One Is a Crowd, Too! | 99 “Being Single” Quotes That Explore The Idea of a Meaningful Life
Finding the right partner is hard, but – either until that moment comes or by choice – one should enjoy life to its fullest. Living in couples is the norm for humans, an expression of their sociable side. However, contemporary lifestyle has given the means for practical self-sufficiency, so being single is quite common in modern society. Surely, reasons vary for everyone, so pursuing a career, educational advancement, changes in the perception of marriage or simply lack of suitable partners are all major causes of this growing trend.
One may say it is the best part of adult life, and that this is how one can live their best, most authentic and most meaningful life. It is even believed by many that one will put more effort in everything they do just because they aren’t consumed by worrying about maintaining a relationship. Taking advantage of their single status, though, many seem to develop more individually and benefit even more from alone time, while others claim they wouldn’t change that sense of freedom and alone time as they are more productive. Scientists even say it can be a positive impact even on one’s health.
Truth be said, in a contemporary society the reasons in favor of staying single are numerous and might even be increasing, which in turn has made famous people, intellectuals, and public figures – especially of the last two centuries – write and talk about this way of life. Below you will find a wide variety of quotes about being single that may positively influence people to pursue or continue living life as meaningfully as they can.
Table of Contents
- Short Single Quotes
- Funny Single Quotes
- Best Single Quotes
- Being Single Quotes
- Single Life Quotes
- Single Quotes Vs Double Quotes
- Sad Single Quotes
- Famous Single Quotes
Short Single Quotes
- I love being single. It’s almost like being rich.
- Single is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize. Mandy Hale
- To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. Oscar Wilde
- I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. Henry David Thoreau
- When you’re single and in your 20s, you throw on a pair of jeans and look fabulous. Sheena Easton
- Being single is definitely better than being with the wrong person. Hassan Choughari
- You don’t have to be part of a couple to be happy, you know.
- Love yourself first, because that’s who you’ll spend the rest of your life with. Unknown
- You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody. Maya Angelou
- Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like It. John Mayer
- I don’t need Prince Charming to have my own happy ending. Katy Perry
- I call it being self-partnered. Emma Watson
- I don’t like to be labeled as lonely just because I am alone. Delta Burke
- Now I’m feeling how I should. Never knew single could feel this good. Jason Derulo
- Single – too fabulous to settle. Mandy Hale
- As a body everyone is single, as a soul never. Hermann Hesse
- Hindsight teaches us that it is better to wait than to regret.
- I celebrate myself, and sing myself. Walt Whitman
- Solitude is the place of purification. Martin Buber
- DobrevPeople aren’t defined by their relationships. Nina Dobrev
- Yes I’m alone. But I’m alone and free. Elsa, Frozen
- Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary. Oscar Wilde
- He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened. Lao Tzu
- Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives. Louise Hay
- Single? No, I’m just in a relationship with freedom. Unknown
- I would be married, but I’d have no wife, I would be married to a single life. Charles Bukowski
- To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude. Jeanne Moreau
- I’m not single. I’m not taken. I’m simply on reserve for the one who deserves my heart. Unknown
- Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror. Byron Katie
Funny Single Quotes
- I like being single — I’m always there when I need me. Art Leo
- He sleeps fastest who sleeps alone. Richard Avedon
- I’m single because I was born that way. Mae West
- Marriage is a fine institution, but I’m not ready for an institution. Mae West
- I’ve been single for a while and I have to say, it’s going very well. Like… it’s working out. I think I’m the one. Emily Hunter
- The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead. Ann Landers
- Many of the most charming women I know possess at least one cat or dog. Maybe after getting used to an affectionate quadruped it is hard to settle for a man. Luigina Sgarro
- Dating after 40 is like, are we doing this or not? Because I’ve got things to do. Unknown
- I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me. William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
Best Single Quotes
- At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one’s lost self. Brendan Francis
- 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
- 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
- I used to think that 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
- The wise man is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy, and is afraid of solitude. Aristotle
- I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. Henry David Thoreau
- A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence. Mandy Hale
- 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
- It takes a strong person to remain single in a world that is accustomed to settling with anything just to say they have something. Unknown
- 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
- Discover why you’re important, then refuse to settle for anyone who doesn’t completely agree. Fisher Amelie
- I am a lover without a lover. I am lovely and lonely and I belong deeply to myself. Warsan Shire
- Yes, it’s a virtue to grow and improve, but it’s important to remember that being single does not mean you’re flawed and in need of fixing. Your relationship or lack thereof has little to do with your worth. Jennifer Taitz
- 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
- Of all the people you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never lose. Jo Coudert
- Cause I’m my own soulmate… I know how to love me… I know that I’m always gonna hold me down. Lizzo, Soulmate
- The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been before. Alan Ashley-Pitt
Being Single Quotes
- Being single is about celebrating and appreciating your own space that you’re in. Kelly Rowland
- 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
- Being single is getting over the illusion that there is somebody out there to complete you. Omkar Phatakc
- Single is not a status. It is a word that best describes a person who is strong enough to live and enjoy life without depending on others. Unknown
- 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
- “Happily Single” is recognizing that you don’t need or want to be rescued from your life by a handsome prince because your life is pretty awesome, as is. Mandy Hale
- Being single is only sad if you have a problem with your own company. I’m content with mine. Olga Kurylenko
Single Life Quotes
- 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
- 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
- I never feel alone realizing the fact that my life is my only life partner. Unknown
- I have been single for a very long time but there is nothing lonely about my life. Teri Hatcher
- Being single doesn’t mean you’re weak. It means you’re strong enough to wait for what you deserve. Niall Horan
Single Quotes Vs Double Quotes
- It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married.
- Being single doesn’t mean that you know nothing about love. Being solo is wiser than being in a false relationship. Unknown
- Being with no one is better than being with the wrong one. Sometimes those who fly solo have the strongest wings. Nitya Prakash
- I like relationships and being in love, but I also like being single – you have to embrace all those different things. Dominic Monaghan
- A broken relationship would make you feel more lonely than when you were single. Unknown
- It’s far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far. Marilyn Monroe
- Some people are happily single. Some are unhappily married. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Being alone is scary, but not as scary as feeling alone in a relationship. Amelia Earhart
Sad Single Quotes
- The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.
- 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 Deply
- When my bed is empty, Makes me feel awful mean and blue. My springs are getting rusty, Living single like I do. Bessie Smith
Famous Single Quotes
- I don’t need a man to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we’ll ever have is the one with ourselves. Shirley MacLaine
- If we seek paradise outside ourselves, we cannot have paradise in our hearts. Thomas Merton
- No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange another’s happiness. Graham Greene
- Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. Marcus Aurelius
- You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. Gautama Buddha
- If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we be doomed to remain single we do.
- 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
- Every woman in her late 20s goes through a period where she just doesn’t believe love is out there anymore, but it is. And I think the minute you stop looking for it is when it comes for you. Kristen Bell
- I’d rather be alone than unhappy. Whitney Houston
- Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore. Lady Gaga
- If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you’re always going to be disappointed. Madonna
- 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 Bellucci
- Being single is pretty good. It’s a nice sense of irresponsibility. Michael Douglas
- Being single has definitely given me a new lease of life. Mollie King
- If you don’t act like you’ve been hit by the plague when you’re alone on a Friday night, and just see it as a chance to have fun by yourself, it’s not a bad day. Taylor Swift
- Who are you? Are you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies? Have you created a life for yourself where you can experience them? I have. I am f*cking crazy. But I am free. Lana Del Rey
- I don’t really do that whole ‘single life’ thing. I’m kind of heads down and get things done. Ed Sheeran
- I love being single. I can come and go as I please and stay out as late as I want to. Eric Dickerson
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