Whether you’re glad about it (or not), it’s February 14th and you’re officially single on Valentine’s Day.
But regardless of how you feel about your current relationship status, you don’t need a special someone in order to celebrate (and actually enjoy) the holiday of love. So much so that we have the best single on Valentines quotes to remind you why you don’t need a valentine to enjoy the day. In fact, being single on Valentine’s Day means just that: you get to spend the day pleasing your forever valentine—yourself!
1. “Valentine’s Day is for couples. Us singles have the other 364 days of the year to enjoy ourselves!” — Unknown
2. “Love sucks. Sometimes it feels good. Sometimes it’s just another way to bleed.” — Laurell K. Hamilton
3. “Being single doesn’t mean no one loves you. It means that God is busy writing your love story.” – Unknown
4. “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.” – Sex and the City
5. “Happy phony, romanticized, overly commercial, sucks to be single, pretend that it’s love, day!” – Unknown
6. “Sometimes you have to stand alone to prove that you can still stand.” — Anonymous
7. “I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.” — Henry David Thoreau
8. “If being in love is what it means to be free, then this Valentine’s Day my heart is in solitary confinement!” – Unknown
9. “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody” – Maya Angelou
10. “My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.” – Warsan Shire
11. “S.I.N.G.L.E = Strong, Independent, Noticeable, Generous, Loyal and Enlightened” – Unknown
12. “I’m single because I was born that way.” – Mae West
13. “I don’t need a man to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we’ll ever have is the one with ourselves.” -Shirley MacLaine
14. “I love being single. I can come and go as I please and stay out as late as I want to.” – Eric Dickerson
15. “I don’t need a man to make it happen
I get off being free
I don’t need a man to make me feel good
I get off doing my thing
I don’t need a ring around my finger
To make me feel complete” – Pussycat Dolls, “I Don’t Need a Man”
16. “This February 14th, take a moment to laugh thoroughly at your singlehood, everybody else does!” – Unknown
17. “I think, therefore I’m single.” – Liz Winston
18. “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.” – Wiz Khalifa
19. “If we seek paradise outside ourselves, we cannot have paradise in our hearts.” – Thomas Merton
20. “I don’t like to be labeled as lonely just because I am alone.” – Delta Burke
21. “He sleeps fastest who sleeps alone.” – Richard Avedond
22. “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
23. “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
24. “The course of true love never did run smooth.” – William Shakespeare
25. “I had every intent of celebrating Valentine’s Day, but when Cupid got around to me it seems he had run out of arrows.” – Unknown
26. “Single is not a status. It is a word that best describes a person who is strong enough to live and enjoy life without depending on others.” – Unknown
27. “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.” – Robin Williams
28. “Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate the joy of being in love. Unless you’re single and lonely then it’s called Laundry Day.” – Dane cook
29. “Single is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize.” – Mandy Hale
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30. “Instead of celebrating Valentine’s Day this year, I’m celebrating Discount Chocolate Tuesday.” – Unknown
