifer
Empowerment
"A sibling is not just family, but a partner in the journey of life."
- Mitch Albom
Relationships
"Siblings are the link to our past and the bridge to our future."
- Jane Mersky Leder
Relationships
"A sibling bond is like no other; it is a love that withstands time and distance."
- Rainbow Rowell
Relationships
"A sibling is someone who sees the best in you when others don’t and has the power to bring out your true potential."
- Brené Brown
Self-improvement
"Siblings share not only genes and memories but also an unbreakable bond that extends beyond time and space."
- Jodi Picoult
Relationships
"A sibling is a friend you were born with, a confidant you can trust, and a pillar of support in times of need."
- Megan Hart
Relationships
"Siblings have a unique ability to bring out the best in each other and challenge each other’s limits."
- Marissa Meyer
Personal Growth
"Brothers and sisters are one of the constant things in the lives of many people."
- Richard Branson
Family
"A sibling represents a person’s past, present, and future."
- John Corey Whaley
Relationships
"Siblings-the definition that comprises love, strife, competition and forever friends."
- Byron Pulsifer
Relationships
"I think people that have a brother or sister don't realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that there's always somebody there, somebody that's family."
- Trey Parker
Gratitude
"Power, that’s one thing, but love of family and of siblings is more important, is more powerful than any other power – at least earthly power, at least earthly power."
- Sander Levin
Love
"Once a brother, always a brother, no matter the distance, no matter the difference and no matter the issue."
- Byron Pulsifer
Family
"My family is everything. I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister... because they have given me everything. The education I have is thanks to them."
- Ronaldinho
Family
"The love of siblings is the most unconditional love of all. It is pure and loyal. A love without demand, without expectations or pretense."
- Anoir Ou-Chad
Love
"If you have a brother or sister, tell them you love them every day. That’s the most beautiful thing. I told my sister how much I loved her every day. That’s the only reason I’m OK right now."
- Amaury Nolasco
Love
"A sister is someone, who loves you from the heart. No matter how much you argue, you cannot be drawn apart."
- Shiv Sharma
Love
"My siblings are my best friends."
- America Ferrera
Relationships
"To the outside world, we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were, we know each other’s hearts, we share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys."
- Clara Ortega
Relationships
"A sibling is the lens through which you see your childhood."
- Ann Hood
Relationships
"You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them."
- Desmond Tutu
Family
"Siblings 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
Personal Growth
"I grew up with an older brother, and the bond between siblings is unlike anything else, and it can be a real journey to accept what that bond is once you both mature into it. Because it’s not always what you want. It’s not always what you expect. It’s not always what you imagined or hoped. But it’s one of the most important things in the world."
- Ben Schnetzer
Relationships
"In the cookies of life, siblings are the chocolate chips."
- Mario Puzo
Relationships
"There is no love like the love for a brother. There is no love like the love from a brother."
- Astrid Alauda
Love
"Because brothers don't let each other wander in the dark alone."
- Jolene Perry
Connection to Earth
"I have a wonderful shelter, which is my family. I have a wonderful relationship with my brother and sister; this makes me feel that I know always where I belong."
- Jose Carreras
Family
"Sisters and brothers just happen — we don't get to choose them, but they become one of our most cherished relationships."
- Wes Adamson
Relationships
"I think people that have a brother or sister don’t realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that there's always somebody there, somebody that's family."
- Trey Parker
Gratitude
"Siblings often become good friends, and because they know each other so well, they can provide each other a deep sense of comfort."
- Laura Markham
Relationships
"Half the time when brothers wrestle, it’s just an excuse to hug each other."
- James Patterson
Love
"Sisters make the best friends in the world."
- Marilyn Monroe
Relationships
"We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don’t judge."
- Adriana Trigiani
Compassion
"Siblings know you better than anyone. They may not always admire you, but they’ll always be intensely interested in you."
- Dr. Terri Apter
Awareness
"If you loved your sibling, you will grieve. Even if you had a difficult or ambivalent relationship with your sibling, you will grieve."
- Alan D. Wolfelt
Adversity
"But how can I learn to live in a world that doesn’t include my brother? All my life, I’ve always been my brother’s sister; it’s part of my identity, part of who I am. My brother is part of my past; we share a common history. And we had plans for the future."
- T.J. Wray
Adversity
"When a sibling dies, it is like a deep hole implodes inside of you. It's as if the hole penetrates you and leaves you gasping for air."
- Alan D. Wolfelt
Adversity
"A sibling is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost."
- Marion C. Garretty
Nature
"There's nothing fiercer than the love of an angel sibling."
- Sara Millen
Love
"Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero."
- Marc Brown
Inspiration
"I do find the sibling connection endlessly fascinating, as I do all family dynamics. I like how siblings seem to create their own parentless mini-civilization within a family, one that has its own laws, myths, language, humor, its own loyalties and treacheries."
- Jandy Nelson
Relationships
"In some ways, siblings, and especially sisters, are more influential in your childhood than your parents."
- Deborah Tannen
Influence
"It was wonderful to grow up with so many siblings. We were all just a year or two apart, and we were always so supportive of each other."
- Joaquin Phoenix
Relationships
"My sister and I are so close that we finish each other’s sentences and often wonder whose memories belong to whom."
- Shannon Celebi
Connection to Earth
"Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk."
- Susan Scarf Merrell
Family
"The full impact of our brother's or sister's death begins to seep into our consciousness at precisely the same time when others might expect us to be feeling better."
- T.J. Wray
Adversity
"Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their power, which no subsequent connections can supply."
- Jane Austen
Relationships
"As long as I can, I will look at this world for both of us. As long as I can, I will laugh with the birds, I will sing with the flowers, I will pray to the stars, for both of us."
- Sacha
Faith
"Having lots of siblings is like having built-in best friends."
- Kim Kardashian
Relationships
"The mildest, drowsiest sister has been known to turn tiger if her sibling is in trouble."
- Clara Ortega
Courage
"I may fight with my siblings, but once you lay a finger on them, you'll be facing me."
- Abby Slater
Bravery
"They say that no matter how old you become, when you are with your siblings, you revert back to childhood."
- Karen White
Nature
"In many sibling relationships, the rate of conflict can be high, but the fun times in the backyard and the basement more than balance it out."
- Po Bronson
Balance
"What are siblings for if not to point out the things the rest of the world is too polite to mention?"
- Claire Cook
Honesty
"Siblings teach us about responsibility, cooperation, and the art of sharing."
- Michael Gurian
Personal Growth
"More than Santa Claus, your sister knows when you’ve been bad and good."
- Linda Sunshine
Relationships
"We may look old and wise to the outside world. But to each other, we are still in junior school."
- Charlotte Gray
Growth
"Siblings: children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together."
- Sam Levenson
Originality
"I grew up with six brothers. That’s how I learned to dance – waiting for the bathroom."
- Bob Hope
Adaptation
"Siblings that say they never fight are most definitely hiding something."
- Lemony Snicket
Relationships
"What causes sibling rivalry? Having more than one kid."
- Tim Allen
Adversity
"Friendship: the relationship you have with your chosen family, the brothers and sisters of your heart."
Relationships
"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time."
Adversity
"My brother is worth a thousand of your friend."
Relationships
"Siblings are like stars. You may not always see them, but they're always there."
Relationships
"Siblings are the only enemy you can't live without."
Relationships
"Plenty of relationships are made and broken, but siblings stay forever."
Relationships
"Siblings are the angels who lift you up when our wings forget to fly."
Inspiration
"I didn't always recognize you for the good friend that you were when we were growing up, but I see you not only as my sibling, but my best friend now."
Relationships
"Siblings will take different paths and life may separate them, but they will forever be bonded by having begun their journey in the same boat."
Connection to Earth
"Our sibling bond is not eye to eye. Rather, it is heart to heart."
Love
"Losing a sibling means you have to grieve the loss of a close relative and a best friend at the same time."
Adversity
"The bond between siblings remains forever unbreakable."
Love
"My sibling was my touchstone in my life."
Relationships
"Your brother or sister may not solve your issues. But they will surely not let you face anything alone."
Empowerment
"Older siblings will use you for their fun and entertainment but can break anyone’s head who troubles you."
Bravery
"Sisters are like psychiatrists. They have no choice but to listen to your whining, then turn around and rob you blind."
Relationships
"The greatest gift our parents ever gave us was each other."
Gratitude
"Happiness is seeing your sibling smile."
Happiness