Sure, there are many pithy sayings, sonnets, speeches and monologues dedicated to celebrating true love. There are fewer, though, about the joys of being single.

But that doesn't mean they aren't out there. There are plenty who extol the virtues of living life on your own terms, including bold-face names like Coco Chanel, Serena Williams and Nora Ephron. These are the ones who understand that being alone isn't the same as being lonely, that being by yourself is better than partnering up with the wrong person and that sometimes you are your own best company (to say nothing of the time and ability to nurture other supportive relationships, like family and friends, that have nothing to do with romance).

These are the best quotes about being happily single that shout the benefits of choosing yourself from the rooftops. Use these inspirational notes and sayings about self-love as Instagram captions on Valentine's Day, write them on your Galentine's Day cards, text them to other "self-partnered" friends or write them in your journal for the next time you might have doubts about the single lifestyle. Because, as the experts here say, the longest relationship you'll ever have is the one with yourself — so make sure you know how awesome you are, independent of anyone else.

It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him.

I call it being self-partnered.

We are becoming the men we wanted to marry.

I don't need anyone to take care of all my needs and desires. I can take care of them myself now.

The loves of my life are my children and my mother. I don't feel as if I need a man.

It’s far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.

I’m not alone! I’m with myself. And myself is fabulous.

The single woman is a free woman, and being single does not mean being alone – it means being free to have a relationship or not. This can be scary, but it’s also very interesting.

It seemed to me that the desire to get married — which, I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women — is followed almost immediately by an equally basic and primal urge, which is to be single again.

I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not defined by another person.

I wound up happily married because I lived in an era in which I could be happily single.

You're your best cheerleader.

Single is no longer a lack of options – but a choice. A choice to refuse to let your life be defined by your relationship status but to live every day Happily and let your Ever After work itself out.

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My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.

Every woman in her late 20s goes through a period where she just doesn’t believe love is out there anymore, but it is. And I think the minute you stop looking for it is when it comes for you.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Being single used to mean that nobody wanted you. Now it means you’re pretty sexy and you’re taking your time deciding how you want your life to be and who you want to spend it with.

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He sleeps fastest who sleeps alone.

Being single doesn’t necessarily mean you’re available. Sometimes you have to put up a sign that says “Do Not Disturb” on your heart.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

When you’re single and in your 20s, you throw on a pair of jeans and look fabulous.

If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we be doomed to remain single we do.

Being single is about celebrating and appreciating your own space that you're in.

I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is ending up with people who make you feel all alone.

Being with no one is better than being with the wrong one. Sometimes those who fly solo have the strongest wings.

Why haven't I got a husband and children? I never met a man I could marry.

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The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been before.

Love yourself first, because that’s who you’ll spend the rest of your life with.

Too many women throw themselves into romance because they’re afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. I won’t do that.

As a body, everyone is single. As a soul, never.

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The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.

You’re single not because you are not good enough for one, it’s that you’re too good for the wrong one.

Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.

I love being single. It's almost like being rich.

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.

If we seek paradise outside ourselves, we cannot have paradise in our hearts.

If you really are going to be a happy single, you have to stop treating being single as the annoying time that you pass between relationships and embrace it. Rather than focusing on what you lack, focus on what you have: You.

Many of the most charming women I know possess at least one cat or dog. Maybe after getting used to an affectionate quadruped it is hard to settle for a man.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

Of all the people you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never lose.

Dating after 40 is like, are we doing this or not? Because I've got things to do.

I like being single. I'm always there when I need me.

If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.

When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death: ourselves.

I’m single because I was born that way.

The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.

Being single is pretty good. It’s a nice sense of irresponsibility.

Being single entitles you to not ask someone’s opinion before you do something to mess up your own room, your credit report, or even your life.

Solitude is the place of purification.

Discover why you’re important, then refuse to settle for anyone who doesn’t completely agree.

I don’t need Prince Charming to have my own happy ending.