The Best Quotes about Brothers and Sisters

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Brothers and Sisters are some of the most interesting people in the world. About 80% of people have a sibling of some sort, so that means that we have a lot to say about the people we share parents with. This lens is dedicated to the brothers and sisters that we treasure, even when we want to kill them. If you have any quotes, whether funny or oh-so-true, feel free to share them in the comments section! Thank you, and Enjoy!
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Brother Quotes:

Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero. ~Marc Brown

There's no other love like the love for a brother. There's no other love like the love from a brother. ~Astrid Alauda

A friend is a brother who was once a bother. ~Author Unknown

A brother shares childhood memories and grown-up dreams. ~Author Unknown

If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother. ~Sam Levenson

It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea. ~Dylan Thomas

A brother is a friend given by Nature. ~Jean Baptiste Legouve

I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see. I sought my God, but my God eluded me. I sought my brother and I found all three. ~Author Unknown

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

All for one and one for all
My brother and my friend
What fun we have
The time we share
Brothers 'til the end.
~Author Unknown

Never make a companion equal to a brother. ~Hesiod

Help your brother's boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder. ~Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life. ~Antisthenes

After a girl is grown, her little brothers - now her protectors - seem like big brothers. ~Astrid Alauda

Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and can be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face. ~St Francis of Assisi

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me. ~Lord Chesterfield

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 Killebrew

The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out his nose. ~Garrison Keillor

As we grew up, my brothers acted like they didn't care,
but I always knew they looked out for me and were there!
~Catherine Pulsifer, Inspirational Words of Wisdom

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-Exupéry, Flight to Arras

Best Quote About Brothers:

It takes two men to make one brother. ~Israel Zangwill

Sister Quotes:

Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there. ~Amy Li

A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost. ~Marion C. Garretty

Is solace anywhere more comforting than in the arms of a sister. ~Alice Walker

Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life. ~Charles M. Schulz

If you don't understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child. ~Linda Sunshine

You can kid the world. But not your sister. ~Charlotte Gray

Help one another, is part of the religion of sisterhood. ~Louisa May Alcott

Sisters never quite forgive each other for what happened when they were five. ~Pam Brown

A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves - a special kind of double. ~Toni Morrison

What's the good of news if you haven't a sister to share it? ~Jenny DeVries

Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. ~Margaret Mead

A sister smiles when one tells one's stories - for she knows where the decoration has been added. ~Chris Montaigne

More than Santa Claus, your sister knows when you've been bad and good. ~Linda Sunshine

If sisters were free to express how they really feel, parents would hear this: "Give me all the attention and all the toys and send Rebecca to live with Grandma." ~Linda Sunshine

My sister taught me everything I really need to know, and she was only in sixth grade at the time. ~Linda Sunshine

If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best sweater. ~Pam Brown

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden. ~Author Unknown

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me. ~Mary Montagu

I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones. ~Author unknown, attributed to a 4-year-old named Lauren

In the cookies of life, sisters are the chocolate chips. ~Author Unknown

When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us? ~Pam Brown

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

Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other. ~Carol Saline

Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow. ~Benjamin Disraeli

When mom and dad don't understand, a sister always will. ~Author Unknown

Elder sisters never can do younger ones justice! ~Charlotte M. Yonge

An older sister helps one remain half child, half woman. ~Author Unknown

An older sister is a friend and defender - a listener, conspirator, a counsellor and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too. ~Pam Brown

There is no better friend than a sister. And there is no better sister than you. ~Author Unknown

Our roots say we're sisters, our hearts say we're friends. ~Author Unknown

Sisters annoy, interfere, criticize. Indulge in monumental sulks, in huffs, in snide remarks. Borrow. Break. Monopolize the bathroom. Are always underfoot. But if catastrophe should strike, sisters are there. Defending you against all comers. ~Pam Brown

Between sisters, often, the child's cry never dies down. "Never leave me," it says; "do not abandon me." ~Louise Bernikow

It was nice growing up with someone like you - someone to lean on, someone to count on... someone to tell on! ~Author Unknown

Sisters don't need words. They have perfected a language of snarls and smiles and frowns and winks - expressions of shocked surprise and incredulity and disbelief. Sniffs and snorts and gasps and sighs - that can undermine any tale you're telling. ~Pam Brown

One of the best things about being an adult is the realization that you can share with your sister and still have plenty for yourself. ~Betsy Cohen

Sisters may share the same mother and father but appear to come from different families. ~Author Unknown

Sister to sister we will always be,
A couple of nuts off the family tree.
~Author Unknown

We acquire friends and we make enemies, but our sisters come with the territory. ~Evelyn Loeb

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

Whatever you do they will love you; even if they don't love you they are connected to you till you die. You can be boring and tedious with sisters, whereas you have to put on a good face with friends. ~Deborah Moggach

You keep your past by having sisters. As you get older, they're the only ones who don't get bored if you talk about your memories. ~Deborah Moggach

It's hard to be responsible, adult and sensible all the time. How good it is to have a sister whose heart is as young as your own. ~Pam Brown

Of two sisters one is always the watcher, one the dancer. ~Louise Glück

She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your witness, who sees you at your worst and best, and loves you anyway. She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling, even in the dark. She is your teacher, your defense attorney, your personal press agent, even your shrink. Some days, she's the reason you wish you were an only child. ~Barbara Alpert

The Best Quote About Sisters:

A toast once heard: "To my big sister, who never found her second Easter egg until I'd found my first." ~Robert Brault

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Love your article and all the quotes! Adding it to my A sisters love article. xoxo I am so happy you liked it, and thank you for adding it to your own article!

Li Li Fabulous collection of brother and sister quotes! I found a great one for my sister's Facebook wall, and this one made me laugh out loud: "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" Great lens, and Blessed by a Squid Angel. :) I love that quote(but we must never tell it to little children :) I am so glad that you enjoyed it, and thank you so much for the blessing!

Li Li Super cool idea for a quotes lens! Great selections of quotes here!

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