157 Happy Galentine’s Day Quotes to Celebrate Your Best Friends

Looking for the best Galentine’s Day quotes to honor your female friendships? Here are 157 beautiful quotes for the amazing women in your life.

While Valentine’s Day might celebrate romantic love, there’s another kind of love that deserves its spotlight—the unbreakable bond between friends. Girlfriends, to be exact.

You know the ones: the soul sisters who show up with a box of chocolate after a breakup, the beautiful lady friends who hype you up before a big presentation, and the partners in crime who know your morning coffee order by heart.

Our lady gangs are more than just social circles—they’re support systems. Our safety nets. The amazing sisters we choose. And these friendships deserve their own perfect time to shine.

What Is Galentine’s Day—& When Is It?

First, let’s thank Leslie Knope from “Parks and Recreation” for giving us this sweet Galentine’s tradition! 

Leslie introduced us to Galentine’s Day, celebrated on February 13th. As she eloquently put it, it’s “ladies celebrating ladies.” 

The concept resonated so strongly with viewers that it transcended fiction and became a real-life celebration of friendship. Now, women everywhere gather with their closest friends for brunches, spa days, or simple hangouts to honor their sweet friendships.

Galentine’s Day is MORE than a time to drink good wine without judgment and take cute photo ops. It’s a heartfelt moment to appreciate the beauty of friendship with your female friends.

If you’re looking for adorable friendship quotes or want to celebrate the bonds of friendship, these Galentine’s Day quotes capture the essence of true companionship. Feel free to use them as Instagram captions, send them as text messages, or print them as DIY party decor for your celebration.

Short & Sweet Galentine’s Day Quotes

Looking for short, but sweet Galentine’s Day quotes that will make a beautiful impact? Here you go!

1. “I get by with a little help from my friends.” – John Lennon (The Beatles)
2. “Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.” – John Evelyn
3. “True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.” – Helen Keller
4. “Friends are the siblings God never gave us.” – Mencius
5. “Life is nothing without friendship.” – Cicero
6. “A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.” – Maya Angelou
7. “We need to remember what’s important in life: friends, waffles, work.” – Leslie Knope
8. “A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.” – Aristotle
9. “Friendship is the wine of life.” – Edward Young
10. “True friendship is a plant of slow growth.” – George Washington
11. “A single friend can change your whole life.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
12. “Friendship needs no words.” – Dag Hammarskjöld
13. “A friend loves at all times.” – Proverbs 17:17 (Bible)
14. “Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.” – Jean de La Fontaine
15. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
16. “Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.” – Egyptian Proverb
17. “A friend knows the song in my heart.” – Laurel Atherton
18. “Friendship is the purest love.” – Osho
19. “In friendship we find nothing false or insincere.” – Cicero
20. “True friends are never forgotten.” – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
21. “A friend is a gift you give yourself.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
22. “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too?'” – C.S. Lewis
23. “The greatest gift of life is friendship.” – Hubert H. Humphrey
24. “A friend is what the heart needs all the time.” – Henry Van Dyke
25. “Each friend represents a world in us.” – Anaïs Nin
26. “Friendship improves happiness.” – Joseph Addison
27. “No person is your friend who demands your silence.” – bell hooks
28. “Ovaries before brovaries!” – Leslie Knope
29. “Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
30. “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell

Happy Galentine’s Day Quotes for Instagram Captions

These are day captions you can share to liven up the incredible women on your timeline.

31. “We go together like champagne and strawberries.”
32. “You’re the Blair to my Serena.”
33. “Partners in wine.”
34. “Females supporting females.”
35. “We slay together, stay together.”
36. “Friends don’t let friends do silly things alone.”
37. “You’re the avocado to my toast.”
38. “We’ve been friends so long, I can’t remember who’s the bad influence.”
39. “Life is short. Buy the shoes. Drink the wine. Call your girlfriends.”
40. “We’re more than just friends. We’re like a really small gang.”
41. “Good friends will let you do stupid things… best friends will do them with you.”
42. “Friends buy you food. Best friends eat your food.”
43. “We’re the type of friends who would get arrested together.”
44. “Friends who slay together, stay together.”
45. “You’re the sprinkles to my cupcake.”
46. “We’re not friends, we’re sisters.”
47. “Best friends: they know how crazy you are and still choose to be seen with you in public.”
48. “Friends don’t let friends go wineless.”
49. “We’ll be the old ladies causing trouble in the nursing home.”
50. “You’re my favorite person to text random things to at 3 AM.”
51. “Friends are therapists you can drink wine with.”
52. “Friendship is the wine of life.”
53. “Real queens fix each other’s crowns.”
54. “Life is better with girlfriends.”
55. “Sisters before misters.”
56. “Friends are the family we choose.”
57. “Girls just wanna have fun!”
58. “Best friends make good times better and hard times easier.”
59. “Together is my favorite place to be.”
60. “Friends are the chocolate chips in the cookie of life.”
61. “Side by side or miles apart, we are sisters connected by heart.”
62. “Friendship isn’t a big thing—it’s a million little things.”

Galentine’s Day Quotes to Celebrate Your Lady Friends

These quotes are perfect for celebrating the awesome ladies in your life.

63. “In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.” – Salman Rushdie
64. “Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” – Muhammad Ali
65. “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” – Elisabeth Foley
66. “Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.” – Virginia Woolf
67. “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” – Elie Wiesel
68. “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” – Elbert Hubbard
69. “Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.” – John Evelyn
70. “The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.” – Abraham Lincoln
71. “Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
72. “True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils.” – Baltasar Gracián
73. “Friendship is one mind in two bodies.” – Mencius
74. “A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.” – Winnie the Pooh
75. “It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.” – Epicurus
76. “One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
77. “The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.” – Victor Hugo
78. “A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” – Arnold H. Glasgow
79. “Friendship is the wine of life.” – Edward Young
80. “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
81. “The greatest gift of life is friendship.” – Hubert H. Humphrey
82. “Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” – Khalil Gibran
83. “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive.” – Anaïs Nin
84. “Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.” – Euripides
85. “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” – Thomas Aquinas
86. “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'” – C.S. Lewis
87. “A friend is what the heart needs all the time.” – Henry Van Dyke
88. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
89. “True friends are like diamonds – bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style.” – Nicole Richie
90. “Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
91. “A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.” – Leo Buscaglia
92. “The best mirror is an old friend.” – George Herbert
93. “Every friendship is unique because it adds something irreplaceable to our lives.” – Maya Angelou
94. “Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.” – Jean de La Fontaine
95. “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
96. “The best time to make friends is before you need them.” – Ethel Barrymore
97. “Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.” – Swedish Proverb
98. “Friendship is like a rainbow between two hearts.” – Unknown
99. “Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.” – Ed Cunningham
100. “True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.” – David Tyson Gentry
101. “The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you’ve had.”
102. “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson

Sassy Galentine’s Day Quotes for Girlfriends

Want some sassy quotes with powerful depictions to honor your amazing friends? Try this list

103. “Girls just wanna have fundamental rights.” – Madonna
104. “Always be the lead in your own life.” – Glennon Doyle
105. “Real queens fix each other’s crowns.” – Beyoncé
106. “A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.” – Melinda Gates
107. “We rise by lifting others.” – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
108. “Women belong in all places where decisions are being made.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
109. “I’m not bossy, I’m the boss.” – Sheryl Sandberg
110. “A successful woman is one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at her.” – Lady Gaga
111. “There’s power in allowing yourself to be known and heard.” – Michelle Obama
112. “I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott
113. “Own who you are, but be kind to who you were.” – Jameela Jamil
114. “If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” – Margaret Thatcher
115. “We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves.” – Beyoncé
116. “I’m tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want.” – Madonna
117. “Find your tribe. Love them hard.” – Brené Brown
118. “Girls competing with girls is such a waste of time.” – Taylor Swift
119. “Make your tribe so strong your enemies become irrelevant.” – Serena Williams
120. “I don’t follow the rules. I make them.” – Rihanna
121. “Be the woman you needed as a girl.” – Ayesha Curry
122. “Confidence is the best accessory.” – Blake Lively

Funny Galentine’s Day Quotes

You can’t go wrong with trying to make your “sisters by heart” laugh while you celebrate them. This Galentine’s Days quotes will give them a good chuckle.

123. “We’ll be best friends forever because you already know too much.”
124. “Friends don’t let friends do stupid things… alone.”
125. “I don’t know what’s tighter, our jeans or our friendship.”
126. “Best friends don’t judge each other’s choices, they help hide the evidence.”
127. “Our friendship is like our pants… long-lasting, comfortable, and covers a lot of awkward spots.”
128. “You’re stuck with me forever now. No refunds.”
129. “We’ll be best friends forever because you already know too much.” – Ellen DeGeneres
130. “Friends buy you food. Best friends eat your food.” – Mindy Kaling
131.  “My friends are the kind of people who’ll help me hide a body… which is concerning because I don’t remember helping them hide any.” – Amy Schumer
132. “I don’t know what’s tighter, our jeans or our friendship.” – Tina Fey
133. “Best friends don’t care if your house is clean. They care if you have wine.” – Chelsea Handler
134. “We’re best friends. If you fall, I’ll pick you up… after I finish laughing.” – Betty White
135. “True friends don’t judge each other’s choices. They help you hide the body.” – Melissa McCarthy
136. “My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” – Jennifer Lawrence
137. “Everybody needs a best friend who’s willing to help them get away with murder.” – Sofia Vergara
138. “Friends are people who know you really well and like you anyway.” – Julie Klausner
139. “Best friends are the people in your life who make you laugh louder, smile brighter, and live better.” – Reese Witherspoon
140. “A best friend is someone who makes you laugh even when you think you’ll never smile again.” – Julia Roberts
141.  “Real friendship is when your friend comes over to your house and then you both just take a nap.” – Kristen Bell
142. “Friendship is when people know all your weird quirks and still want to hang out with you.” – Anna Kendrick
143. “We’ll be the old ladies causing trouble in the nursing home.” – Betty White
144. “Best friends are cheaper than therapy.” – Joan Rivers
145. “I like my money where I can see it—hanging in my closet. I like my friends the same way.” – Sarah Jessica Parker
146. “True friendship is sitting together in silence and feeling like it’s a conversation.” – Rebel Wilson
147.  “Friends are therapists you can drink wine with.” – Amy Poehler
148. “Girlfriends are the siblings God forgot to give me.” – Carrie Fisher
149. “Best friends know your crazy and still choose to be seen with you in public.” – Maya Rudolph
150. “We’re best friends because normal friends wouldn’t put up with our crazy.” – Emma Stone
151. “You’re not truly best friends until you’ve done something that would land you in jail together.” – Melissa McCarthy
152. “Friends who say ‘diet starts tomorrow’ together, stay together.” – Jennifer Lawrence
153. “Best friends don’t let you do anything stupid… without video evidence.” – Anna Faris
154. “I don’t need an Instagram filter when I have friends who make me look good.” – Kate McKinnon
155. “True friendship is going shopping together and both coming home with new shoes.” – Sandra Bullock
156. “Best friends know when to bring coffee without being asked.” – Lauren Graham
157.  “We’re best friends because we’re equally inappropriate.” – Tina Fey

In Summary: Happy Galentine’s Day Quotes for Besties

Galentine’s Day is a celebration of friendships between women. Friendships that shape us, support us, and sometimes save us. So this February 13th, gather your girl gang and raise a glass to true friendship that is forever.

In a world where you can be anything, be a good friend. And maybe send this list of happy Galentine’s Day quotes to your bestie—she might just need to hear one of these sayings! 

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