Sister Quotes - Page 4

• What are sisters for if not to point out the things the rest of the world is too polite to mention.

  Claire Cook

  World, Polite, Ifs

  Claire Cook (2014). “Must Love Dogs: New Leash on Life”, p.188, Marshbury Beach Books

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• The good deed you do today, for a brother or sister in need will come back to you some day, for humanity's a circle in deed.

  Robert Alan Aurthur

  Brother, Kindness, Circles

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• But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.

  Adriana Trigiani

  Girl, Mom, Way

  Adriana Trigiani (2010). “Viola in Reel Life”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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• Sisters, you are each like the lioness at the gate. This means that there has to be some prioritizing. I was taught years ago that when our priorities are out of order, we lose power. If we need power and influence to carry out our mission, then our priorities have to be straight.

  Julie B. Beck

  Mean, Power, Order

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• With a basic understanding of all humans as brothers and sisters, we can appreciate the usefulness of different systems and ideologies that can accommodate different individuals and groups with different cultural heritages, having different dispositions and tastes. Each person has the right to choose whatever is most suitable, on the basis of a deep understanding of all others as brothers and sisters.

  Dalai Lama

  Relationship, Wise, Wisdom

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• My siblings are my best friends.

  America Ferrera

  Best Friend, Brother, Sibling

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• For me to sit here and give all kinds of excuses to make it right, I can't do. But what I want to ask everyone out there, everyone that has a child, everyone that has a brother, a sister: if your child or family member was abducted today, if a mad man came in, a terrorist came in, abducted your family member or your child and if I said to you I can bring your child home...does it matter how I bring them home?

  Sam Childers

  Family, Brother, Children

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• You will not easily get a man to believe that his carnal love for the woman he has made his wife is as high a love as that he feltfor his mother or sister.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Mother, Sex, Believe

  D.H. Lawrence (2013). “Delphi Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)”, p.5231, Delphi Classics

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• Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.

  Marabel Morgan

  Leadership, Perseverance, Persistence

  Marabel Morgan (1986). “The Electric Woman”

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• Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.

  Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

  Life, Real, Humility

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• I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.

  James Boswell

  Friends, Brother, Sibling

  James Boswell, Roger Ingpen (1791). “The Life of Samuel Johnson”, p.74

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• You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other - our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That's to help each other, not hurt each other.

  Stevie Ray Vaughan

  Friends, Hurt, Brother

  YouTube Chanel "ed1962"/ "Stevie Ray Vaughan - 11 - Life Without You - Philadelphia Blues (Bootleg)", www.youtube.com. October 27, 2009.

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• Friends, genuine friends, are attracted by a warm heart, not money, not power. A genuine friend considers you as just another human being, as a brother or sister, and shows affection on that level, regardless of whether you are rich or poor, or in a high position; that is a genuine friend.

  Dalai Lama

  Brother, Heart, Rich Or Poor

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• Whoever wishes to meet Jesus must meet him in places where brothers and sisters of Jesus are hungry, thirsty, naked, unwanted, sick or in prison. Whoever keeps himself distant from these places remains distant from Jesus.

  Richard Wurmbrand

  Jesus, Brother, Sick

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• I always went to my sister, because she was older and had the care of me after my mother died.

  Lizzie Borden

  Mother, Care, Died

  Lizzie Borden, Albert Mason, Caleb Blodgett, Justin Dewey, Massachusetts. Superior Court (Bristol County) (1937). “Trial of Lizzie Borden”

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• Different people were good at different things, Lena mused. Lena was good at writing thank-you notes, for instance, and Effie was good at being happy.

  Ann Brashares

  Writing, People, Different

  Ann Brashares (2012). “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete Collection”, p.461, Delacorte Press

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• I would live with all of my sisters if I could. We've always been very close, my sisters and me.

  Tom Cruise

  My Sister, Ifs, If I Could

  "No more Mr Nice Guy" by Neil Strauss, www.theguardian.com. September 12, 2004.

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• I may have had a crush on Zac, but we are like brother and sister, so nothing would ever happen.

  Vanessa Hudgens

  Crush, Brother, May

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• I had an older brother who passed away recently, an older sister and a younger brother.

  Steve Case

  Brother, Passed Away, Older Brother

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• I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!

  Shirley Manson

  Family, Girlfriend, Father

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• …she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Falling In Love, Fun, Together

  Louisa May Alcott (2016). “Little Women: Top Novelist Focus”, p.196, 谷月社

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• She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister.

  Bill Griffith

  Father, Artistic, Problem

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• We have tried you citizens; we are trying you now, and you have a couple of dollars for the sorrowing mothers, brothers and sisters by way of a charity gift.

  Rose Schneiderman

  Mother, Brother, Couple

  “'I Can’t Talk Fellowship': Lessons From the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in the Wake of the BP Oil Disaster" by Cherri Foytlin, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 7, 2013.

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

  Pam Brown

  Sibling, Sorrow, Delight

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• I need a SUV, for me and my four sisters. So, I've narrowed it down to four, kind of expensive, cars.

  Alexa Vega

  Car, Needs, Four

  "AGENT ORANGE: Sleepover Star Alexa Vega Talks About Her New Movie!". Interview with B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. July 9, 2004.

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