Best Galentine’s Day Quotes for Ladies Celebrating Ladies (2024)

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Girl squads, lady gangs and gal pals around the world have Parks and Recreation’s Leslie Knope to thank for the girl power holiday that is Galentine’s Day. February 13 is the one day of the year that is about “ladies celebrating ladies,” as Knope, played by Amy Poler, famously quipped in a 2010 episode of the show. While Valentine’s Day is mostly celebrated by couples, Galentine’s Day encourages women and girls to indulge in brunch and spend the day uplifting their besties. “It’s like Lilith Fair, minus the angst. Plus, frittatas,” Knope once said.

This year, whether you’re single and content, in a long term, committed relationship or are casually dating, take the time to shower your closest girlfriends with these funny and inspirational Galentine’s Day quotes (after you finish your rom-com marathon, of course.) Now, these sayings and phrases aren’t quite the 5,000-word essay highlighting all of their best qualities that Knope gifted her friends for Galentine’s Day, but they’re funny, heartfelt and will definitely do the trick.

One-liners from Knope, expressions detailing the importance of friendship and words of encouragement make up our list of quotes. Once you’re done giving them a once over, be sure to share them on Instagram with your squad selfies to create your most memorable Galentine’s Day yet.

Funny Galentine's Day Quotes from Leslie Knope

• "You are more fabulous than Condoleezza Rice, Hillary Clinton, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Madeline Albright rolled together." – Leslie Knope
• "He’ll never lasso another heifer as fine as you, Annie Oakley." – Leslie Knope
• "If there's a law against friendship, lock me up." — Leslie Knope
• "I guess some people object to powerful depictions of awesome ladies." - Leslie Knope
• "How do I explain her? She’s as respected as Mother Teresa, she’s as powerful as Stalin, and she’s as beautiful as Margaret Thatcher." – Leslie Knope
• "What's Galentine's Day? Oh, it's only the best day of the year,"— Leslie Knope
• "Uteruses before duderuses…Ovaries before brovaries." — Leslie Knope
• "You rainbow-infused, space unicorn." — Leslie Knope
• "I like you and I love you." — Leslie Knope
• "I’m a feminist, okay?" — Leslie Knope
• "You poetic, noble, land mermaid." — Leslie Knope
• "No one achieves anything alone." — Leslie Knope
• "You are the most beautiful, glowing, sun-goddess ever." — Leslie Knope
• "We need to remember what’s important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work. Doesn’t matter, but work is third." — Leslie Knope
• "You beautiful tropical fish." — Leslie Knope
• "Every time a couple gets married, two single people die." — Leslie Knope
• "Everyone should love waffles. If they don’t, they’re crazy." — Leslie Knope
• "You shut your mouth, you have all the strengths." – Leslie Knope

Cute Galentine's Day Instagram Captions for BFFS

• There is no limit to what we as women can accomplish.
• Let’s hit the town and break a few hearts.
• Two peas in a pod.
• Friends buy you lunch. Best friends eat your lunch.
• My bestie for the restie.
• This one's for the girls.
• I literally don’t know what my life would be like without you. Probably boring.
• A girl can survive without a boyfriend, but she can’t survive without a best friend.
• I hit the BFF jackpot for sure.
• My best friends are the ones who make me laugh way too loud.
• Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. And may we raise them.
• Your friendship is like sunshine, lighting up my life in more ways than you know.
• On Galentine's Day, we wear pink.
• All my single ladies.
• Dear Cupid, please send wine and my Galentines.
• Chosen family.
• Bestie time is the best time.
• My Galentines ’till the end of time.
• A good friend knows all your stories. A best friend helped you create them.
• Roses are red, violets are blue, this wine is cheaper than dinner for two.
• In squad we trust.
• You'll always have a pizza my heart.
• Because of you, I laugh a little harder, cry a little less, and smile a lot more.
• Best friends are hard to find because the very best one is already mine.
• Pizza and you are all I need.
• You're the 'she' to my 'nanigans.'
• We go together like coffee and donuts.
• Sisters before misters.
• You can't sip with us.
• In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.
• I hit the BFF jackpot for sure.
• Love you a brunch.
  
• We make an egg-cellent pair.
• Blessed with the best.
• Sorry only my best friend is the best.
• When worse comes to worst, the squad comes first.
  
• Friends who slay together, stay together.
  
• We finish each other's sandwiches.
  
• My OG Valentine.
  
• Prepare for trouble and make it double.
  
• You'll always be my Galentine.
• There's nothing better than best friends. Except best friends with chocolate and wine.
  
• Making memories with you is my favorite thing to do.
  
• We go together like chocolate and roses.
• It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
• Love is beautiful. Friendship is better.
• A girls’ getaway? Say no more.
• Bring out the rosé for Galetine’s Day.
• Who needs a Valentine when you’ve got a bunch of Galentines?
• This is by far your worst idea ever… I’ll be there in 15 minutes.
• This squad is forever.

Best Quotes to Write in a Galentine's Day Card

• "Every new friend is a new adventure… the start of more memories." — Patrick Lindsay
• "Everyone knows you can't choose your family, but you can choose your friends." — XOXO Gossip Girl
• "A sweet friendship refreshes the soul." — Proverbs 27:9
• "A good friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find a lucky to have." — Irish Prover
• "Where your real friends at?" — Drake, "Started From the Bottom"
• "A friend is someone who makes it easy to believe in yourself." – Heidi Wills
• "Some women pray for their daughters to marry good husbands. I pray that my girls will find girlfriends half as loyal and true as the Ya-Yas." ― Rebecca Wells, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
• "The only people you can really share certain things with in secret are your girlfriends." — Sherry Knight
• "We are friends for life. When we're together the years fall away. Isn't that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you've come?" ―Judy Blume
• "The best way to mend a broken heart is time and girlfriends." – Gwyneth Paltrow
• "True friends are like diamonds — bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style." — Nicole Richie
• "Maybe our girlfriends are our soulmates, and guys are just people to have fun with." — Sex and the City
• "I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than alone in the light." — Helen Keller
• "It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter."— Marlene Dietrich
• "Girls just wanna have fun." — Cyndi Lauper
• "I guess I kind of hate most things, but I never really seem to hate you." – April Ludgate
• "You are awesome and everyone else sucks." – April Ludgate
• "Women’s friendships are like a renewable source of power." – Jane Fonda
• "You find out who your real friends are when you’re involved in a scandal." – Elizabeth Taylor
• "I’m so thankful for friendship. It beautifies life so much." ―L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea
• "My friends, real friends, better than your friends." —The Carters, "Friends"
• "Some souls just understand each other upon meeting." —N. R. Hart
• "The best part about having true friends is that you can go months without seeing them and they'll still be there for you and act as if you'd never left." – Ariana Grande
  
• "The love that comes from friendship is the underlying facet of a happy life." — Chelsea Handler
• "Friendships between women, as any woman will tell you, are built of a thousand small kindnesses... swapped back and forth and over again." – Michelle Obama
• "She's my friend because we both know what it's like for people to be jealous of us." — Cher Horowitz, Clueless
• "Friendship is a wildly underrated medication." —Anna Deavere Smith
• "A true friend is someone who never gets tired of listening to your pointless dramas over and over again." – Lauren Conrad
• "Some people arrive and make such a beautiful impact on your life, you can barely remember what life was like without them." – Anna Taylor
  
• "Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other." – Carol Saline
• "Friendship enriches your life and makes it more interesting." – Wendi Deng Murdoch
• "There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends." - Sylvia Plath
• "Who run the world? Girls." —Beyoncé, "Run the World"
• "Said I’ll always be your friend. Took an oath, I’ma stick it out till the end."—Rihanna, "Umbrella"
• "Friends are the siblings God never gave us." — Mencius
• "I don’t know what I would have done so many times in my life if I hadn’t had my girlfriends." — Reese Witherspoon
• "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
• "When you meet your best friend in real life … you just know it, and you feel it."– Lili Reinhart
• "This is what I miss […] Two old women giggling over their tea." — Margaret Atwood
• "A friend who understands your tears is much more valuable than a lot of friends who only know your smile." — Sushan R. Sharma