According to a study by the Kauffman Foundation, over half of all entrepreneurs in the United States are first-generation. This means that their parents didn’t start or own a business. For many of these entrepreneurs, their older siblings have been a huge source of support and inspiration. In this blog post, we’ve compiled some great sister quotes to celebrate National Sibling Day.

The best sister quotes

1. Dawn wore a pink dress and crept across the land like a timid girl. Her sister Morning followed, dressed in blue, the sun a dazzling locket on her breast. — Robert F. Young

2. I was into all kinds of music as a teen–country music, because my dad was in a band that played country, and whatever my sister and brother were into. — Martina McBride

3. My sister says she never seems to get it together . . . either her rear looks good or her face does. — Sally Bucko

4. Without compassion for a fellow man, for great splendors of our Sister, Mother Earth the humankind will never reconcile with itself. — Vinko Vrbanic

5. Take all men as your brothers — all women as your sisters

6. The purpose of the Sisterhood of Librarians is to keep the secret of creative juice and keep the idea of libraries alive. — S.A. Tawks, The Spirit of Imagination

7. Turn and face the Light, and all you see is Brightness. Turn and face Shadow, and all of Life will appear before you. — Stan Sudan, Sisters of Light

8. Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear. — Rudyard Kipling

9. Band together with the brothers and sisters of misery and never stray. You are the integral part of the deeply depressed. We found you. Hooray. — S.A. Tawks, The Spirit of Pessimism

10. It’s cool cause my sister is older than me and we went to the same high school, so by the time I got to high school, I got the lowdown on all the teachers and everything. — Zooey Deschanel

11. You know what it’s like to *lose* yourself in a story. We have brother and sister *souls*. — Mike Carey, The Unwritten, Vol. 5: On to Genesis

12. We are born on the same soil, breathe the same air, live on the same land, and why should we not be brothers and sisters? — Nathan Bedford Forrest

13. My sisters and I were fortunate to travel through Asia and Europe at very young ages. We confronted extraordinary beauty in Athens and unspeakable poverty in India. — Mary Chapin Carpenter

14. My sisters, let’s tell ‘fashion’ we love Allah more! — Yasmin Mogahed

15. I’m always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband. — Tom Cruise

16. At last the magic caught, and she managed to vault clumsily onto it before it trundled into the night sky as gracefully as a duck with one wing missing. — Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters

17. His mother was as frosty as the polar icecaps. His sister was gone. Who did he have that cared about him? Who would remind him that he mattered? — Sofia Grey, His Temporary Fix

18. How would you feel about life if Death was your older sister? — Neil Gaiman

19. Wisdom and goodness are twin–born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart. — William Dean Howells

20. Think twice before you pull your trouser and rape a woman; she may be your mother, sister or friend, and you know the consequences that follows. — Michael Bassey Johnson

21. I am not warm. That is why my sister chose the name Winter for me. — Paula Stokes, Vicarious

22. Band together with the brothers and sisters of misery and never stray. You are the integral part of the deeply depressed. We found you. Hooray. — S.A. Tawks, The Spirit of Pessimism

23. I’m already gone. I died that night on the side of that road with my sister. — Trisha Leaver, The Secrets We Keep

24. The day is like a diamond, all beautiful warmth on the outside but without any heat to accompany it. — Michelle Zink, Prophecy of the Sisters

25. Your daughter, your sister. She is salt to the sea, — Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea

26. My first paying job might have been doing a play, actually. My mom paid me to dress up as a flounder at my sister’s ‘Little Mermaid’–themed birthday party when I was little. — Paul Dano

27. I am an only child. I have one sister. — Woody Allen

28. My sister Kim is like Lucille Ball. She’s magical in terms of her performance and her writing. — Marlon Wayans

29. I couldn’t bear the thought of Alex looking at me like I was a freak. It was bad enough that the looked at me as Jack’s sister. — Sarah Alderson, Hunting Lila

30. Band together with the brothers and sisters of misery and never stray. You are the integral part of the deeply depressed. We found you. Hooray. — S.A. Tawks, The Spirit of Pessimism

31. I am not warm. That is why my sister chose the name Winter for me. — Paula Stokes, Vicarious

32. I sighed. ‘It doesn’t matter what we do. Money comes and goes.’ I shook my head. ‘It doesn’t matter and you know it doesn’t. — Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers

33. It is a terrible thing to grieve for someone who is not dead, not in love with someone else, but just no longer there. — Priya Parmar, Vanessa and Her Sister

34. A woman without her sister is like a bird without her wings. — Moosa Rahat

35. The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation. — Oscar Wilde

36. Shakespeare wrote about love. I write about love. Shakespeare wrote about gang warfare, family feuds and revenge. I write about all the same things. — Sister Souljah

37. I was born to be your rival, ‘ she [Anne] said simply. ‘And you mine. We’re sisters, aren’t we? — Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl

38. I was the youngest child and got a lot more freedom than my brother and sister. I used to wander, doing my own thing under the radar, but I didn’t get in bad, bad trouble. — Paul Giamatti

39. There isn’t enough paper in the world to write all the poems you inspire in me. — Rae D. Magdon, The Second Sister

40. At last the magic caught, and she managed to vault clumsily onto it before it trundled into the night sky as gracefully as a duck with one wing missing. — Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters

41. If you want to be somebody else, change your mind. — Sister Hazel

42. No matter what, they always had each other. How did people get through life without sisters? — Michelle Madow, Diamonds are Forever

43. Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful–to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister. — Thorstein Veblen

44. Ron was always my favorite character, because I feel like I relate to him, like we’ve both got red hair, we both like sweets, we’ve both got lots of brothers and sisters. — Rupert Grint

45. All that sweetness makes me feel weird. My sister was never the loving type. — Mary Papas, 14 Twisted Tales To Enthrall

46. My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety. — Michael Phelps

47. ‘so what’s the deal with you and my sister?” He laughs shortly and rubs the back of his neck like something is there, tickling, tap’ — Sophie Jordan, Firelight

48. My sister says she never seems to get it together . . . either her rear looks good or her face does. — Sally Bucko

49. It’s funny, the whole cooking thing came out of just a random thought of writing a cookbook with my mom and my sister for fun. — Trisha Yearwood

50. I’ve got three sisters, five aunties, and my mom. It must have had an influence on me growing up. — Zayn Malik

Conclusion

It’s safe to say that having a sister is a blessing. Sisters bring joy and love into our lives and make us feel special. Whether it’s sharing a special moment or just a light-hearted conversation, sisters are always there to lend a helping hand. These quotes about sisters remind us of the unique bond that sisters share and how much they mean to us. So, the next time you’re feeling down, just remember to appreciate your sister and all that she brings to your life.