Valentine’s Day often brings images of couples and romance. But for many, it’s a day to celebrate self-love and independence. Being single on this day can be just as fulfilling and meaningful.
Whether you’re single by choice or circumstance, the right words can lift your spirits. Here are some of the best quotes to remind you that love begins with oneself.
Finding Strength in Singlehood Quotes
“The most profound relationship we’ll ever have is the one with ourselves.” – Shirley MacLaine
“Being single is not a time to look for love, but a time to work on yourself and grow as an individual.” – Anonymous
“I think, therefore I’m single.” – Liz Winston
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” – Maya Angelou
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde
“Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.” – John Mayer, “Age of Worry”
“Stand up for who you are. Respect your Self and ignite the divine sparks in you.” – Amit Ray
“I am not single. I am not taken. I am simply on reserve for the one who deserves my heart.” – Anonymous
“You don’t need another person to make you whole. You’re already whole.” – Anonymous
“A wise woman recognizes when her life needs a reboot, not a man.” – Anonymous
“Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.” – Robert Holden
“Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake and help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for.” – Mandy Hale
“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.” – Anonymous
“Being single is about celebrating and appreciating your own space that you’re in.” – Kelly Rowland
“If you rest in the inner peace of being single, you will have gone more than halfway to finding happiness within yourself.” – Jane Roberts
“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
“Being single is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize.” – Mandy Hale
“Happiness is not having to lie on social media about the status of your relationship.” – Anonymous
“Single is the new strong.” – Anonymous
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“You are too fabulous to settle. Adjust your crown and keep moving.” – Anonymous
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” – Michel de Montaigne
“Your single years are your best years to discover who you are, what you stand for, and what you want out of life.” – Anonymous
“It’s better to be single with high standards than in a relationship settling for less.” – Anonymous
Humorous Single Valentines Quotes
“Being single on Valentine’s Day is my way of ensuring I’m not contributing to the balloon shortage in America.” — Anon
“The perfect date on Valentine’s Day? Pizza for one and a Netflix marathon. Who needs a plus one when you’ve got pizza?” — Original
“Love is a lot like a backache, it doesn’t show up on X-rays, but you know it’s there.” — George Burns
“Roses are red, violets are blue, if you’re single on Valentine’s, you’re probably due for a break, too.” — Original
“Better to be single than in a relationship and still feel alone.” — Morgan Freeman
“One day you’ll find someone who will celebrate your weirdness, but until then, enjoy all the weirdness for yourself.” — Original
“Happy Valentine’s Day to me, from me.” — Anon
“If you can’t find Valentine’s Day bliss, you can always be your own chocolate kiss.” — Original
“I love being single. It’s almost like being rich.” — Sue Grafton
“Valentine’s Day is just another excuse to eat chocolate for breakfast. Wait, don’t we do that every day?” — Original
“Single on Valentine’s Day? More like available for extra self-love and spa treatments.” — Original
“Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us.” — Paulo Coelho
“Why fall in love when you can fall asleep?” — Unknown
“Single on Valentine’s Day: because love is a battlefield, and I’m in it for the long game.” — Original
“Valentine’s Day is for couples. Us singles have the other 364 days of the year to enjoy ourselves!” — Original
“I am a lover without a lover. I am lovely and lonely and I belong deeply to myself.” — Warsan Shire
“Who needs a Valentine when you have Wi-Fi!” — Anon
“Valentine’s Day is just another excuse to spend money on a card that will be thrown away. I’m saving my money for pizza.” — Original
“Being single is pretty sweet. It’s like having a guest room with no guests.” — Anon
“I’m single because I was born that way.” — Mae West
“Why fit in with someone’s idea of perfect when you can spend Valentine’s Day perfectly happy?” — Original
“The best thing about Valentine’s Day is being able to buy all the chocolate on discount the day after.” — Anon
“Singlehood: where you can stretch freely on the bed and never have to share your fries.” — Original
“Think of all the Valentine’s Day cards you don’t have to pretend to like.” — Anon
Inspirational Self-Love Quotes
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde
“You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha
“Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.” – Aberjhani
“You are the one you’ve been waiting for; embrace yourself with all your flaws and strengths.” – Anonymous
“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” – Charles Bukowski
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.” – Robert Holden
“Self-love is not selfish; it is essential. Dwell in possibility and cherish your own being.” – Emily Dickinson
“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.” – Brené Brown
“Celebrate who you are in your deepest heart. Love yourself and the world will love you.” – Amy Leigh Mercree
“When you make a mistake, respond to yourself in a loving way rather than a self-shaming way.” – Ellie Holcomb
“Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.” – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
“You carry so much love in your heart. Give some to yourself.” – R.Z.
“Self-care is giving the world the best of you, instead of what’s left of you.” – Katie Reed
“You are beautiful because you let yourself feel, and that is a courageous thing.” – Shinji Moon
“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It’s sanity.” – Katrina Mayer
“Self-love is the greatest middle finger of all time.” – Anonymous
“This Valentine’s Day, fall in love with the person in the mirror—the one who’s been there through it all.” – Anonymous
“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” – Robert Morley
“You are enough. A thousand times enough.” – Atticus
“The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.” – Maya Angelou
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” – Rumi
“Self-love is the source of all our other loves.” – Pierre Corneille
Empowering Independence Quotes
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde
“The strongest relationship you will ever have is the one with yourself.” – Anonymous
“Solitude is where I place my chaos to rest and awaken my inner peace.” – Nikki Rowe
“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.” – Madonna
“Loving yourself isn’t vanity, it’s sanity.” – Katrina Mayer
“She remembered who she was and the game changed.” – Lalah Delia
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” – Maya Angelou
“You don’t need someone else to complete you. You only need someone to accept you completely.” – Anonymous
“Sometimes, you just need to be your own hero.” – Anonymous
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
“The only person you need to be whole is yourself.” – Anonymous
“Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.” – Lorraine Hansberry
“There’s a certain happiness in being alone that only those who have known loneliness can understand.” – Ben Midani
“If you’re never alone, you cannot know yourself.” – Paulo Coelho
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” – Michel de Montaigne
“Self-love is not selfish; you cannot truly love another until you know how to love yourself.” – Anonymous
“Fall in love with taking care of yourself. Mind. Body. Spirit.” – Anonymous
“Sometimes, it’s better to be alone; no one can hurt you that way.” – Tinku Razoria
“At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one’s lost self.” – Brendan Francis
“You carry so much love in your heart. Give some to yourself.” – R.Z.
“The better you become, the better you attract. Become a reflection of what you want to see.” – Anonymous
“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.” – May Sarton
“Be a witness, not a judge. Focus on yourself, not on others. Listen to your heart, not the crowd.” – Anonymous
“If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.” – Maxwell Maltz
Quotes on Enjoying Solo Moments
“Being alone doesn’t mean you are lonely, and being lonely doesn’t mean you are alone.” – unknown
“I restore myself when I’m alone.” – Marilyn Monroe
“In the solitude of the night, the heart finds its own contentment.” – Author Unknown
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde
“Solitude is where I place my chaos to rest and awaken my inner peace.” – Nikki Rowe
“I think it’s good for a person to spend time alone. It gives them an opportunity to discover who they are.” – Amy Sedaris
“There’s no need to rush. What’s meant for you will always arrive on time.” – Anonymous
“The best way to be happy with someone is to learn to be happy alone. That way the company will be a matter of choice and not necessity.” – unknown
“When you learn how to be alone, you’ll discover the difference between alone and lonely.” – unknown
“Perhaps, somewhere, some day, at a less miserable time, we may see each other again.” – Vladimir Nabokov
“Loneliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space.” – Janet Fitch
“You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” – Bindi Irwin
“Sometimes you need to take a break from everyone and spend time alone, to experience, appreciate, and enjoy yourself.” – Robert Tew
“She understood that the hardest times in life to go through were when you were transitioning from one version of yourself to another.” – Sarah Addison Allen
“My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.” – Warsan Shire
“Single is not a status. It is a word that describes a person who is strong enough to enjoy life without depending on others.” – Anonymous
“Sometimes, you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes, in the middle of nowhere you find yourself.” – Author Unknown
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” – Michel de Montaigne
“I’m not alone, I have me.” – Anonymous
“You can’t be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.” – Wayne Dyer
“Self-love is the source of all our other loves.” – Pierre Corneille
“Happiness is loving your own company.” – Suman Rai
“Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous – to poetry.” – Thomas Mann
“Feel the joy of being whole, just by yourself, for yourself.” – Author Unknown
Positive Being Single Quotes
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde
“Being single is about celebrating and appreciating your own space that you’re in.” – Kelly Rowland
“I don’t need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.” – Shirley MacLaine
“The most exciting, challenging, and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself.” – Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City
“Single is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize.” – Mandy Hale
“what matters most is how well you live your life, not whether you lived it alone.” – John Greene
“Being single isn’t a time to be looking for love. Use that time to work on yourself and grow as an individual.” – Unknown
“I am a lover without a lover. I am lovely and lonely and I belong deeply to myself.” – Warsan Shire
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” – Maya Angelou
“Single means you are brave enough to face the glorious unknown of single life.” – Unknown
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” – Michel de Montaigne
“Single is not a status. It is a word that describes a person who is strong enough to enjoy life without depending on others.” – Unknown
“Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It’s sanity.” – Katrina Mayer
“One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” – Shannon L. Alder
“What a lover’s embrace is to the body, solitude is to the soul.” – Sebastian de Grazia
“Sometimes you have to stand alone just to make sure you still can.” – Unknown
“I celebrate myself, and sing myself.” – Walt Whitman
“Freedom comes when you stop caring about what others think of you.” – Wayne Dyer
“Solitude is where I place my chaos to rest and awaken my inner peace.” – Nikki Rowe
“Happily Single, not because I am too proud to beg, but because I’m too confident to settle.” – Unknown
“Single life is the best life until you find something worth committing for.” – Unknown
“The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.” – Shirley MacLaine
“There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.” – Mandy Hale
“Nothing is more exhilarating than being in charge of your own destiny.” – Unknown
“Learn to be alone and to like it. There is nothing more freeing and empowering than learning to like your own company.” – Mandy Hale
Conclusion
Valentine’s Day can be a beautiful celebration, even if you’re single. The quotes we’ve shared remind us that love comes in many forms, and self-love is just as important. They offer comfort, laughter, and wisdom, perfect for anyone looking to feel good on this special day.
Whether you’re spending the day with friends, family, or enjoying some alone time, these quotes can brighten your day and bring a smile to your face. Keep them close to your heart and let them inspire you to appreciate all the love that exists in your life.