85 Sibling Quotes Celebrating Brothers and Sisters

Siblings are those special people who know you like no other, and these siblings quotes will inspire you to appreciate those people who have known you since the time you could crawl. If this meaningful collection of quotes about siblings speaks to you, share it with those special people it reminds you of so they can get a smile from it, too.

The relationship with your brothers and sisters may not always be easy. Sometimes your siblings will stir up emotions you don’t like. But despite the highs and lows, siblings are a joy and a blessing.

Your siblings will usually be the most likely people to feel your pain when you are at your lowest and rejoice when you rejoice. So creating a fulfilling relationship with them is so important.

Though it can be complex, the bond with our brothers and sisters is often the longest-lasting. To celebrate it, below is our collection of inspirational, sweet, and loving sibling quotes, sibling sayings, and sibling proverbs, collected from a variety of sources over the years. Enjoy these quotes on sibling bond.

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Sibling quotes celebrating brothers and sisters

1. “The mildest, drowsiest sister has been known to turn tiger if her sibling is in trouble.” – Clara Ortega

2. “Our siblings push buttons that cast us in roles we felt sure we had let go of long ago – the baby, the peacekeeper, the caretaker, the avoider…It doesn’t seem to matter how much time has elapsed or how far we’ve traveled.” – Jane Mersky Leder

3. “Brother and sister, together as friends, ready to face whatever life sends. Joy and laughter or tears and strife, holding hands tightly as we dance through life.” – Suzie Huitt

4. “Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their power, which no subsequent connections can supply.” – Jane Austen

5. “Brothers and sisters can say things to one another that no one else can.” – Gregory E. Lang

Sibling quotes celebrating brothers and sisters

6. “They say that no matter how old you become, when you are with your siblings, you revert back to childhood.” – Karen White

7. “A bond as important as that of a husband and wife, is the bond between siblings.” – Lee Dong-Wook

8. “Sibling relationships…outlast marriages, survive the death of parents, resurface after quarrels that would sink any friendship. They flourish in a thousand incarnations of closeness and distance, warmth, loyalty and distrust.” – Erica E. Goode

9. “Be nice to your siblings, they’re your best link to your past and the most likely to stay with you in the future.” – Baz Lurhmann

10. “Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk.” – Susan Scarf Merrell

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Sibling quotes to celebrate an enduring bond

11. “A sibling may be the keeper of one’s identity, the only person with the keys to one’s unfettered, more fundamental self.” – Marian Sandmaier

12. “Having lots of siblings is like having built-in best friends.” – Kim Kardashian

13. “Siblings 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

14. “Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet.” – Vietnamese Proverb

Sibling quotes to celebrate an enduring bond

15. “There’s no other love like the love for a brother. There’s no other love like the love from a brother.” – Terri Guillemets

16. “If you have a brother or sister, tell them you love them every day-that’s the most beautiful thing. I told my sister how much I loved her every day. That’s the only reason I’m OK right now.” – Amaury Nolasco

17. “Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow, and wise is the counsel of those who love us.” – Benjamin Disraeli

18. “Whatever you do they will love you; even if they don’t love you they are connected to you till you die. You can be boring and tedious with sisters, whereas you have to put on a good face with friends.” – Deborah Moggach

19. “Power, that’s one thing, but love of family and of siblings is more important, is more powerful than any other power – at least earthly power, at least earthly power.” – Sander Levin

20. “To have a loving relationship with a sister is not simply to have a buddy or a confident… it is to have a soulmate for life.” – Victoria Secunda

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Sibling quotes celebrating a long-lasting relationship

21. “Sisters and brothers are the truest, purest forms of love, family and friendship, knowing when to hold you and when to challenge you, but always being a part of you.” – Carol Ann Albright Eastman

22. “A sister is someone, who loves you from the heart. No matter how much you argue, you cannot be drawn apart.” – Shiv Sharma

23. “My sister accommodates me, never reproaches me with her doctrine, never tries to change me. She accepts and loves me, despite our differences.” – Joy Harjo

24. “The greatest gift our parents ever gave us was each other.” – Unknown

Sibling quotes celebrating a long-lasting relationship

25. “I can’t promise to solve all your problems, but I can promise you won’t have to face them alone.” – Unknown

26. “When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us?” – Pam Brown

27. “As we grew up, my brothers acted like they didn’t care, but I always knew they looked out for me and were there.” – Catherine Pulsifer

28. “Brothers are like streetlights along the road, they don’t make distance any shorter but they light up the path and make the walk worthwhile.” – Unknown

29. “Our paths may change as life goes along, but the bond between us remains ever strong, my dear brother.” – Unknown

30. “The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out his nose.” – Garrison

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Sibling quotes in honor of a special bond

31. “Because brothers don’t let each other wander in the dark alone.” – Jolene Perry

32. “I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.” – Kames Boswell

33. “My sister and I are so close that we finish each other’s sentences and often wonder whose memories belong to whom.” – Shannon Celebi

34. “Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.” – Michael Morpurgo

35. “The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend.” – Cali Rae Turner

Sibling quotes in honor of a special bond

36. “Is solace anywhere more comforting than in the arms of a sister.” – Alice Walker

37. “There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother… Oh, how I hated that little boy. And how I love him too.” – Anna Quindlen

38. “Half the time when brothers wrestle, it’s just an excuse to hug each other.” – James Patterson

39. “Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and can be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is a far off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face.” – St Francis of Assisi

40. “A sibling may be the keeper of one’s identity, the only person with the keys to one’s unfettered, more fundamental self.” – Marian Sandmaier

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Beautiful quotes on sibling bond

41. “Sometimes Being a Brother Is Even Better Than Being a Superhero.” – Marc Brown

42. “It takes two men to make one brother.” – Israel Zangwill

43. “Brothers don’t necessarily have to say anything to each other – they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other.” – Leonardo DiCaprio

44. “My siblings are my best friends.” – America Ferrera

45. “If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother.” – Sam Levenson

46. “Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore.” – Hindu Proverb

47. “Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other.” – Carol Saline

48. “Not only had my brother disappeared, but―and bear with me here―a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared.” – John Corey Whaley

49. “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

50. “There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.” – Edwin Markham

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51. “Your parents leave you too soon and your kids and spouse come along late, but your siblings know you when you are in your most inchoate form.”
― Jeffrey Kluger

52. “I don’t remember any sibling rivalry growing up, because by the time I was really conscious, Tom was going away to college. My relationship with him, which is a very close one, really developed in more recent years.”― David Hyde Pierce

53. “I don’t believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at.”― Maya Angelou

54. “In the cookies of life, sisters are the chocolate chips.”― Anonymous

55. “Our siblings. They resemble us just enough to make all their differences confusing, and no matter what we choose to make of this, we are cast in relation to them our whole lives long.”― Susan Scarf Merrell

56. “I see a brother and sister, sitting over there together, fighting over a toy, they just can’t seem to see, their love shining through, with every smile that they bring.” – Valerie Dupont

57. “Your siblings are the only people in the world who know what it’s like to have been brought up the way you were.”― Betsy Cohen

58. “When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.”
― Antisthenes

59. “Brothers and sisters separated by distance joined by love.” – Chuck Danes

60. “Sisters and brothers just happen, we don’t get to choose them, but they become one of our most cherished relationships.” – Wes Adamson

61. “You must recognize that the way to get the good out of your brother and your sister is not to return evil for evil.” – Louis Farrakhan

62. “Our brothers and sisters bring us face to face with our former selves and remind us how intricately bound up we are in each other’s lives.” – Jane Mersky Leder

63. “As your brother, I always know that you my sister look out for me. And as your younger brother I also know you will always be older than me.” – Theodore W. Higginsworth

64. “Brothers and sisters can provide the most encouragement and support when life’s trials get us down. Talk to them!” – Catherine Pulsifer

65. “During life’s journey you will find most sisters and brothers are friends, companions, and support for each other.” – Kate Summers

Sibling quotes that will make you smile

66. “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

67. “You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” — Desmond Tutu

68. “First a brother, then a bother, now a friend.” ― Anonymous

69. “I think people that have a brother or sister don’t realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that there’s always somebody there, somebody that’s family.” – Trey Parker

70. “If you want to do really important things in life and big things in life, you can’t do anything by yourself. And your best teams are your friends and your siblings.” ― Deepak Chopra

71. “The best thing about having four big brothers is you always have someone to do something for you.” — Chloe Moretz

72. “What brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them.”― Esther M. Friesner

73. “Once a brother, always a brother, no matter the distance, no matter the difference and no matter the issue.”- Byron Pulsifer

74. “That’s the best part of having siblings,” I laugh. “Half the time, you want to kill each other, but you’d kill for each other, too.” ― L.C. Davis

75. “If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.” – Epictetus

Other inspirational sibling quotes

76. “Back in time it seemed that having a sister were a tragedy. Instead it is one of the best presents my parents could have ever given me.” ―Sara Anzellotti

77. “I have siblings. And there are certain things I know that I can push their buttons. And they know they have certain things where they can push mine.” – Catherine Zeta-Jones

78. “Older siblings… the only people who will pick on you for their own entertainment and beat up anyone else who tries.” ― Anonymous

79. “Siblings are branches of a tree some stay close some go in different directions they fruit, grow bigger till they die and fall.” – The Omani Shed

80. “A brother is a friend given by nature.” — Jean Baptiste Legouve

81. “If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she’s wearing your best sweater.” – Pam Brown

82. “True siblings are bound together by far more essential things than blood, while more times than many blood isn’t thicker than water.” ― Constantina Maud

83. “Your brother is your alter ego. Your friend and sometimes your hero.” –Maxime Lagacé

84. “Siblings are a volume of childhood memories; a nostalgia that cannot be easily deleted.”― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu

85. “Be grateful when you older brothers growl you, and when they tell you what to do and. Beautiful they are just trying to fulfil their duty of protecting you.” – Unknown

Did you enjoy these sibling quotes?

The relationship with our brothers and sisters is one of the most important in our lives. Although it can sometimes be complex, the sibling bond is one of the most enduring.

The bond between brothers and sisters is unlike any other. Hopefully, the above quotes will help you celebrate this special relationship.