52 Single Quotes on Why Being Alone Can Lead to Opportunity

While it may not feel this way right now, sometimes being single can be a blessing in disguise. Sure you may feel lonely (which is not a good feeling), but it can also lead to new opportunities both in life and relationships. Next time you’re feeling down, read through these quotes on being single and remember that maybe now is the opportunity to focus on and prioritize yourself first & foremost.

Single Quotes

“My alone doesn’t always feel good, but I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.” – Introvertly Bubbly

“It takes a strong person to remain single in a world that is accustomed to settling with anything just to say they have something.” – Anonymous

“Being single is about celebrating and appreciating your own space that you’re in.” – Kelly Rowland

“Being single also sucks sometimes because you’re single.” – Dakota Johnson

“Being single doesn’t mean no one wants you, it means God is busy writing your love story.” – Unknown

“I am single because I am allergic for cursing words and bad table manners.” – Hiroko Sakai

“Love yourself first, because that’s who you’ll spend the rest of your life with.” – Luigina Sgarro

“As a self-described idealistic I never consider myself as single. I like to say that I’m in between romances at the moment.” – Carl Henegan

“My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.” – Warsan Shire

“Single lady, the man you want might not necessarily be the man you need.” – Martha Macharia

“The longer you stay single, the more you become a threat to other relationships.” – Nitya Prakash

“Being single is better than being in a relationship with someone who fills your heart with doubt.” – Unknown

“Some people are happily single. Some are unhappily married.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Being single was seldom a negative experience for women and definitely not one that was harmful to their physical or mental health.” – Carol Anderson and Susan Stewart

“Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like It.” – John Mayer

“I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.” – Henry David Thoreau

“To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.” – Joseph Addison

“I’m a single man! I’m allowed to flirt!” – Belle Aurora

“Being single is getting over the illusion that there is somebody out there to complete you.” – Omkar Phatakc

“People would be a lot better off if they’d enjoy being single.” – Lewis Black

“Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.” – Lady Gaga

“I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult life being ‘someone’s girlfriend’, and now I am happy being single.” – Penelope Cruz

“A broken relationship would make you feel more lonely than when you were single.” – Anonymous

“Without a doubt… the worst part of being a single woman was having to take care of your own car.” – Lisa Kleypas

“Single is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize.” – Mandy Hale

“The most profound relationship that you can ever have is the one that you have with yourself.” – Anonymous

“Personally, I, Mindy Kaling want to spend like 80 percent of my life hanging out with women.” – Mindy Kaling

“I am happy every day, regardless of my relationship status, because I understand that my happiness doesn’t come from a relationship, it comes from within.” – Gregg Michaelsen

“Solitude is the place of purification.” – Martin Buber

“If we seek paradise outside ourselves, we cannot have paradise in our hearts.” – Thomas Merton

“If you are fantasizing love, you are still single from within a heart no matter what your relationship status is.” – Pratik Akkawar

“Being single can pave the way for new opportunities.” – Selena Gomez

“Don’t wait for someone else to shape your life. Shape it yourself.” – Unknown

“I’m single again and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’m loving it at the moment. This is what I’ve been missing.” – Guy Ritchie

“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.” – Natalie Lue

“I am a lover without a lover. I am lovely and lonely and I belong deeply to myself.” – Warsan Shire

“I love being single. It’s great. I get to be who I am and do what I want and be with the people I love. I feel like I have everything and I’m very fortunate, and it’s a very rich fulfilling time in my life.” – Drew Barrymore

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

“I don’t really do that whole ‘single life’ thing. I’m kind of heads down and get things done.” – Ed Sheeran

“The reason I am single is that I gave my all to people who are not giving me a chance.” – De philosopher DJ Kyos

“It is better to lock up your heart with a merciless padlock than to fall in love with someone who doesn’t know what they mean to you.” – Unknown

“It’s better to stay single than being single again.” – Sharfaraz Ahmed

“He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude.” – Aristotle

“The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.” – Charlotte Brontë

“Being single is not as bad as everyone likes to make it seem!” – Shay Mitchell

“There’s something really cool about knowing that your destiny is so big that you’re not meant to share it with anyone. At least not yet.” – Anonymous