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100 Best Sister Quotes That Describe Your Unbreakable Bond

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

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Michal Oska

There's no bond like that of a sister! In all its beauty (and sometimes its tension), it can be a hard to express in words, so why not look to someone else's? Here we give you 100 sister quotes to capture that unique, heartfelt relationship you share.

All of these short quotes capture all the dimensions of sister love. Some are cute, some are emotional, some are funny, and all are meaningful expressions to share with your sister, perhaps as birthday wishes and perhaps on an Instagram post with a sweet photo of the two of you on vacation or when you were little (bonus points for matching outfits!). After all don't we all need reminders of the strong women we are and the strong bonds we share? Whether your sister is truly your best friend or if she just brings you joy like no one else can, you're sure to find the words that feel just right below and be reminded how grateful you are for all that you have shared over your years together.

And now for those sister quotes. Get ready for all the heart emojis that you'll want to add to them!

Inspirational Sister Quotes

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

“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

“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

“Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.” —Benjamin Disraeli

“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

“To have a loving relationship with a sister is not simply to have a buddy or a confident… it is to have a soul mate for life.” —Victoria Secunda

“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 greatest gift our parents ever gave us was each other." —Unknown

“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

“One’s sister is part of one’s essential self, an eternal presence of ones’ heart, soul and memory.” —Susan Cabil

“You’re not my best friend. You’re my sister, and that’s more.” —Jenny Han

"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." —Unknown

“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

“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

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

“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

"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." —Unknown

“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

“What’s the good of news if you haven’t a sister to share it?” —James DeVries

"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." —Unknown

“Sisterhood is powerful.”—Robin Morgan

"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." —Unknown

“Look inside any sister relationship and you’ll find a wealth of interesting stories.”—Colleen Sell

“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

“My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously.”—Venus Williams

Sweet Sister Quotes

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“A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life.” —Isadora James

“Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world.” –Marilyn Monroe

"Being sisters means you always have back up." —Unknown

“I could never love anyone as I love my sisters.” —Little Women (1994 film adaptation)

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

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

"A loyal sister is worth a thousand friends." —Unknown

"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

"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." —Unknown

"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 Sheeny

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

"A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost." —Marion C. Garretty

"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

“There’s no better friend than a sister.” —Mary Engelbreit

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

“Because angels are sometimes busy elsewhere, God created sisters like you.”—Sal Williams

“A woman without her sister is like a bird without her wings.”—Moosa Rahat

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

“Having an elder sister is just like a diamond in darkest room.”—Pratiksha Prajapati

“She’s always there for me when I need her. She’s my best friend. She’s just my everything.”—Ashley Olsen

"Sisters are for sharing laughter and wiping tears." —Unknown

“Your sister is a jewel, a priceless, one-of-a-kind gem who makes living precious for many people, including you.”—Dave Pipitone

“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

"Sisters are different flowers from the same garden." —Unknown

“The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend.”—Cali Rae Turner

“Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life.” ―Charles M. Schulz

Truth-Telling Sister Quotes

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“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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

“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

“I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness.” —Emily Dickinson

“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

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

“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

“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 William

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Sister Quotes from Books & Authors

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

“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

“You know full well as I do the value of sisters’ affections; there is nothing like it in this world.” —Charlotte Bronte

“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

“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

“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

“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

“You can kid the world, but not your sister.” Charlotte Gray

“Unconditional love: the definition of sister.”—Alicia Cook

“Sisters share a bond unlike any other—thornier, but also tender, full of possibility.”—Joy McCullough

“…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

“Acquaintances were always on their best behavior, but sisters loved each other enough to say anything.” —Lauren Weisberger

“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

“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

“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

“My sisters. My blood. My skin. What a gruesome bond we shared.” ―Krystal Sutherland

“A sister is a dearest friend, a closest enemy, and an angel at the time of need.” ―Debasish Mridha

Funny Sister Quotes

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"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

“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

“If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she’s wearing your best sweater.” —Pam Brown

"More than Santa Claus, your sister knows when you've been bad and good." —Linda Sunshine

“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

“What are sisters for if not to point out the things the rest of the world is too polite to mention.”
―Claire Cook

“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

“Sisters are reliably good for two things: hating and loving.”—Jessica Knoll

“You ever hear Dad introduce us to people? ‘This our daughter Dottie. And this is our other daughter, Dottie’s sister.’ They should’ve just had you and bought a dog.” —A League of Their Own

"Sisters are like cookies and milk... Whether things are sweet or crummy, they're better together." —Unknown

“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 Cleag

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