125 Best Being Single Quotes - Parade Magazine

Being single isn't always embraced with open arms—many folks who are not currently in relationships tend to find themselves envious of those who are. 

However, being in a relationship is not always what it's cracked up to be in movies, TV shows and books, which is why we put together this list of the best quotes about being single. It's time to embrace your singledom and let it empower (rather than deflate) you!

Whether you just went through a tough breakup and need a laugh, you've been single for a while and are feeling down on your luck, or you truly thrive on doing life solo, we've got quotes about being single for every person, mood and situation. 

Between funny quotes about being single, empowering messages about living the solo life, and quotes that celebrate loving yourself, here are 125 of the best being single quotes. 

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Best Being Single Quotes

1. "You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody." –Maya Angelou

2. "Being with no one is better than being with the wrong one. Sometimes, those who fly solo have the strongest wings." –Nitya Prakash

3. "Being single is definitely better than being with the wrong person." –Hassan Choughari 

4. "I call it being 'self-partnered.'" –Emma Watson

5. "It takes strength to not settle for less." –Unknown

6. "People would be a lot better off if they'd enjoy being single." –Lewis Black

7. "Life is too precious to waste it with the wrong person." –Tony Gaskins

8. "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

9. "Being single is about celebrating and appreciating your own space that you're in." –Kelly Rowland

10. "Love yourself first, because that's who you'll spend the rest of your life with." –Luigina Sgarro

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11. "I don't need anyone to take care of all my needs and desires. I can take care of them myself now." –Mindy Kaling

12. "My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude." –Warsan Shire

13. "We accept the love we think we deserve." –Stephen Chbosky

14. "Discover why you're important, then refuse to settle for anyone who doesn't completely agree." –Fisher Amelie

15. "He sleeps fastest who sleeps alone." –Richard Avedon

16. "Being brave enough to be alone frees you up to invite people into your life because you want them and not because you need them." –Mandy Hale

17. "The right one will find me when it's time." –Keri Hilson

18. "If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them." –Michael Bassey Johnson

19. "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

20. "People aren't defined by their relationships." –Nina Dobrev

21. "Being single is getting over the illusion that there is somebody out there to complete you." –Omkar Phatakc

22. "Don't be scared to walk alone. Don't be scared to like it." –John Mayer

23. "I'd rather be alone than unhappy." –Whitney Houston

24. "Solitude is the place of purification." –Martin Buber

25. "A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone." –Anonymous

Funny Quotes About Being Single

26. "I love being single. I can come and go as I please and stay out as late as I want to." –Eric Dickerson

27. "You don't need a knight to rescue you. You're not locked in a turret." –Candi Williams

28. "I'm single because I was born that way." –Mae West

29. "It could be raining men, and I'd still be single." –Uknown

30. "I celebrate myself and sing myself." –Walt Whitman

31. "I think, therefore I'm single." –Liz Winston

32. "Stop complaining about being single! We have bigger problems here – like why McDonald's doesn't serve breakfast after 10:30." –Unknown

33. "No, I am not single. I'm in a long-distance relationship because my boyfriend/girlfriend lives in the future." –Unknown

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34. "I've been single for a while and I have to say, I think it's going very well. Like...it's working out. I think I'm the one!" –Emily Heller

35. "I am so romantic, sometimes I think I should marry myself." –Mike Wazowski

36. "It's probably not 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

37. "You don't have to be part of a couple to be happy, you know." –Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

38. "I found out why I'm single! Apparently, you have to go outside and let people see you." –Unknown

39. "We are becoming the men we wanted to marry." –Gloria Steinem

40. "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

41. "Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution." –Mae West

42. "I love being single. It's almost like being rich." –Sue Grafton

43. "I'm not single! I'm in a long-term relationship with action, adventure and fun." –Unknown

44. "Instead of single as a marital status…I prefer 'Independently owned and operated'". Unknown

45. "Single |sin•gle| (adjective): Too fabulous to settle." –Mandy Hale

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46. "Current relationship status: Made dinner for two. Ate both." –Unknown

47. "The best thing about being single is sleeping around. You can sleep all over that bed of yours! Left, right, middle, wherever." –Unknown

48. "Stop asking why I'm still single! I don't ask you why you're still married." –Unknown

49. "My life is like a romantic comedy, except there's no romance and it's just me laughing at my own jokes." –Unknown

50. "I like being single. I'm always there when I need me." –Art Leo

Inspirational Quotes About Being Single

51. "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

52. "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." –Oscar Wilde

53. "Sometimes, you have to stand alone to prove you can still stand." –Unknown

54. "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

55. "The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one we have with ourselves." –Shirley MacLaine 

56. "The loves of my life are my children and my mother. I don't feel as if I need a man." –Diane Keaton

57. "Of all the people you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never lose." –Jo Coudert

58. "He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened." –Lao Tzu

59. "If we seek paradise outside ourselves, we cannot have paradise in our hearts." – Thomas Merton

60. "The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous." –Rabindranath Tagore

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61. "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

62. "I used to think 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

63. "It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone." –Marilyn Monroe

64. "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

65. "It's nice to be with someone, but I don't think you need to be in a relationship to feel complete. That would be really sad." –Kristin Davis

66. "The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than what you settled for." –Maureen Dowd

67. "Become the leader of your life. Lead yourself to where you want to be. Breathe life back into your ambitions, desires, your goals, and your other relationships." —Steve Maraboli

68. "Don't wait for someone to shape your life. Shape it yourself." –Unknown

69. "I was told I was dangerous, and I asked, 'Why?' They said, 'Because you don't need anyone.' That's when I smiled." –Unknown

70. "Stay single until someone complements your life in a way that makes it better." –Unknown

71. "You wind up happily married after you live in an era in which you can be happily single." –Rebecca Traister

72. "Hope for love, pray for love, wish for love, dream for love...but don't put your life on hold waiting for love." –Mandy Hale

73. "If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on." –Steve Jobs

74. "Being single is getting over the illusion that there is somebody out there to complete you and taking charge of your own life." –Omkar Phatakc

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75. "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

Sarcastic Quotes About Being Single

76. "I'm not alone! I'm with myself, and myself is fabulous." –Eva Longoria

77. "It seemed to me that the desire to get married – which, I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women – is followed almost immediately by an equally basic and primal urge, which is to be single again." –Nora Ephron

78. "You can't put me on a leash. I'm unleashable!" –Tiffany Winfree

79. "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 

80. "As a self-described idealistic, I never consider myself as single. I like to say that I'm in between romances at the moment." —Carl Henegan

81. "You don't need to wrangle some warm body to sit next to just so you aren't alone on holidays." —Amy Schumer

82. "I'm single, because why let someone else ruin your life when you are perfectly capable of doing it on your own?" –Unknown

83. "Getting into a relationship may seem tempting, but so was getting on the Titanic ship and look what happened there." –SomeECards

84. "It's okay if you don't like me, not everyone has good taste." –Unknown

85. "Being single is pretty good. It's a nice sense of irresponsibility." —Michael Douglas

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Empowering Quotes About Being Single

86. "'Cause I'm my own soulmate, I know how to love me, I know that I'm always gonna hold me down." –Lizzo

87. "Being single isn't a time to be looking for love. Use that time to work on yourself and grow as an individual." –Unknown

88. "I'm actually extremely grateful that some things didn't work out the way I once wanted them to." –Unknown

89. "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

90. "People ask me, 'Why are you single? You're attractive, intelligent, and creative.' My reply is, 'I'm overqualified.'" –Unknown

91. "Promise yourself better, and never look back." –Unknown

92. "The single life is just a short break between two different love stories." –Unknown

93. "If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them." –Unknown

94. "If you can't take care of yourself, you can't take care of someone else." –Sahithi Setikam

95. "I have been single for a very long time but there is nothing lonely about my life." —Teri Hatcher

96. "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

97. "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

98. "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

99. "Even when it seems that there is no one else, always remember there's one person who never ceased to love you — yourself." –Unknown 

100. "And you scare people because you are whole all by yourself." –Lauren Alex Hooper

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Quotes About Being Happily Single

101. "I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude." –Henry David Thoreau 

102. "It's not about being single or in a relationship, it's about feeling good about yourself." –Akansh Malik

103. "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 Belucci

104. "Don't settle for ANYBODY, just so you can have SOMEBODY." –Unknown

105. "As I get older, I realize what qualities are important in love and what suits me. And what I won't settle for." –Jennifer Aniston

106. "Now I'm feeling how I should, never knew single could feel this good." —Jason Derulo

107. "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

108. "You're your best cheerleader." –Serena Williams 

109. "Being single doesn't mean you're weak, it means you're strong enough to wait for the right person." —Niall Horan

110. "I love being single. It's my choice, not a sentence. It's not a state that I'm in until someone better comes along. Don't feel sorry for me, I love my life." —Sarah Morgan

111. "Being single is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize." –Mandy Hale

112. "Being single has definitely given me a new lease on life." –Mollie King

113. "Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul." –Marcus Aurelius

114. "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

115. "To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness." –Robert Morley

116. "The lonely people have taught me, that I am not alone." –Anthony Liccione

117. "If you're not happy single, you won't be happy married, either." –Nick Vujicic

118. "Being single used to mean that nobody wanted you. Now it means you're pretty sexy and you're taking your time deciding how you want your life to be and who you want to spend it with." –Carrie Bradshaw

119. "I don't need Prince Charming to have my own happy ending." —Katy Perry

120. "I favor my heart when it's all mine, rather than having to share it with someone else." –Unknown

121. "Being single means you are taking your time deciding how you want your life to be and who you want to spend it with." –Unknown

122. "Single isn't better. But it's definitely not less than either. It's equally as nourishing and joyous an existence." –Catherine Gray

123. "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

124. "I never feel alone realizing the fact that my life is my only life partner." –Munia Khan

125. "I found being single to be a gift in disguise because I fell in love with the person I am." –Unknown

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