42 Quotes About Singleness

Singleness is a state of being that many would like to avoid, but it’s not all bad. A lot of us may feel like we are missing out on the fun parts of life, but singleness gives us time to ourselves to process our thoughts and decide what kind of person we want to be. As much as we want love in our lives, sometimes it’s better to be alone for a while to figure out what that means for us. Here are some life-changing quotes about singleness that will inspire you no matter where you find yourself in your single life.

A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive...
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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
Hope for love, pray for love, wish for love, dream...
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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
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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
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Single” is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize. Mandy Hale
There are some places in life where you can only...
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There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey. Mandy Hale
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...Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don't develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well. Timothy J. Keller
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There’s something really cool about knowing that your destiny is SO big that you’re not meant to share it with anyone. At least not yet. Mandy Hale
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But if as you read this book you're saying to yourself: "I'd rather be miserably married than be alone." Well young lady, take out your clown shoes and buckle your seat belt - it's going to be a very bumpy one-woman circus. Osayi Emokpae Lasisi
I'm single because I was born that way.
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I'm single because I was born that way. Mae West
Single Christians living in purity and community are billboards for...
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Single Christians living in purity and community are billboards for the sufficiency of Jesus Peter Hubbard
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Think long and hard whether you have reached that mature stage of selflessness for this one you think you love so much. The love you enjoy will be the best thing that ever happened to you, but it will cost you your independence.... The responsibility of marriage and family demands time, and when we cheat on that, we rob ourselves of the investment returns. Ravi Zacharias
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Marriage brings face to face two people committed to God whose face is distinctively revealed in each as they see each other in the light of God, shining on each countenance. God brought them close to each other because each was the other's answer from God, to rescue them from being alone. Ravi Zacharias
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If your relationship is draining your energy, making you lose yourself and taking your attention away from God, then you are not in a relationship but a cult. You are busy creating an idol (mini-God) for yourself. Kemi Sogunle
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Don't be fretting...about me marrying. Marrying's a trouble and not marrying's a trouble and I sticks to the trouble I knows. L.m. Montgomery
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Single |sin-gle| (adjective) - Too fabulous to settle. Mandy Hale
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Single" means you are brave enough to face the glorious unknown of the unaccompanied journey. Mandy Hale
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Don't ignore the love you DO have in your life by focusing on the love you DON'T. Mandy Hale
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Love shouldn’t require Windex to be clear. It either is or it isn’t. Mandy Hale
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Not everyone has to ride off into the sunset with a man. Some of us just want a tan. Mandy Hale
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A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone. Mandy Hale
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She has to have four arms, four legs, four eyes, two hearts, and double the love. There is nothing “single” about a single mom. Mandy Hale
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Next time you hit a speed bump otherwise known as the age-old question “Why are you still single?” look ’em in the eye and say: “Because I’m too fabulous to settle. Mandy Hale
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Think about it this way: While being married is about becoming the WIFE you are meant to be, being single allows you to focus on becoming the WOMAN you were born to be. Mandy Hale
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It takes guts and bravery and heart to walk a mile in a single girl’s shoes. And sometimes a fabulous pedicure. Mandy Hale
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You don’t need a significant other to lead a significant life. Mandy Hale
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Happily Single is holding out for the best and letting go of the rest. It’s saying “I will and I can” to YOURSELF before you say “I do” to someone else. Mandy Hale
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Not everything in life has to be about finding “The One.” Sometimes a girl just wants to have fun. Mandy Hale
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Single ladies, the only thing we need to be rescued from is the notion that we need to be rescued. Mandy Hale
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Sex swims in marriage, while sex sinks in sin of being single. Anthony Liccione
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Single moms: You are a doctor, a teacher, a nurse, a maid, a cook, a referee, a heroine, a provider, a defender, a protector, a true Superwoman. Wear your cape proudly. Mandy Hale
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The question I’d long posed to myself–whether to be married or to be single–is a false binary. The space in which I’ve always wanted to live–indeed, where I have spend my adulthood–isn’t between those two poles, but beyond it. The choice between being married versus being single doesn’t even belong here in the twenty-first century. Kate Bolick
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I don't say Valancy deliberately murdered these lovers as she outgrew them. One simply faded away as another came. Things are very convenient in this respect in Blue Castles. L.m. Montgomery
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A Lady in Waiting...Recklessly abandons herself to the Lordship of ChristDiligently uses her single days Trusts God with unwavering faith Demonstrates virtue in daily life Loves God with undistracted devotion Stands for physical and emotional purity Lives in security Responds to life in contentment Makes choices based on her convictions Waits patiently for God to meet her needs Jackie Kendall
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I want to be known as the 23 year-old who is foolishly in love with a Prince she can't see. I want to rejoice while holding the rose of singleness, even when my hands bleed from its thorns. I want to resist the urge to envy the pairs growing in the middle of my neighbors' gardens. I want to be rooted in the simple truth that unripen pairs taste like lies and lingering loneliness. 
I want to put Jesus on my bullet wound and cling to His heart wrenching hope because He was kind enough to be a Band-Aid when He should have stayed a King. Katie Kiesler
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Sometimes while waiting for God's promises to come to pass, we messed up things and go into so many troubles, but God’s mercy has never failed in bringing us out of them all. Bamigboye Olurotimi
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I never feel alone realizing the fact that my life is my only life partner Munia Khan
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One of the greatest advantages of singleness is the potential for greater focus on Christ and accomplishing work for Him. Elizabeth George
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Let us crush these so-called biological clocks that give us nothing but fear, and encourage us to make stupid decisions. Let us crush these biological clocks that hurt us and rob us of the fabulous lives that Jesus died to give us. These clocks that not only hurt us, but hurt many generations after us. It is time. We need you. Osayi Emokpae Lasisi
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The strange thing about adulthood, when you're single, is that it's possible to go for fairly extended periods without facing blatant sin against. Sure there was plenty of sin against God but with such infrequent consequence - it was easy to self-congratulate on how much our relationship owed to my 'righteousness, ' generosity, and enlightened theological views. Though for the past twenty months or so I'd been hearing a pastor who's constant theme was grace, it didn't hit home until I faced this proof of what the Bible says God considers depravity. Anna Broadway
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Sometimes the church talks about singleness as if it were similar to being chosen for Hufflepuff by the Magic Sorting Hat in Harry Potter. The good news is that you still are at Hogwarts, but the bad news is that pretty much everyone else there will avoid you and make it clear they feel sad for you and would never, ever want to be you. Sammy Rhodes
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The world always said to just be yourself, but it turned out when Evelyn was herself, no guys were at all interested, so she was left with games of make-believe, expressing enthusiasm for whatever the men wanted to do, be it rock climbing or going to a cheese-beer pairing or a Knicks game. Stephanie Clifford