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Famous Quotes about Sisters

Are you writing a greeting card or letter and need a few famous quotes about sisters? Maybe your sister is getting married or having a birthday, and you need to make a toast or speech. Here are some for you to pick through.

Famous Quotes about Sisters

Sisters can be fun and aggravating, wonderful and infuriating, but the bonds between siblings are unbreakable. Here are some famous quotes about sisters.

  • A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life. - Isadora James
  • A sister shares childhood memories and grown-up dreams.  
  • An older sister is a friend and defender - a listener, conspirator, a counsellor and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too. - Pam Brown
  • Help one another, is part of the religion of sisterhood. - Louisa May Alcott
  • 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
  • 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
  • It was nice growing up with someone like you - someone to lean on, someone to count on... someone to tell on!
  • My sister taught me everything I really need to know, and she was only in sixth grade at the time. - Linda Sunshine
  • Of two sisters one is always the watcher, one the dancer. - Louise Glück
  • One of the best things about being an adult is the realization that you can share with your sister and still have plenty for yourself. - Betsy Cohen
  • Our roots say we're sisters, our hearts say we're friends.
  • Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. - Margaret Mead
  • Sisters are different flowers from the same garden. 
  • Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other. - Carol Saline
  • Sisters share the scent and smells - the feel of a common childhood. - Pam Brown
  • Sisterhood is powerful. - Robin Morgan
  • Sisters don't need words. They have perfected a language of snarls and smiles and frowns and winks - expressions of shocked surprise and incredulity and disbelief. Sniffs and snorts and gasps and sighs - that can undermine any tale you're telling. - Pam Brown
  • The mildest, drowsiest sister has been known to turn tiger if her sibling is in trouble. - Clara Ortega
  • When mom and dad don't understand, a sister always will.

Funny Quotes

Sisters can be allies or rivals. Sometimes they are partners in crime, but they will always be our sisters. Let’s have a light hearted look at the role of sisters. Here are some funny and famous quotes about sisters:

  • Never let an angry sister brush your hair.
  • More than Santa Claus, your sister knows when you've been bad and good. -- Linda Sunshine
  • Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life. - Charles M. Schulz
  • Sisters remember things you would rather forget, in graphic detail...With proof.
  • 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
  • If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best sweater. - Pam Brown
  • Sister to sister we will always be, A couple of nuts off the family tree.
  • 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
  • I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.
  • In the cookies of life, sisters are the chocolate chips.

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