When I was a teenager, I desperately wanted to have a boyfriend more than anything else in the world. In part, that might have been thanks to all the romantic movies I grew up watching. In them, the loser girl (with whom I identified myself) always became happy and radiant when she met the love of her life. And they lived happily ever after… you know how it goes.
Unfortunately, happily ever afters don’t quite work the same way in real life.
I had my first relationship when I was 23 years old and felt extremely embarrassed that I was a “late bloomer”. As it turned out, however, that was nothing to be ashamed of.
Due to my single life, I had learned to be independent, and I knew myself to the extent that was a rarity among my peers. I knew what I would never compromise with and when something was bothering me, I never hesitated to point it out. In fact, my first boyfriend was quite surprised by my demeanor and thought I was more mature than my actual age.
Well, this first relationship didn’t last very long (we were seeing each other for only a couple of months), but that’s beside the story. If I didn’t put up with the loneliness and frustrations of being single, I never would have turned out to be the person I am today. I couldn’t see the bigger picture back then, but now that it has unfolded before me, I am grateful for all my single years.
Are you not convinced by my story? Here are some quotes on why being single can sometimes be the best thing that has ever happened to you.
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Being Single Is Awesome Quotes
1. “A question that always makes me hazy is it me or are the others crazy”― Victoria Ward, The Unconventional Life of Jenna Jaghe
2. “When you least expect it is when the person you always dreamt of will finally show up.”― Shannon L. Alder
3. “The only man meant to be in your life is a man that knows your worth.”― Shannon L. Alder
4. “Every rose has its thorn, but that doesn’t mean you have to put up with a ton of pricks.”― Kelly Rossi, Dating the Wrong Men
5. “Love will come; it just takes the right person.”― Carissa Kohne, The Seventh Division
6. “You may use a thousand words for a single lie, but the truth has no twin.”― Michael Bassey Johnson
7. “You’re single not because you are not good enough for one, it’s that you’re too good for the wrong one.”― Chris Burkmenn
8. “Being alone is not the same as being on your own.” “Your life is full of purpose; push past the setback and press into the setup.”― Chris Burkmenn― Katy Lee
9. “Take decision each single time to ascertain that you are getting the best every time.”― Sunday Adelaja
10. “He who fails to understand that one should prepare for every single blessing will reap the problems connected with lack of preparation before the blessing.”― Sunday Adelaja
11. “Seasoned digital daters are like lions who have had their prey killed, butchered, and served to them on a tray in their artificial habitat for so long that they’ve forgotten how to hunt.”― Maggie Young
12. “My concern is to help people find out how they could best live their lives to hit the mark almost every single time.”― Sunday Adelaja
13. “Don’t let society fool you into believing that if you don’t have a girlfriend or boyfriend, then you’re destined for a life of misery. The Dalai Lama has been single for the last 80 years, and he is one of the happiest people on earth. Stop searching for happiness in places outside of yourself, and start finding it where it has always been: within you.”― Miya Yamanouchi
14. “He’d been saving up his love for years and years, waiting for the right person to spend his fortune on.”― John Mark Green
15. “Pritchard was lonely, and like most lonely souls, he saw happy couples everywhere.”― Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
Single Life Quotes
16. “A single recipe holds countless stories.”― A.D. Posey
17. “Just a single cord is enough to be tangled”― Munia Khan
18. “If you are single and don’t want to be, the only regret is staying that way.”― Suzette R. Hinton
19. “Loving a single person wholeheartedly is like putting all the eggs in one basket”― M.F. Moonzajer, The Journalist: Attack on the Central Intelligence Agency
20. “The point of the list wasn’t just to tick items off and forget about them, it was to learn something new.”― Lindsey Kelk, The Single Girl’s To-Do List
21. “All single people are not really single. They all have untold stories behind the scene.”― Ahmed Ali Anjum
22. “It does not strike me as a good thing that the only person we can be so, so close to is the person we’re dating.”― Chris Damian
23. “A single thread of hope is stronger than all the chains that bind you.”― Jeffrey Fry
24. “It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married.”― James C. Dobson, Life on the Edge: The Next Generation’s Guide to a Meaningful Future
25. “It’s better to “stay single” than being “single again”― Sharfaraz Ahmed
26. “Most single people are sick of married people presenting themselves as both available and interested when indeed they are merely “playing.” Oh, yeah… and cheating. Gee, that is attractive. Not! Others could not care less what someone’s marital status might be.”― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts
27. “It’s not about being single or in a relationship; it’s about feeling good about yourself. Start loving yourself…”― Akansh Malik, Love Heals Everything
28. “LOVE is the most powerful thing that makes my world turn upside down.”― Bernie Yaras
29. “We are not called to bring redemption to the nations single-handedly”― Sunday Adelaja
30. “Become ‘tested’ in such a way that not a single word in this world can shake you up.”― Dada Bhagwan
Best Quotes on Being Single
31. “I don’t think I can marry, I’m not fit for it, I’m not real enough. That’s the trouble. I’m a puppet that’s realized what’s wrong with itself, and it’s horrible. I’m propped up somewhere all alone, watching the real people go past. I’m propped up crying in a corner.”― Iris Murdoch, The Message to the Planet
32. “The reason I am single is that I gave my all to people who are not giving me a chance.”― De philosopher DJ Kyos
33. “I am so single that I apply different flavors; watermelon, cherry, lychee, vanilla and strawberry lip balm on my chapped lips and lick my lips with my tongue to feel what’s it like to kiss a woman.”― Nitya Prakash
34. “Marriage doesn’t solve any problems. Divorce isn’t a curse. Being single is not abnormal. None of the three is something to be proud or ashamed of.”― Nitya Prakash
35. “Acting single while being in a relationship is a disrespectful and selfish act.”― Angel Moriera
36. “To be single always determines to be double, which echoes the instinct.”― Ehsan Sehgal
37. “There is not a single law that prevents one, not to waste its time.”― Ehsan Sehgal
38. “Get to know who you are instead of waiting for some magical person to walk into your life and make you more adventurous, richer, nicer, smarter, sexier, or more relaxed in your own skin. That’s too big a job for anyone to take on anyway. At the end of the day, all anyone wants to be is loved and appreciated, not burdened with your unresolved issues.”― Andrea Bain, Single Girl Problems: Why Being Single Isn’t a Problem to Be Solved
39. “Being single is wonderful! Doing whatever you want whenever you want to — nothing beats that. Some of my personal favorites are finding the food you left in the fridge is still there when you get home, not having to compromise, sleeping diagonally in the bed, never dealing with your partner’s mood swings, and not having to pretend to be asleep to avoid having sex when you’re not in the mood. Another part of my relationship phobia was letting a new person get to know me. I’m not talking about the surface me — I’m talking about the bad-breath-in-the morning, clip-my-toenails-on-the-toilet, farting, and head-tie-wearing me. To be loved, you have to let a person see all of you — that means both the best and the worst. My fear was whether, when they saw the worst, they would actually want to stay.”― Andrea Bain, Single Girl Problems: Why Being Single Isn’t a Problem to Be Solved
40. “Being with no one is better than being with the wrong one. Sometimes those who fly solo have the strongest wings.”― Nitya Prakash
Last Quotes On Enjoying Single Life
41. “I don’t believe I shall ever marry; I’m happy as I am and love my liberty too well to be in any hurry to give it up for any mortal man.”― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
42. “Like what was wrong with being single? What was wrong with not having someone’s hand to hold and whatever else couples do?”― Alex Light, The Upside of Falling
43. “It’s hard to admit that a marriage might be over when the love is still there. People are led to believe that a marriage ends only when the love has been lost when anger replaces happiness when contempt replaces bliss. But Graham and I aren’t angry with each other; we’re just not the same people we used to be.”― Collen Hoover
44. “I love being single. It’s almost like being rich.”― Sue Grafton, D is for Deadbeat
45. “You can’t stay locked in your room and expect either you to find love or love to find you.”― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes
46. “One of the greatest assets a single person can have when seeking a partner is having a wonderful family.”― Ron Baratono
47. “The longer you stay single, the more you become a threat to other relationships…”― Nitya Prakash
48. “Singleness isn’t an excuse to take a back seat on life but an opportunity to wholeheartedly pursue your own purpose.”― Michael Todd
49. “To remain, a single is a great, and dynamic freedom; however, risky and dangerous too”― Ehsan Sehgal
50. “Being single is definitely better than being with the wrong person”― Hassan Choughari
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