‘Happiness Is Seeing Your Sibling Smile’—75 Sweet and Funny Sibling Quotes About This Unique Bond

If you have a sibling, you know what a significant role they play in your life. Often serving as our first friends and lifelong companions, the bond we share with our siblings is a unique melting pot of love and rivalry, support and bickering, as well as understanding and disagreements. It's a connection that transcends time and distance, shaping who we are and impacting us in a permanent way. Feel like sharing the love with your sibling? Explore these 75 inspiring sibling quotes that capture the essence of this important bond.

Do you have an older sibling who guided you and defended you when you needed it? Do you have a younger sibling that you've watched grow? Or do you have multiple brothers and sisters who have become your best friends? No matter—unless you’re an only child—these quotes will resonate with you on a deeper level.

As you scroll through the list of these quotes about brothers and sisters, we hope you discover the beauty of sibling connections—their unbreakable support, their unwavering love and the countless memories that shape our lives. If you find yourself feeling nostalgic about your shared childhood experiences or an intense surge of gratitude for your sibling, share this article with them to spread the sibling love.

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75 Best Sibling Quotes

1. “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

2. "Siblings are like stars. You may not always see them, but they're always there." –Unknown

3. “Siblings-the definition that comprises love, strife, competition and forever friends.” –Byron Pulsifer

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

5. "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

6. "Siblings are the only enemy you can't live without." –Unknown

7. "A sibling represents a person’s past, present, and future." –John Corey Whaley

8. “A sibling is both your mirror and your opposite.” –Elizabeth Fishel

9. "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

10. "Siblings are people we grow up with and love for a lifetime." –Kate Summers

11. "A sibling is a lens through which you see your childhood." –Ann Hood

12. "Plenty of relationships are made and broken, but siblings stay forever." –Unknown

13. "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

14. "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

15. "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

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Inspirational Sibling Quotes

16. "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

17. "Siblings are the angels who lift you up when our wings forget to fly." –Unknown

18. "Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet." –Vietnamese Proverb

19. "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

20. "Siblings – the definition that comprises love, strife, competition and forever friends." –Byron Pulsifier

21. "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

22. "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

23. "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

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

25. "Siblings are a volume of childhood memories; a nostalgia that cannot be easily deleted." –Vincent Okay Nwachukwu

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

27. "Once a brother, always a brother, no matter the distance, no matter the difference and no matter the issue." –Byron Pulsifer

28. "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

29. "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 Hewitt

30. "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

Sibling Love Quotes

31. "Sisters and brothers just happen — we don't get to choose them, but they become one of our most cherished relationships." –Wes Adamson

32. "Happiness is seeing your sibling smile." –Unknown

33. "Having lots of siblings is like having built-in best friends." –Kim Kardashian

34. "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

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

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

37. "Siblings often become good friends, and because they know each other so well, they can provide each other a deep sense of comfort." –Laura Markham

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

39. "I have a wonderful shelter, which is my family. I have a wonderful relationship with my brother and sister; this makes me feel that I know always where I belong." –Jose Carreras

40."Your brother or sister may not solve your issues. But they will surely not let you face anything alone." –Annonymous

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

42. "Sisters make the best friends in the world." –Marilyn Monroe

43. "Our sibling bond is not eye to eye. Rather, it is heart to heart." –Unknown

44. "We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don’t judge." –Adriana Trigiani

45. "I didn't always recognize you for the good friend that you were when we were growing up, but I see you not only as my sibling, but my best friend now." –Unknown

Funny Sibling Quotes

46. "I may fight with my siblings, but once you lay a finger on them, you'll be facing me." –Abby Slater

47. "What causes sibling rivalry? Having more than one kid." –Tim Allen

48. "Siblings that say they never fight are most definitely hiding something." –Lemony Snicket

49. "Siblings know you better than anyone. They may not always admire you, but they’ll always be intensely interested in you." –Dr. Terri Apter

50. "In many sibling relationships, the rate of conflict can be high, but the fun times in the backyard and the basement more than balance it out." –Po Bronson

51. "More than Santa Claus, your sister knows when you’ve been bad and good." –Linda Sunshine

52. “Siblings: children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together.” –Sam Levenson

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53. "Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero." –Marc Brown

54. "Sisters are like psychiatrists. They have no choice but to listen to your whining, then turn around and rob you blind." –Unknown

55. I grew up with six brothers. That’s how I learned to dance – waiting for the bathroom." –Bob Hope

56. "Older siblings will use you for their fun and entertainment but can break anyone’s head who troubles you." –Unknown

57. "What are siblings for if not to point out the things the rest of the world is too polite to mention?" –Claire Cook

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

59. "We may look old and wise to the outside world. But to each other, we are still in junior school." –Charlotte Gray

Losing a Sibling Quotes

60. "The full impact of our brother's or sister's death begins to seep into our consciousness at precisely the same time when others might expect us to be feeling better." –T.J. Wray

61. "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

62. "Siblings know you better than anyone. They may not always admire you, but they’ll always be intensely interested in you." –Dr. Terri Apter

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

64. "The bond between siblings remains forever unbreakable." –Unknown

65. "As long as I can, I will look at this world for both of us. As long as I can, I will laugh with the birds, I will sing with the flowers, I will pray to the stars, for both of us." –Sacha

66. "Siblings will take different paths and life may separate them, but they will forever be bonded by having begun their journey in the same boat." –Unknown

67. "If you loved your sibling, you will grieve. Even if you had a difficult or ambivalent relationship with your sibling, you will grieve." –Alan D. Wolfelt

68. "But how can I learn to live in a world that doesn’t include my brother? All my life, I’ve always been my brother’s sister; it’s part of my identity, part of who I am. My brother is part of my past; we share a common history. And we had plans for the future." –T.J. Wray

69. "When a sibling dies, it is like a deep hole implodes inside of you. It's as if the hole penetrates you and leaves you gasping for air." –Alan D. Wolfelt

70. "A sibling is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost." –Marion C. Garretty

71. "Losing a sibling means you have to grieve the loss of a close relative and a best friend at the same time." –Unknown

72. "If you loved your sibling, you will grieve. Even if you had a difficult or ambivalent relationship with your sibling, you will grieve." –Alan D. Wolfelt

73. "The love of siblings is the most unconditional love of all. It is pure and loyal. A love without demand, without expectations or pretense." –Anoir Ou-Chad

74. "My sibling was my touchstone in my life." –Unknown

75. "There's nothing fiercer than the love of an angel sibling." –Sara Millen

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