If you want to celebrate the bond you share with your sibling, check out these best brother sister quotes.
Siblings fight, but you’ll have the best memories of your brother or sister if you work to keep your sibling relationship strong even when things get tough.
When it comes to important relationships, few are more meaningful than the ones we share with our siblings.
These people know us better than anyone else—not only because they grew up with us, but because they’ve also shared many of the same experiences and have been there to support and challenge us all throughout our lives.
As you can probably tell from these quotes, brothers and sisters are pretty amazing!
So don’t forget to celebrate your sibling bond by sharing these brother sister quotes with whom you care!
Short Brother Sister Quotes
All men are brothers. ―Lailah Gifty Akita
My brother is really, really slow. ―Usain Bolt
Big Brother is watching you. ―George Orwell
A sister is both your mirror and your opposite. ―Elizabeth Fishel
A brother is a friend given by nature. ―Jean Baptiste Legouvé
When I had money everyone called me brother. ―Polish proverb
You are not my friend, you are my brother, my friend. ―Jaroslaw Jarzabowski
Because brothers don’t let each other wander in the dark alone. ―Jolene Perry
Home is wherever my bunch of crazies are. ―Unknown
Sisters become more beautiful as each day passes by. ―Michelle Malm
It takes two men to make one brother. ―Israel Zangwill
Never make a companion equal to a brother. ―Hesiod
Respect among brothers is the purest form of love. ―Maxime Lagacé
Two happy days are seldom brothers. ―Bulgarian proverb
You can kid the world, but not your sister. ―Charlotte Gray
Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ―English Proverb
United we stand, divided we fall. ―Aesop
My brother is worth a thousand of your friend. ―Cersei Lannister
Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero. ―Marc Brown
My big brother still thinks he’s a better singer than me. ―Rod Stewart
Big Brother is watching… look busy. ―Brandon Boyd
It is our suffering that brings us together. ―Ursula K. Le Guin
Quotes to Strengthen the Bond Between Brothers and Sisters
If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother. ―Epictetus
Brothers aren’t simply close; brothers are knit together. ―Robert Rivers
That’s the function of big brothers – to help their little sisters when their worlds are collapsing. ―Susan Beth Pfeffer
The best thing about having four big brothers is you always have someone to do something for you. ―Chloe Moretz
God’s Voice rings True in the world through every Brother and Sister upon the earth. ―David Paul Doyle
Growing up, I had a very normal relationship with my brother and sister. But, over time, they became my best friends, and now I hang out with them all the time. I’m very close with them. ―Logan Lerman
Nobody remembers their childhood exactly but I remember you were there for me. ―Maxime Lagacé
Brothers and sisters get angry with each other, they at times say mean things, but in the longrun they watch out for each other, even though they would never admit it. ―Kate Summers
Grant us brotherhood, not only for this day but for all our years – a brotherhood not of words but of acts and deeds. ―Stephen Vincent Benet
Like brothers and sisters in a nuclear family, the world family must transcend war and establish peace in our difficult and beautiful civilization. ―David H. Rosen
A sibling is the lens through which you see your childhood. ―Ann Hood
All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. ―Chief Joseph
We should all lend a helping hand to those in need as we are all brothers and sisters. ―Catherine Pulsifer
The crest and crowning of all good, life’s final star, is brotherhood. ―Edwin Markham
Brothers and sisters separated by distance joined by love. ―Chuck Danes
Some have more than one example to look up to. Others have only their brother. ―Maxime Lagace
We came into the world like brother and brother; And now let’s go hand in hand, not one before another. ―William Shakespeare
To the outside world, we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other’s hearts. We’ve shared private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. We live outside the touch of time. ―Clara Ortega
Your brother is your alter ego, your friend and sometimes your hero. ―Maxime Lagacé
We know one another’s faults, virtues, catastrophes, mortifications, triumphs, rivalries, desires, and how long we can each hang by our hands to a bar. We’ve been banded together under pack codes and tribal laws. ―Rose Macaulay
As your brother, I always know that you my sister look out for me. And as your younger brother I also know you will always be older than me. ―Theodore W. Higginsworth
Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother! ―Honore De Balzac
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
Once a brother, always a brother, no matter the distance, no matter the difference and no matter the issue. ―Byron Pulsifer
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. ―Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother’s keeper will end up by being his jail-keeper. ―Eric Hoffer
We may look old and wish to the outside world, but to each other, we are still in junior school. ―Charlotte Gray
Do you know what friendship is… it is to be brother and sister; two souls which touch without mingling, two fingers on one hand. ―Victor Hugo
Inspiring Brother Sister Quotes to Keep You Close
The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother – and they’ll settle for a puppy every time. ―Winston Pendelton
Having lots of siblings is like having built-in best friends. ―Kim Kardashian
One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up. ―Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong. ―Barry White
Oh, brothers! I don’t care for brothers. My elder brother won’t die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else. ―Oscar Wilde
You must recognize that the way to get the good out of your brother and your sister is not to return evil for evil. ―Louis Farrakhan
Treat your superior as a father, your equal as a brother, and your inferior as a son. ―Persian proverb
During life’s journey you will find most sisters and brothers are friends, companions, and support for each other. ―Kate Summers
I believe in one thing, that only a life lived for others is a life worth living. ―Albert Einstein
There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own. ―Edwin Markham
Sister and brothers are amazing, one minute they hate each other and the next minute they are best buddies. ―Robert Rivers
Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk. ―Susan Scarf Merrell
The world is now too small for anything but brotherhood. ―A. Powell Davies
We don’t need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity. ―Arlen Specter
When I look at each of my brothers, I see two things. First, I see the next place I want to leave a rosy welt. Second, I see a good man who will always be there, no matter how hard life gets for me or him. Then, I get out of the way because I realize he’s coming at me with a wet dish towel. ―Dan Pearce
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects. ―Herman Melville
Sisterly love is, of all sentiments, the most abstract. Nature does not grant it any functions — Ugo Betti
We are all equal in the fact that we are all different. ―We are all the same in the fact that we will never be the same. ―C. JoyBell
There’s a lot of times that both myself and my brother wish, obviously, that we were just completely normal. ―Prince Harry
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
Everyone knows that if you’ve got a brother, you’re going to fight. ―Liam Gallagher
Always and no matter what brothers and sisters are there for each other in times of troubles. ―Catherine Pulsifer
Brothers and sisters can provide the most encouragement and support when life’s trials get us down. Talk to them! ―Catherine Pulsifer
Best Brother Sister Quotes to Strengthen Your Relationship
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
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. ―Richard Bach
My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, “You’re tearing up the grass”. “We’re not raising grass,” Dad would reply. “We’re raising boys”. ―Harmon Kellebrew
What sets sisters apart from brothers and also from friends is a very intimate meshing of heart, soul and the mystical cords of memory. ―Carol Saline
Your brother and sister, if you have them, are the brother and sister you know best. They may not be the ones you like the best. They may not be the most interesting, but they are the closest and probably the clearest to you. ―James Salter
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. ―Baron de Montesquieu
A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life. ―Isadora James
It’s better that we feel something for each other rather than behave like corpses toward one another, the more so because as long as one has no real right to be called a corpse by being legally dead, it macks of hypocrisy or at least childishness to pose as such. ―Vincent Van Gogh
There is no bond like the bond between brothers and sisters. Cherish each other! ―Particia Waldron
Brothers and sisters learn how to get along with the rest of the world by learning how to get along with each other. ―Dr. Wilson Jay Tyree
Sibling relationships – and 80% of Americans have at least one – outlast marriages, survive the death of parents, resurface after quarrels that would sink any friendship. They flourish in a thousand incarnations of distance and closeness, warmth, loyalty and distrust. ―Erica E. Goode
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
It’s rare to have a best friend who is also your brother and also an NFL football player, and he knows exactly what I’m talking about. ―Eli Manning
He is my most beloved friend and my bitterest rival, my confidant and my betrayer, my sustainer and my dependent, and scariest of all, my equal. ―Gregg Levoy
When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies. ―Kahlil Gibran
I know it’s a cliché, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we’re all out of our minds. They’re the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I’ve ever met, my siblings. ―Dana Carvey
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. ―John Paul
A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother. ―Benjamin Franklin
I grew up with six brothers. That’s how I learned to dance – waiting for the bathroom. ―Bob Hope
The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession. ―Mark Twain
You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them. ―Desmond Tutu
I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends. ―James Boswell
have a tendency to become a mother to everyone around me. My brother and sister are always complaining that I’m too protective. ―Penelope Cruz
Brother Sister Quotes That Will Make You Smile
When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness. ―Hesiod
The family. We are a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another’s desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together. ―Erma Bombeck
We are one world, one race, we are all in the end brothers and sisters…human. ―Ofelia Armendarez
The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother. ―Charles Dickens
Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man’s survival. ―Carlos P. Romulo
We didn’t even realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun. ―Winnie the Pooh
Will you be there for him if he needs you? Of course. Should you love him without question? Absolutely. ―David Levithan
My brother is one of my true heroes. Steady and sober where I am impulsive and emotional. ―Mark McKinnon
There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young! ―Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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
Your sister and brother probably know you better than any other person. You and they go through life together – or at least that is the way it is supposed to be. ―Henry Abramovitch
We shared parents, home, pets, celebrations, catastrophes, secrets. And the threads of our experience became so interwoven that we are linked. I can never be utterly lonely, knowing you share the planet. ―Pam Brown
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
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
I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don’t believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn’t want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street. ―Malcolm X
My sister was drowning in the ocean once, and my brother and I dove in and saved her. True story. She owes us her life. It’s great leverage; we abuse it all the time! ―Matt Barr
Best Brother Sister Quotes to Share With Your Sibling
He who understands you is greater kin to you than your own brother. For even your own kindred neither understand you nor know your true worth. ―Kahlil Gibran
We can drop or change our friends and our partners, but we cannot fully discard, relationally or psychologically, a brother or sister. ―Geoffrey Greif
To have a loving relationship with a sister is not simply to have a buddy or a confidante. It is to have a soulmate for life. ―Victoria Secunda
Since parents are the role model, you’ll hear your child speak to his sister or brother using your words and tone of voice. ―Laura Markham
Sisters and brothers just happen, we don’t get to choose them, but they become one of our most cherished relationships. ―Wes Adamson
It is impossible to keep a small boy in the house, even in the worst weather, unless he has a sister to torment. ―Mary Wilson Little
We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers. ―Booker T. Washington
The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold. ―Martin Luther King, Jr.
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. ―John Donne
Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It’s very clear. ―Maya Angelou
The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers. ―Thomas Carlyle
If we are not our brother’s keeper, at least let us not be his executioner. ―Marlon Brando
Best Brother and Sister Quotes You’d Love to Tweet
A brother is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit. Click To TweetWe have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers. ―Martin Luther King, Jr. Click To TweetMy brother Bob doesn’t want to be in government – he promised Dad he’d go straight. ―John F. Kennedy Click To TweetHalf the time when brothers wrestle, it’s just an excuse to hug each other. ―James Patterson Click To TweetIf you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother. ―Sami Levenson Click To TweetBrothers are children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together. ―Sam Levenson Click To TweetIf 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 Click To TweetWhen brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life. ―Antisthenes Click To TweetSon, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars. ―Victor Hugo Click To TweetOur 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 Click To TweetA sister is a friend you don’t have to avoid the truth with. ―Michelle Malm Click To TweetEquality lies only in human moral dignity… Let there be brothers first, then there will be brotherhood, and only then will there be a fair sharing of goods among brothers. ―Fyodor Dostoyevsky Click To TweetBrothers don’t necessarily have to say anything to each other – they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other. ―Leonardo DiCaprio Click To TweetSisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other. ―Carol Saline Click To TweetStop for a moment and realize how lucky you are to have one. ―Maxime Lagacé Click To TweetRemember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all. ―Alexander the Great Click To TweetEither men will learn to live like brothers, or they will die like beasts. ―Max Lerner Click To TweetDownload Best Brother and Sister Quotes
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FAQs
What is the best way to display your sibling bond with others?
The best way to show people how important your bond is with your brother or sister is by telling them all of the funny, cute, or inspiring memories that you’ve shared. You can also talk about how they taught you a skill and now you’re better at it because of them.
What are some other great things people can do for their brothers/sisters?
Talk to them every day – you might not have time every single day but try to make sure you call your sibling at least once a week. Make sure to ask about their friends, what classes they like, if there’s anything going on in school, etc.
How can you show your love for your sister?
Love for your sister is best shown by making her feel safe and happy. You can do this by taking care of her, listening to her, and being a true friend. Expressing your love for your sister with words is also important. When you tell her how much she means to you and how grateful you are that she’s in your life, she’ll know that your bond is as strong as ever.
Conclusion
Siblings are important. It’s the people who know you best, who love and support you unconditionally, and are there for you through the ups and downs of life.
Make sure that your siblings know how much they mean to you by sending them a quote that reminds them of their importance in your life.
What is your favorite quote that you can dedicate to your sibling? You can leave a comment here.
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