17 Uplifting Quotes For People Who Are Single And LOVING It

Do the words lonely, insecure, and unloved sound familiar? These are the feelings we (personally or as a society) often associate with being single. But, why should they be?

Single-hood can actually be one of the most liberating experiences of our life, if we allow it to be.

Independent, satisfied, exhilarated, confident, happy, loved: These are emotions that we should strive for. Your relationship status doesn't define your happiness or the emotions you allocate to it — You do.

Here are some uplifting, positive quotes to remind you of just that!

1. On focusing on yourself.

Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

2. On knowing what "single" means to YOU.

Sometimes 'I'm Single' means 'I'm drama free, less stressed, and refuse to settle for less.

3. On finding hope.

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

4. On knowing your priorities.

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

5. On what single means NOW.

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

6. The REAL definition.

Single |sin•gle| (adjective) - Too fabulous to settle. ― Mandy Hale

7. On loving being single.

I love being single. I can come and go as I please and stay out as late as I want to. — Eric Dickerson

8. On being OK with being alone.

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

9. On making a choice.

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

10. On the best parts of single-hood.

The best thing about being a single is sleeping around. You can sleep all over that bed of yours. Left. Right. Middle. Wherever.

11. On learning to enjoy yourself.

I'm perpetually single. Being alone is not the same as being lonely. I like to do things that glorify being alone. I buy a candle that smells pretty, turn down the lights, and make a playlist of low-key songs. 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 dun by yourself, it's not a bad day. — Taylor Swift

12. On knowing what you really need.

You don't need to have two people to have two wine glasses.

13. On knowing what really matters.

There's so much more to life than finding someone who will want you, or being sad over someone who doesn't. There's a lot of wonderful time to be spent discovering yourself without hoping someone will fall in love with you along the way. And it doesn't need to be painful or empty. You need to fill yourself up with love. Not anyone else. — Emery Allen

14. On creating your own happiness.

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

15. On knowing who you can depend on.

I like being single, I’m always there when I need me. — Art Leo

16. On loving yourself.

I am a lover without a lover. I am lovely and lonely and I belong deeply to myself. — Warsan Shire

17. On knowing when you've found "the one".

I've been single for a while and I have to say it's going well. Like ... it's working out. I think I'm the one.

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