There is great power in being alone. When we are alone, we are free to be ourselves. We can think our own thoughts, pursue our own interests, and make our own decisions. We are not influenced by other people’s opinions or expectations. We can simply be who we are meant to be. Being alone can also help us to appreciate other people more. When we spend time on our own, we learn how to entertain ourselves and how to find contentment in solitude. We become more independent and self-sufficient. As a result, when we are around other people, we are more likely to appreciate their company and value their input. Here we’ve compiled a list of quotes which will inspire girls to be alone and happy.
Alone and Happy Girl Quotes for Inspiration
“I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.” – Oscar Wilde
“There is nothing wrong with enjoying your own company. In fact, it is one of the most rewarding things you can do.” – Unknown
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” – Michel de Montaigne
“I am no more lonely than a single mulberry leaf on a tree, or a grain of sand on the seashore. I am far richer than kings because I have this treasure — the treasure of contentment.” – Lin Yutang
“It is only alone, truly alone that one bursts apart, springs forth.” – Maria Isabel Barreno
“Most women would not be happy being me. People say, ‘But you’re alone’. But I don’t feel alone. I feel very un-alone.” – Stevie Nicks
“Sometimes you need to be alone. Not to be lonely, but to enjoy your free time being yourself.” – Anonymous
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Your life will get better when you realise it’s better to be alone than chase people who don’t really care about you.” – Thema Davis
“I’m always happy when I’m left alone, but if somebody comes and is nice, then we talk” – Maximilian Schell
“If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself.” – Paulo Coelho
“Being brave enough to be alone frees you up to invite people into your life because you want them and not because you need them.” – Mandy Hale
“It’s beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. It means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by the society” – J Krishnamurti
“And in the end all I learned was how to be strong alone.” – Anonymous
“Success hits differently when nobody believed in you.” – Anonymous
“It’s far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone” – Marilyn Monroe
“I would rather ber alone with dignity than in a relationship that requires me to sacrifice my self respect.” – Mandy Hale
“You feel utterly alone and utterly magnificent.” – Marisa Coulter
“There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.” – Mandy Hale
“Be alone. Eat alone, take yourself on dates, sleep alone. In the midst of this you will learn about yourself. You will grow and you will figure our what inspires you, you will curate your own dreams, your own beliefs, your own stunning clarity, and when you do meet the person who makes your cells dance, you will be sure of it, because you are sure of yourself,” – Bianca Sparacino
“Learning to be alone, and enjoying it, is the most empowering gift you can give yourself,” – Steven Aitchison
“Sun is alone too, but it still shines.” – Anonymous
“The best part about being alone is that you really don’t have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.” – Justin Timberlake
“When you learn to survive without anyone, you can survive anything” – Anonymous
“If you want to be strong, learn to enjoy being alone.” – Anonymous
“There is a certain strength in being alone.” – Heather Duffy Stone
“Some steps need to be taken alone. It’s the only way to really figure out where you need to go and who you need to be.”- Anonymous
“The funny thing is when you start feeling happy alone, everyone else wants to be with you.” – Anonymous
“She’s falling in love with herself again. She’s learning once more what it means to be happy on her own.” – R.H. Sin
“A little loneliness goes a long way in creating a richer, deeper, more vibrant and colorful you. – Mandy Hale
“Alone by herself she built the kingdom she wanted.” – R.H. Sin
“I don’t want to be alone, I want to be left alone.” – Audrey Hepburn
“Be alone – that is when ideas are born.” – Nikola Tesla
“There is a terrible danger of becoming attached to the things we love, and then losing them. But there is also a great joy in being alone, and in doing things for ourselves.” – Unknown
“I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” – Henry David Thoreau
“There are days when solitude feels like a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it feels like lonely despair. Give yourself the gift of time alone every day.” – Unknown
“True solitude is a din of birdsong, an endless sky without a single cloud, the utter silence of deep, dark woods where not even the rustle of leaves betrays another living creature – and yet you are there, in the middle of it, part of it.” – Bernd Heinrich
“In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.” – Laurence Sterne
“There is a pleasure in being alone that none can taste but those who have tried it.” – Unknown
“Solitude vivifies; isolation kills.” – Joseph Roux
“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.” – Pema Chodron
“If you want to be emotionally and spiritually healthy, you need time alone with God. It’s as essential as breathing.” – Rick Warren
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
“There is a solitude within all relationships, even the most intimate ones, that we must never lose sight of if we wish to keep them alive and prevent them from becoming a prison.” – Paul Tillich
“You can love someone so much…But you can never love people as much as you can love yourself.” – Mae West
“There is a great deal of solace to be taken in the fact that things can never be as bad as they seem.” – Edward Abbey
“It is better to be alone than in bad company.” – George Washington
“I think it’s good for people to spend time alone. It gives them an opportunity to discover themselves and limits their contact with the artifice of society.” – Richard Gere
“Loneliness is not lack of company, but lack of purpose.” – Unknown
“There is nothing wrong with loneliness. It gives you lots of time to think.” – J.D. Salinger
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to do one’s own work, and to restrain from meddling with what is not one’s own.” – Marcus Porcius Cato
“What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.” – Mignon McLaughlin
“I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.” – Henry David Thoreau
“In the World through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself.” – Frantz Fanon
“If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company.” – Jean-Paul Sartre
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson