10 Empowering Quotes to Embrace Being Single

Where my single friends at?! Raise your hand, drop a comment, let’s get chatting! Today I’m sharing empowering quotes to embrace being single. I’m nearly 28, single, and oftentimes struggle to embrace being single. These positive and uplifting quotes help me with that though and I’m hoping they help you too!

Listen, it’s 100% okay to be single. I don’t know about you all, I, as a south Asian, was raised with the belief that I should somehow meet the man of my life (myself or through an arranged marriage) and get married in my early 20s and have a child or two by my mid twenties. HA! Boy, did I disappoint my family or what?!

It took quite some time to embrace that it was okay to be in my late 20s and single. Everyone is different. We’re all taking different paths and I’m a firm believer that things happen at the right time for everyone. Sure, it does suck sometimes. Some of my nearest and dearest have found their life partners and I do wish I was in the same boat. But hey, like I said, things will be set in motion at the right time for me. And for you!

On the other hand, there are lots of times where I enjoy being single. I love being able to focus on myself and have more time to get my sh*t together. As someone who has and to a certain point still does struggle with self esteem and confidence issues + anxiety, I try to focus on healing myself and finding inner peace. Through that journey, I truly realize I’m okay being single. 

We should normalize being single at ANY age! You do you, friend. I know folks who truly enjoy being single and prefer it. It all comes down to what YOU want for YOUR life. Do your best to tune out the noise and live the life you want to live.

Empowering Quotes to Embrace Being Single

1. “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”. - Mandy Hale

2. “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”—Maya Angelou

3. “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

4. "Being single doesn’t make you weak, it means that you are strong enough to be on your own.” – Xavier Zayas

5. “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.” - Kristen Bell

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6. “I don’t need Prince Charming to have my own happy ending.”—Katy Perry

7. “Being single is about celebrating and appreciating your own space that you're in.” - Kelly Rowland

8. "I’d rather be alone than unhappy.” – Whitney Houston

9. “Being with no one is better than being with the wrong one. Sometimes those who fly solo have the strongest wings”. - Nitya Prakash 

10. "A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence.” – Mandy Hale

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