Speech-Worthy Quotes About a Sister's Love Everyone Will Enjoy

Ensure your MOH speech leaves your sis knowing just how much you care.
Quotes About a Sister's Love to Include in Your Wedding Speech
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Updated Jun 04, 2025

Siblings are one of the few people in life who see every part of someone's life, and this viewpoint gives them a unique perspective. Thankfully, so many people have said, written, or sung incredible quotes about a sister's love to help put words to these feelings. When a sister gets married, it's the perfect time to reminisce about the good times, the hard times and all the ones in between.

As you prepare your maid of honor speech, peruse this list to see what will help make your speech that much more meaningful. Whether you loved to watch Little Women together and want to use a quote from Jo or are more of a sports family and loved the friendship between the Williams sisters, there are sister love quotes to highlight every type of relationship here.

In this article:

Sweet Quotes About a Sister's Love

Some of the best quotes about love for a sister come from famous women who got where they are because of the love and dedication of their siblings. From world champion athletes to first ladies and writers, there is so much sweetness to be shared through sister-to-sister love quotes.

  • "I could never love anyone as I love my sisters." – Jo March, Little Women
  • "My first job is big sister, and I take that very seriously." – Venus Williams
  • "She's the toughest player I ever played in my life, and the best person I know." – Serena Williams
  • "We have our own, unspoken language—a look that makes one of us fall on the floor laughing or the slight inflection in our voice that conveys everything...Someone who sees you exactly as you are, and thinks that is enough." – Barbara Bush
  • "She's always there for me when I need her. She's my best friend. She's just my everything." – Ashley Olsen
  • "Sisters make the best friends in the world." – Marilyn Monroe
  • "No matter where we are, we'll always share the same sky. We can always find each other in the same constellation." – Roshani Chokshi, The Star-Touched Queen
  • "A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life." – Isadora James
  • "A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost." – Marion C. Garretty
  • "For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands." – Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market
  • "When I grow up, I'm gonna be happy and do what I like to do. Like making noise and making faces and making friends like you. And when we grow up, do you think we'll see. That I'm still like you and you're still like me? I might be pretty; you might grow tall. But we don't have to change at all." – Diana Ross, "When We Grow Up"

Emotional Sister Love Quotes

When writing a wedding speech for your sister, it can be tricky to directly share how you feel. We rounded up more emotional quotes that say "I love my sister" in a few different ways. Of course, sometimes the easiest way to tell her how you feel is to pick just the right wedding gift for your sister, too.

  • "I do not see as well without her. I do not hear as well without her. I do not feel as well without her. I would be better off without a hand or a leg than without my sister." – Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
  • "You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing like it in this world." – Charlotte Brontë, The Professor
  • "You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you..." – George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
  • "Is solace anywhere more comforting than in the arms of a sister?" – Alice Walker
  • "She is the mother I never had, she is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person." – Oprah Winfrey
  • "I know my sister like I know my own mind, You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind…I love my sister more than anything in this life, I will choose her happiness over mine every time." – Angelica Schuyler, Hamilton
  • "But the love of sisters needs no words. It does not depend on memories, or mementos, or proof. It runs as deep as a heartbeat. It is as ever-present as a pulse." – Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

Funny Quotes About Love for a Sister

The truth is, there are many silly and hilarious aspects to being sisters. From stealing clothes to sharing relationship milestones, many of life's trials and tribulations happen within the sibling relationship. If you're hoping to keep things a bit more lighthearted, consider some of these funny "I love you" quotes for a sister.

  • "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
  • "My sister…is the person who keeps me in line, whether I like it or not. I trust her and also have a good, healthy fear of her." – Katy Perry
  • "A sister is a dearest friend, a closest enemy, and an angel at the time of need." – Debasish Mridha
  • "How do people make it through life without a sister?" – Sara Corpening Whiteford
  • "Sister you were the one I always told on, now you're the friend I always lean on. I count my blessings everyday for you." – Catherine Pulsifer
  • "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
  • "Sisterhood is powerful. Like volcanoes. Like earthquakes. Like tornadoes. Like love." – Bonnie Louise Kuchler
  • "She could always talk me into anything. My sister made me a little starstruck." – Stacie Ramey
  • "Don't talk about my sister; don't play with me about my sister. If you do, you'll see another side of me." – Beyoncé
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