Sisters are special.
Often our first friends. Partners in crime. And they tend to somehow know us better than anyone else.
So in today’s post I want to celebrate that relationship by sharing 110 of the most meaningful, funny and relatable short sister quotes.
Use one or a few of your favorites in real life, for a heartfelt thank you in a text, on Instagram to share the love or in a birthday card to express how you deep down feel.
Short Sister Quotes to Help You Express Your Love
“My sister is the one person who truly knows me, as I know her.”
– Lisa See
“God sent me an angel when he gave me you as a sister.”
– Catherine Pulsifer
“My sister and I are so close that we finish each other’s sentences and often wonder whose memories belong to whom.”
– Shannon Celebi
“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
“A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life.”
– Isadora James
“There’s nobody in the world that knows me better than my sister.”
– Tia Mowry
“My sister and I truly are best friends.”
– Solange Knowles
“When our hair is white, we’ll still have our sister love.”
– Lisa See
“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
“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
“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
“You’re not my best friend. You’re my sister, and that’s more.”
– Jenny Han
“As I grew up, one of my strongest allies has been my sister.”
– Patti Smith
“She’s always there for me when I need her. She’s my best friend. She’s just my everything.”
– Ashley Olsen
“I could never love anyone as I love my sisters.”
– Amy (form the book Little Women)
“My sisters are my treasures, the women that keep me grounded.”
– Daniela Pesconi-Arthur
“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
“She is my sister, always, even in death, even beyond.”
– Marie Lu
“My sisters are my favorite people on earth.”
– Ryan Phillippe
“She’s the toughest player I ever played in my life, and the best person I know.”
– Serena Williams
“I’m happy to be with my sister. In a weird way, I spent my childhood watching her, looking up to her. It’s just wonderful.”
– Jake Gyllenhaal
“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
“My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy songs that I wrote when I was 8 years old and encouraged me to keep doing it.”
– Tracy Chapman
Funny and Short Sister Quotes That Will Make You Laugh
“What are sisters for if not to point out the things the rest of the world is too polite to mention.”
– Claire Cook
“If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she’s wearing your best sweater.”
– Pam Brown
“Sisters never quite forgive each other for what happened when they were five.”
– Pam Brown
“You can kid the world, but not your sister.”
– Charlotte Gray
“Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life.”
– Charles M. Schulz
“A sister will always notice her sister’s first gray hairs with glee.”
– Allison M. Lee
“More than Santa Claus, your sister knows when you’ve been bad and good.”
– Linda Sunshine
“I grew up believing my sister was from the planet Neptune and had been sent down to Earth to kill me. There’s a part of me that still believes it.”
– Zooey Deschanel
“As anybody with two older sisters can tell you, a closed door is like a red rag to a bull. It cannot go unchallenged.”
– Alan Bradley
“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
“The only person I lie to is my little sister, when I steal her clothes.”
– Kendall Jenner
“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
“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
“I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness.”
– Emily Dickinson
“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
“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
“My sister and I had a lemonade stand – with a two-drink minimum.”
– Wendy Liebman
“My sister is a mess. I love her to death, but she is a mess.”
– RJ Mitte
“I would kind of torture her. I was the older sister, and it was just the two of us. So I would play mental games with her.”
– Emily Deschanel
“The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.”
– Oscar Wilde
“I’m unbelievably ticklish. When I was a little kid, my sisters would hold me down and tickle me until I peed my pants.”
– Ronda Rousey
“If sisters were free to express how they really feel, parents would hear this: ‘Give me all the attention and all the toys and send Rebecca to live with Grandma.’”
– Linda Sunshine
“I made my older sister cry playing Monopoly once.”
– Johanna Konta
Short, Cute and Meaningful Sister Quotes and Sayings
“A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.”
– Marion C. Garretty
“Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other.”
– Carol Saline
“Sisters share a bond unlike any other – thornier, but also tender, full of possibility.”
– Joy McCullough
“Of two sisters one is always the watcher, one the dancer.”
– Louise Glück
“A sister is a friend you don’t have to avoid the truth with.”
– Michelle Malm
“There’s no better friend than a sister.”
– Mary Engelbreit
“Sister is our first friend and second mother.”
– Sunny Gupta
“A sister is both your mirror – and your opposite.”
– Elizabeth Fishel
“Sisters make the best friends in the world.”
– Marilyn Monroe
“How do people make it through life without a sister?”
– Sara Corpening Whiteford
“Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister?”
– Alice Walker
“When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us?”
– Pam Brown
“Sisters are friends we have for a lifetime.”
– Catherine Pulsifer
“A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.”
– Toni Morrison
“A woman without her sister is like a bird without her wings.”
– Moosa Rahat
“Sisters become more beautiful as each day passes by.”
– Michelle Malm
“The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend.”
– Cali Rae Turner
“Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.”
– Margaret Mead
“You know full well as I do the value of sisters’ affections; there is nothing like it in this world.”
– Charlotte Bronte
“Look inside any sister relationship and you’ll find a wealth of interesting stories.”
– Colleen Sell
“Sisterhood is powerful.”
– Robin Morgan
“One’s sister is part of one’s essential self, an eternal presence of one’s heart, soul and memory.”
– Susan Cabil
Short and Sweet Quotes That Go to the Heart of Sisterly Love
“Acquaintances were always on their best behavior, but sisters loved each other enough to say anything.”
– Lauren Weisberger
“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
“She stands firmly on her own two feet and I just behind her; should she ever need me.”
– J. Iron Word
“You keep your past by having sisters. As you get older, they’re the only ones who don’t get bored if you talk about your memories.”
– Deborah Moggach
“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
“Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.”
– Louisa May Alcott
“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
“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
“We are sisters. We will always be sisters. Our differences may never go away, but neither, for me, will our song.”
– Elizabeth Fishel
“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
“The mildest, drowsiest sister has been known to turn tiger if her sibling is in trouble.”
– Clara Ortega
“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
“Sisters will always love you tomorrow no matter what you do today.”
– Marinela Reka
“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 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
“There is no place for secrets in sisterhood.”
– Erin Forbes
“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. Someone who sees you exactly as you are and thinks that is enough. Someone who will walk next to you always.”
– Barbara Bush
“When you treasure your sister, you also treasure yourself.”
– Dave Pipitone
“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
Short Sister Quotes for Instagram and Birthday Cards
“A sister is like yourself in a different movie, a movie that stars you in a different life.”
– Deborah Tannen
“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
“A sister smiles when one tells stories—for she knows where the decoration has been added.”
– Chris Montaigne
“Because angels are sometimes busy elsewhere, God created sisters like you.”
– Sal Williams
“She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling even in the dark.”
– Barbara Alpert
“A sister is a dearest friend, a closest enemy, and an angel at the time of need.”
– Debasish Mridha
“Sisters are reliably good for two things: hating and loving.”
– Jessica Knoll
“We acquire friends and we make enemies, but our sisters come with the territory.”
– Evelyn Loeb
“An older sister is a friend and defender – a listener, conspirator, a counselor and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too.”
– Pam Brown
“My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously.”
– Venus Williams
“Be kind to thy sister. Not many may know the depths of true sisterly love.”
– Margaret Courtney
“Your sister is a jewel, a priceless, one-of-a-kind gem who makes living precious for many people, including you.”
– Dave Pipitone
“Little sisters can be a pain, but the big sister heroine worship can’t be beat.”
– Allison M. Lee
“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
“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
“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
“Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be.”
– Toni Morrison (from the book Beloved)
“Unconditional love: the definition of sister.”
– Alicia Cook
“It’s hard to be responsible, adult and sensible all the time. How good it is to have a sister whose heart is as young as your own.”
– Pam Brown
“A ministering angel shall my sister be.”
– William Shakespeare
“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
Want more timeless thoughts to help you share the love and laughter? Then check out these funny friendship quotes, the short love quotes here and also this one with plenty of best friend quotes and sayings.
