70 Empowering Quotes for Single Women Everywhere

Being single is not a disadvantage or a weakness, but rather a benefit. It allows you time and space to be yourself, explore your interests and live a satisfying life to suit your needs. To celebrate this sense of independence and self-sufficiency we’ve put together a list of 70 inspiring and inspiring quotes for women who are single.

The time you are single for time allows you to understand your self better, and you’ll be able to pinpoint exactly what you want from life, and also out of an intimate relationship.

If you’re scared of the newfound freedom of single life or you aren’t sure about accepting the benefits that a single life can give, maybe you have to smile about where you are right today.

If you’re in that situation, these quotes are ideal for you. They will remind you of how powerful you can be even when you are still single, that it’s not a downer within your own life. It will also remind you that it can be fantastic at times.

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The 70 Best Single Woman Quotes

“We have to start looking at the world through women’s eyes’ how are human rights, peace and development defined from the perspective of the lives of women? It’s also important to look at the world from the perspective of the lives of diverse women, because there is not single women’s view, any more than there is a single men’s view.” – Charlotte Bunch

“Everyone is lonely sometimes, even married people. But most single women (as well as women with spouses) actually enjoy their solitude.” – Sarah Mahoney

“In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.” – Elizabeth Wurtzel

“As it turns out, social scientists have established only one fact about single women’s mental health: employment improves it.” – Susan Faludi

“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.” – Sarah Jessica Parker

“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 Delpy

“You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single relationship that is truly central and crucial in a life is the relationship to the self.” – Jo Coudert

“My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.” – Warsan Shire

“I see light at the end of the tunnel.” – Walt Whitman Rostow

“I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.” – Susan B. Anthony

“March to the beat of your own drummer.” – Henry David Thoreau

“How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.” – Anais Nin

“I’m dating a woman now who, evidently, is unaware of it.” – Garry Shandling

“Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.” – Jane Austen

“One of my favorite fantasies is that next Sunday not one single woman, in any country of the world, will go to church. If women simply stop giving our time and energy to the institutions that oppress, they would have to cease to do so.” – Sonia Johnson

“Speaking as somebody with three sisters and a very largely female Muslim family, there is not a single woman I know in my family or in their friends who would have accepted the wearing of a veil.” – Salman Rushdie

“When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don’t know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.” – William Makepeace Thackeray

“When I graduated from law school in 1959, there wasn’t a single woman on any federal bench. It wouldn’t be a realistic ambition for a woman to want to become a federal judge.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“I feel like any single woman of color who’s been onstage has a Shakespeare monologue in her back pocket, and a monologue from ‘For Colored Girls.’ It’s just part of what you should have, as a woman of color.” – Kerry Washington

“I was attracted to the positive outlook on women especially exploring relationships with different people and being confident and comfortable and strong. That was the kind of thing that was appealing to me, because that’s what’s real, and that’s honest, and it’s nothing to be ashamed of. That’s what single women do.” – Dakota Johnson

“By definition, a hearing is an inquiry into many sides of an issue with testimony from various points of views. But mark this: The Republicans did not have a single woman to testify in support of the contraception mandate. That is not a hearing; that is a sham.” – Felicity Huffman

“Which are you? Are you the single woman who is just barely getting by who will become an insignificant spinster one day? Or are you the kind that’s more dangerous, leading the lost further into their lostness? Or is your singleness fueled by the power of the Spirit so that you are one who uses it for good, leaving a legacy of lives changed?” – Dannah Gresh

“Holidays were invented so single women could overeat without feeling guilty.” – Elizabeth Jane Howard

“Until you get comfortable with being alone, you’ll never know if you’re choosing someone out of love or loneliness.”- Mandy Hale

“Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.” – Brené Brown “Gifts of Imperfection”

“If you’re single and struggling with identity issues, finding a partner will magnify your issues. Again, the magnification may not show up until the shine of “new love” is over, but it will show up. Whatever problems you and your partner take into a marriage get magnified.” – Brené Brown, I thought it was just me.

“When we have our self-worth riding on the realization of something that we can’t control, we put our self-worth in jeopardy. When we say, “this relationship will get better, we just need to get married,” and things get worse after you get married…” – Brené Brown, I Thought it was just me

“Be grateful for your singleness. It has made you strong and independent and unflinching in your willingness to settle. It has protected you from wrong men and forced you to take risks and taught you the value of your own company. It has given you the space and grace to become exactly who you are.” – Unknown

“God’s design is for your sexual choices to accurately reflect your devotion to Him and to reveal the level of commitment you’ve made to a man.” – Dr. Juli Slattery

“Sex cannot ultimately satisfy you. It is merely a temporary glimpse of an eternal pleasure. Sex outside the context for which it was created will only lead to desperation and discontent.” – CIO

“Love is the most powerful force in the world, but when it is blocked it is so painful. But that doesn’t stop it. Ask God to give you the right channel to give your love expression.” – From the Hiding Place

“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, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who come alive.” – Howard Thurman, Theologian

“Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake & help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for.” – Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

“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, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

“Two things you will never have to chase: True friends & true love.” – Mandy Hale

“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mohandas Gandhi

“You’ll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it.” – Mandy Hale

“Celebrate the people in your life who are there because they love you for no other reason than because you are YOU.” – Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

“Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake & help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for.” – Mandy Hale

“Better to put your heart on the line, risk everything, and walk away with nothing than play it safe. Love is a lot of things, but ‘safe’ isn’t one of them.” – Mandy Hale

“What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering and I responded…sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly.” – George Saunders, commencement address Syracuse University

“Is there any real purpose in being alive if all we are going to do is get up every day and live only for ourselves? Live your life to help others. Give & live selflessly.” -Joyce Meyer

“Don’t chase people. Be yourself do your own thing and work hard. The right people- the right ones who really belong in your life will come to you. And Stay.” -Will Smith

“Do all the good you can, to all the people you can, in all the ways you can, and as long as ever you can.” – D.L. Moody

“Single is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize.” – Mandy Hale

“If you’re not happy single, you won’t be happy taken. Happiness comes from within, not from men.” – Anonymous

“It is better to be single and wait for what you deserve than lower your standards and settle for less than God’s best for you.” – Brittney Moses

“Single is not a status; it is a word that describes a person who is strong enough to live and enjoy life without depending on others.” – Prixie

“It takes a strong woman to remain single in a world that is accustomed to settling with anything just to say they have something.” – Anonymous

“You’re not single because of an attitude problem. You’re single because some men have a problem with strong-minded women. Women who aren’t afraid to call bullshit when they see it. You’re single because you’ve yet to find someone who is willing to understand why you are the way you are. You’re single because you’re built for a man who won’t be intimated; he’ll find you.” – Anonymous

“She is single, not because she can’t find a man, but because she’s waiting for the right man to come along and make her feel so secure in the relationship that loving him just comes naturally and easily.” – Amari Soul

“Still single today? No worries. Keep love in your heart; a life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.” – Anonymous

“If God gives you something to do, why in God’s name wouldn’t you do it.” – Stephen King, On Writing

“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

“I like being alone. I have control over my own shit. Therefore, in order to win me over, your presence has to feel better than my solitude. You’re not competing with another person, you are competing with my comfort zones.” – Horacio Jones

“Be grateful for your singleness. It has made you strong and independent and unflinching in your unwillingness to settle. It has protected you from the wrong men and forced you to take risks, and taught you the value of your own company. It has given you the space and grace to become exactly who you are.” – Anonymous

“I don’t need to be in a relationship to be told how beautiful, pretty, and sexy I am. I already know that.” – Mandy Hale

“I recommend to all my friends that they be alone for a while. When you’re in love or dating someone, you filter your life decisions through their eyes. When you spend a few years being who you are, completely unbiased, you can figure out what you actually want.” – Taylor Swift

“Don’t settle, even if you remain alone for a lifetime. You deserve someone who will appreciate you for both your beauty and your bruises.” – A.R. Lucas

“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

“Stay single until someone actually complements your life in a way that makes it better not to be single. If not, it’s not worth it.” – Anonymous

“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

“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

“Laughter, song, and dance create emotional and spiritual connection; they remind us on the one thing that truly matter when we are searching for comfort, celebration, inspiration, or healing; we are not alone.” – Brené Brown

“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

“The days are long, but the years are short.” – Gretchen Rubin

“May God teach us to believe that to be humble, to be nothing in His presence, is the highest attainment, and the fullest blessing of the Christian life.” – Andrew Murray, Humility

“We have to allow ourselves to be loved by the people who really love us, the people who really matter. Too much of the time, we are blinded by our own pursuits of people to love us, people that don’t even matter, while all that time we waste and the people who do love us have to stand on the sidewalk and watch us beg in the streets! It’s time to put an end to this. It’s time for us to let ourselves be loved.” – C. Joybell C.

“Love means that you accept a person with all their failures, stupidities, ugly points and nonetheless, you see perfection in imperfection itself.” – Unknown

Conclusion

Each one of these quotes conveys a message about determination, self-love and determination, which reinforces the notion that every woman is worthy, capable and perfect by herself.

Being single isn’t a time to simply go through but an opportunity to treasure and cherish the opportunity to expand, discover and appreciate the wonderful journey to self-discovery. If you’re single out of circumstances or choice, keep in mind that the value you have comes from inside and the most important connection you’ll ever make is with yourself.