A Tribute of Love | 134 Brother Quotes

Growing up may bring maturity, but it often comes with disappointments and events can take unexpected turns. It is in moments like those that a brother can be the best support one can have, someone who understands or even a shoulder to cry on.

These quotes showcase the strong bond between brothers or between a brother and a sister. They are a tribute to this family relationship as viewed by various famous people and intellectuals, which will surely touch and inspire you.

Table of Contents

1. Best Brother Quotes
2. Short Brother Quotes
3. Big Brother Quotes
• Little Brother Quotes
• Funny Brother Quotes
• I Love My Brother Quotes

Best Brother Quotes

• Brothers aren’t simply close; brothers are knit together. Robert Rivers
• When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life. Antisthenes

• Once a brother, always a brother, no matter the distance, no matter the difference and no matter the issue. Byron Pulsifer
• Brother: a person who is there when you need him; someone who picks you up when you fall; a person who sticks up for you when no one else will; a brother is always a friend. Unknown
• A brother is like gold and a friend is like diamond. If gold cracks you can melt it and make it just like it was before. If a diamond cracks, it can never be like it was before. Ali Ibn Abi Talib
• Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero. Marc Brown
• Brothers are like streetlights along the road, they don’t make distance any shorter, but they light up the path and make the walk worthwhile. Unknown
• As we grew up, my brothers acted like they didn’t care,
  but I always knew they looked out for me and were there! Catherine Pulsifer

• When I need a daily boost I remember the days of yesterday and the laughter we had as children. Robert Rivers
• The thing with brothers is, you’re supposed to take turns being the keeper. Sometimes you get to sit down and be the brother who is kept. Orson Scott Card
• From the time we’re born, our brothers and sisters are our collaborators and co-conspirators, our role models and our cautionary tales. Jeffrey Kluger

• Brother and sister, together as friends,
  ready to face whatever life sends.
  Joy and laughter or tears and strife,
  holding hands tightly as we dance through life. Suzie Huitt
• Brothers don’t necessarily have to say anything to each other – they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other. Leonardo DiCaprio
• We all want to have is a friend to call a brother; we all want to have a brother to call a friend. Alan Maiccon
• Do you know what friendship is… it is to be brother and sister; two souls which touch without mingling, two fingers on one hand. Victor Hugo
• Don’t turn away, don’t tell me that we’re not the same
  We face the fire together, brothers ’til the end
  Brother.  Lord Huron
• I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see. I sought my God, but my God eluded me. I sought my brother and I found all three. Unknown

• The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out his nose. Garrison Keillor
• Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk. Susan Scarf Merrell
• Siblings are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about fairness and cooperation and kindness and caring — quite often the hard way. Pamela Dugdale

Short Brother Quotes

• Three brothers, three fortresses. Portuguese proverb
• There’s no buddy like a brother. Unknown
• Everything I am, you helped me be. Unknown
• The bond that binds us is beyond choice. We are brothers. Ursula K. Le Guin
• A bad brother is far better than no brother. Swahili proverb
• Good brotherhood is the best wealth. Russian proverb

• Because I have a brother I’ll always have a friend. Unknown

• A brother shares childhood memories and grown-up dreams. Unknown
• Forever and ever, kid, until you’re sick and tired of seeing me.  Marie Lu
• We’re all just walking each other home. Ram Dass
• A brother was born for the day of adversity. Lailah Gifty Akita
• Your brother is who gives you an honest advice. Arabic proverb
• A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time. Proverbs 17:17
• You may be out of my sight but never out of my mind. Unknown
• A quarrel between brothers costs soul and life. Swedish proverb
• I don’t miss you and you alone, I miss you and me together. Unknown

• What strange creatures brothers are! Jane Austen

• A sibling is the lens through which you see your childhood. Ann Hood
• Because brothers don’t let each other wander in the dark alone. Jolene Perry
• The greatest gift our parents ever gave us was each other. Unknown
• Love between brothers is messy, loud, rough, sweet, fierce, fun, unique, forever. Unknown
• It takes two men to make one brother. Israel Zangwill
• Your brother is always the first male friend you will have in your life. Ritu Ghatourey
• There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young! Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr

• True brothers are never blood-related. But born of the spirit. Lailah Gifty Akita
• A sin against a brother or sister is an offence against the gods. African proverb
• Never make a companion equal to a brother. Hesiod
• If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother. Epictetus
• Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. Vietnamese proverb
• When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness. Hesiod
• Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. Hindu proverb
• I can’t promise to solve all your problems, but I can promise you won’t have to face them alone. Unknown

• I had a brother who was my saviour, made my childhood bearable.  Maurice Sendak
• Like branches on a tree… we may grow in different directions, but our roots remain as one. Unknown
• The happiest days of my youth were when my brother and I would run through the woods and feel quite safe. Rachel Weisz
• We came into the world like brother and brother, and now let’s go hand in hand, not one before another. William Shakespeare
• We may look old and wise to the outside world. But to each other, we are still in junior school. Charlotte Gray
• Your siblings are the only people in the world who know what it’s like to have been brought up the way you were. Betsy Cohen
• When I had money everyone called me brother. Polish proverb
• Some men share brotherly love – that of Cain and Abel. Andrzej Majewski

• The pumpkin is the older brother of the apple.  Corina Abdulahm Negura
• There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother’s keeper will end up by being his jail-keeper. Eric Hoffer
• We didn’t even realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun. Winnie the Pooh
• What brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them. Esther Friesner
• You need a brother, without one you’re like a person rushing to battle without a weapon. Arabic proverb
• How you can already miss someone when you are in the same room with them, I have no idea. But I do. Karen Harrington
• My brother is one of my true heroes. Steady and sober where I am impulsive and emotional. Mark McKinnon

Big Brother Quotes

• That’s the function of big brothers… to help their little sisters when their worlds are collapsing. Susan Beth Pfeffer
• Dear big brother, you may be part of my family, but I will always consider you a friend. Catherine Pulsifer
• Thank you for always being there, for always be the one person I could talk with. You are the most amazing big brother a person could have. Kate Summers
• A little sister looks up to her big brother all through her life. Catherine Pulsifer

• Big Brother is watching you. George Orwell
• Big Brother is watching… look busy. Brandon Boyd
• I’m happy if everybody else is. I’m a big brother, the oldest. If you’re happy and I’m not, I’m cool with that. If I’m happy and you’re not, I’m sad. Chris Rock
• My big brother still thinks he’s a better singer than me. Rod Stewart
• Without my big brother I probably literally wouldn’t be here. Mikey Way
• The best thing about having four big brothers is you always have someone to do something for you. Chloe Grace Moretz
• Oh, brothers! I don’t care for brothers. My elder brother won’t die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else. Oscar Wilde
• Funny how older brothers could still be annoying even after everyone was all grown-up. Elizabeth Camden
• You my brother have always been a support in my life, you have always had encouraging words for me as a child and now into our adult years. I know I can always count on you being there. What would I ever do without you! Catherine Pulsifer
• I hated Chris, my brother. I would pull his hair and kick him, until one day my father gave him permission to fight back. I’ll be apologizing to him for the rest of my life.  Stevie Nicks
• Scott looked at George as if his sibling made sense to him for the first time. George had never been gladder to have an older brother.  Alex Gino
• I grew up with an older brother…  and it can be a real journey to accept what that bond is once you both mature into it. Because it’s not always what you want. It’s not always what you expect. It’s not always what you imagined or hoped. But it’s one of the most important things in the world. Ben Schnetzer

Little Brother Quotes

• I placed you in my heart since you were born. I’m so lucky to have you as my younger brother. Sam Dawn
• The younger brother hath the more wit. Alexander Pope
• Hold my hand little brother for I will always love and protect you. Unknown
• I grew up with a younger brother, so I can get pretty rowdy. Sarah Wynter
• I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything. Paul Pierce
• I’m a little brother. I’ve always been small. People have said I have a Napoleon complex. But I’ve always had to fight for everything that I have. Chris Paul
• I so desperately wanted to be Mr. Somebody. Instead, I was the little brother, included to a point. Charlie Sheen
• After a girl is grown, her little brothers — now her protectors — seem like big brothers. Terri Guillemets
• …knowing that I had a little brother following me, I had to make sure I was doing the right thing so he knows what’s right, too. Russell Westbrook
• As the younger brother, I think you always have crushes on your older brother’s girlfriends. Liam Hemsworth
• I have a little brother. He’s actually living at my house right now. He’s going to be 18. Edward Furlong
• If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother. Sam Levenson
• If Bret went in there and stunk the place out, then they probably wouldn’t have brought the little brother in. So just by being successful himself, it opened the door for me. Owen Hart
• If my dinner was really hot, I’d put my fork up to my eye and look at my little brother through the steam coming off the food. He’d say: ‘Mum, he’s looking at me through his fork again.’ It sent him insane. Noel Fielding
• I am inherently a little brother – that’s just my nature. It has to do with my sister being very strong and wanting to protect me. It’s the natural order of things. Jake Gyllenhaal
• I’d pull my little brother on our motorcycle on an inner tube behind it. We would go fishing, we would hunt some, growing up. Sam Brownback
• I wish I could say I see my little brother more. We used to fight all the time but now that I don’t see him very often I cherish the time I have with him. Zac Efron
• I shared a room with my little brother, Jesse, and it wasn’t pretty. He was the Oscar to my Felix: messy, careless, and just a little bit sticky – exactly the way a kindergartner is supposed to be. Nate Berkus
• Young brothers will often be each other’s best friends. They will laugh together, get into trouble together and create memories that will last a lifetime. David Leads, Relationship Up
• Little brother I love being your big sister, I could tell you what to do.
  But then, you as time went on, things changed as you grew and grew.
  The roles reversed for a while, you little brother are no longer a child.
  A friend for life, a buddy too, love you lots little brother, too!
  Catherine Pulsifer

Funny Brother Quotes

• You and I are brothers. Always remember that if you fall, I will pick you up… after I finish laughing. Unknown
• I smile because you’re my brother and I laugh because there is nothing you can do about it. Unknown
• I’m the oldest, I make the rules. I’m in the middle, I’m the reason we have rules. I’m the youngest the rules don’t apply to me. Unknown.
• Brothers that say they never fight are most definitely hiding something. Lemony Snicket
• To the “r” in the word brother; Without it, you’d just be a bother. Unknown
• I grew up with six brothers. That’s how I learned to dance – waiting for the bathroom. Bob Hope
• Everyone knows that if you’ve got a brother, you’re going to fight. Liam Gallagher
• Half the time when brothers wrestle, it’s just an excuse to hug each other. James Patterson
• Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man’s survival. Carlos P. Romulo
• Being pretty on the inside means you don’t hit your brother and you eat all your peas – that’s what my grandma taught me. Lord Chesterfield
• Brothers are children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together. Sam Levenson
• You’re a great brother. You give us a heart attack worrying about your heart attack, which you didn’t even have the decency to have! Groucho Marx
• Older siblings… The only people who will pick on you for their own entertainment and beat up anyone else who tries. Unknown
• My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, You’re tearing up the grass”. We’re not raising grass,” Dad would reply. We’re raising boys”. Harmon Kellebrew
• When I look at each of my brothers, I see two things. First, I see the next place I want to leave a rosy welt. Second, I see a good man who will always be there, no matter how hard life gets for me or him. Then, I get out of the way because I realize he’s coming at me with a wet dish towel. Dan Pearce
• My sister was drowning in the ocean once, and my brother and I dove in and saved her. True story. She owes us her life. It’s great leverage; we abuse it all the time! Matt Barr
• It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea. Dylan Thomas
• The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother – and they’ll settle for a puppy every time. Winston Pendelton

I Love My Brother Quotes

• I love you, you were there for me, you protected me, and most of all, you loved me. We’d fight, scream, and argue, but, under it all, is a love. Unknown
• I love you. You are the best brother a person could have asked for. People often choose their best friends. God sent me mine. Ryan J. Gutierrez
• As sure as the sun will rise every morning and set in the evening just the same, I will love you all the days of my life. Fawn Weaver
• I always fight with my brother. This is our way of saying I love you.  Unknown
• Nothing can stop me from loving my brother. Brandy Norwood
• If you have a brother or sister, tell them you love them every day – that’s the most beautiful thing. I told my sister how much I loved her every day. That’s the only reason I’m OK right now. Amaury Nolasco
• There is no love like the love for a brother. There is no love like the love from a brother. Astrid Alauda

• There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother… Oh, how I hated that little boy. And how I love him too. Anna Quindlen
• Being a big sister is to love your brother, even if he does not want it or love you in return. Unknown
• He is my most beloved friend and my bitterest rival, my confidant and my betrayer, my sustainer and my dependent, and scariest of all, my equal. Gregg Levoy
• Mum used to say we were the same soul split in two and walking around on four legs. It seems unnatural being born together and then dying apart.  Melodie Ramone
• It was nice growing up with someone like you – someone to lean on, someone to count on… someone to tell on!  Unknown
• I’ve been blessed to have a brother like you. You’re my pal, my buddy and my best friend too. And it means a lot having a brother like you. Unknown

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