Waking up in the morning with a smile on your face can help you get started on a productive day. Inspiring good morning quotes help you start your day and put your mind at ease.
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Best Morning Quotes
“When the sun came up… I couldn’t tell where heaven stopped and the Earth began.” — Tom Hanks
“I like my coffee black and my mornings bright.” — Terri Guillemets
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.” — Sarah Addison Allen
“I get up every morning and it’s going to be a great day. You never know when it’s going to be over, so I refuse to have a bad day.” — Paul Henderson
“I’ve got nothing to say but it’s okay, good morning, good morning” — The Beatles
“When I’m just waking up I like to keep a space for my own thoughts and ideas. Checking my phone is not a priority of mine.” — Andre D. Wagner
“Today’s goals: Coffee and kindness. Maybe two coffees, and then kindness.” — Nanea Hoffman
“She woke up every morning with the option of being anyone she wished. How beautiful it was that she always chose herself.” — Tyler Kent White
“You can only come to the morning through the shadows.”— J.R.R. Tolkien
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” — Henry David Thoreau
“Every morning is a beautiful morning.” — Terri Guillemets
“Mornings are like nature in spring… humming with the sounds of life and the promise of a fresh new day!” — LeAura Alderson
“I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.” — Benjamin Franklin
“The morning was full of sunlight and hope.” — Kate Chopin
“It is in the early morning hour that the unseen is seen and that the far-off beauty and glory, vanquishing all their vagueness, move down upon us till they stand clear as crystal close over against the soul.” — Sarah Smiley
“Every morning, I wake up saying, ‘I’m still alive, a miracle.’ And so I keep on pushing.” — Jim Carrey
“Make each day your masterpiece.” — John Wooden
“There is a morning inside you waiting to burst open into light.” — Rumi
“If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning.” — Larry Page
“Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.” — William Blake
“I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So, if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening.” — Larry King
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” — Marcus Aurelius
“Not the day only, but all things have their morning.” — French Proverb
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.” — Khalil Gibran
“I like freedom. I wake up in the morning and say, ‘I don’t know, should I have a popsicle or a donut?’ You know, who knows?” — Oscar Nunez
“The sun is new each day.” — Heraclitus
“Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life.” — Yoko Ono
Inspirational Morning Quotes
“I get up every morning, and it’s going to be a great day. You never know when it’s going to be over so I refuse to have a bad day.” — Paul Henderson
“The silence in the morning holds lots of expectations and is more hopeful than the silence at night.” — Victoria Durnak
“Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.” — Wayne Huizenga
“Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life.” —Yoko Ono
“First thing every morning before you arise, say out loud, ‘I believe,’ three times.” — Ovid
“Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.” — Ursula K. Le Guin
“If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.” — Elon Musk
“Do and act on what you believe to be right, and you’ll wake up the next morning feeling good about yourself.” — Janet Reno
“I used to love night best but the older I get the more treasures and hope and joy I find in mornings.” — Terri Guillemets
“Outside the open window The morning air is all awash with angels.” ― Richard Wilbur
“Don’t count the days. Make the days count.” — Muhammad Ali
“Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.” — Lemony Snicket
“You know that feeling when you wake up in the morning and you’re excited for the day? That’s one of my main goals in life.” — Kirsten Dunst
“Every morning, my dad would have me looking in the mirror and repeat: ‘Today is going to be a great day; I can, and I will.’“ — Gina Rodriguez
“It is in the early morning hour that the unseen is seen, and that the far-off beauty and glory, vanquishing all their vagueness, move down upon us till they stand clear as crystal close over against the soul.” — Sarah Smiley
“I’m walking on sunshine, and don’t it feel good!” — Katrina and the Waves
“Waking up this morning, I smile. 24 brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.” — Thich Nhat Hanh
“Everyone has highs and lows that they have to learn from, but every morning I start off with a good head on my shoulders, saying to myself, ‘It’s going to be a good day!” — Lindsay Lohan
“Every morning, you have two choices: continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Thankful Morning Quotes
“I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life.” — Miles Davis
“It is a serious thing – just to be alive – on this fresh morning – in this broken world.” — Mary Oliver
“Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.” — Prince
“Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.” — Richard Whately
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love – then make that day count!” — Steve Maraboli
“In the morning, instead of saying to yourself, ‘I got to wake up’ say ‘I get to wake up!’” — Erykah Badu
“Now that your eyes are open, make the sun jealous with your burning passion to start the day. Make the sun jealous or stay in bed.” — Malak El Halabi
“When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully.” — Steve Maraboli
“I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I’d see.” — Dick Cheney
“First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, ‘I believe,’ three times.” — Ovid
“Great attitude is like a perfect cup of coffee–don’t start your day without it.” — Lisa Lieberman-Wang
Motivational Morning Quotes
“I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening.” — Larry King
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world.” — E. B. White
“When you do something beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle, and yet most of the audience still sleeps.” — John Lennon
“I wake up laughing. Yes, I wake up in the morning and there I am just laughing my head off.” — Bruce Willis
“I never wake up in the morning and wonder why I am here. I wake up and wonder why I am not making here better.” — Jeffrey Fry
“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.” — Steve Jobs
“When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.” — Ernie Banks
“One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.” — Paulo Coelho
“My principal motivation is supporting my family, which is not a bad reason for getting up in the morning. That’s always been my motivation—to take care of the people who rely on me.” — Tony Parsons
“Every morning is a reminder to let go the past and embrace the present.” — Tonmoy Acharjee
Quotes About Seizing The Day
“Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier and healthier life.” — Germany Kent
“Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.” — Henry David Thoreau
“The moment when you first wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the 24 hours. No matter how weary or dreary you may feel, you possess the certainty that, during the day that lies before you, absolutely anything may happen. And the fact that it practically always doesn’t, matters not a jot. The possibility is always there.” — Monica Baldwin
“I’ve found that the first thirty minutes of my day have the biggest impact on how I feel for the rest of my waking hours.” — Molli Sullivan
“In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning.” — Carl Sandburg
“Eating right and taking the time to slow down and plan in the morning is crucial to a productive day.” — David Moore
“The most important thing I do each morning is steady myself by not allowing a sense of urgency to penetrate.” — Matthew Weatherley-White
“I like to work in the morning. I like to sometimes go to a place where I’m all alone where I’m not going to get a phone call early that hurts my feelings, because once my feelings are hurt, I’m dead in the water.” — Francis Ford Coppola
“You’ve got to wake up each day and understand what that day is about; you’ve got to have personal goals. Be flexible in getting to those goals, but if you do not have goals, you will not achieve them.” — Cary Cohn
“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” — Dalai Lama
“In one minute, you can change your attitude, and in that minute, you can change your entire day.” — Spencer Johnson
“When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they’re not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can ’cause I know I’m gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.” — Dolly Parton
“Good morning is not just a word. It’s an action and a belief to live the entire day well. Morning is the time when you set the tone for the rest of the day. Set it right!” — Fain Blake
Fresh Start Quotes
“Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today.” — Doe Zantamata
“I learned to love myself, because I sleep with myself every night and I wake up with myself every morning, and if I don’t like myself, there’s no reason to even live the life.” — Gabourey Sidibe
“I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.” — J. B. Priestley
“I wake up in the morning and my heart is light, man. It’s not heavy. I don’t have skeletons in the closet on their way out.” — Drake
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“One key to success is to have lunch at the time of day most people have breakfast.” — Robert Brault
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” — Maria Robinson
“The sun is a daily reminder that we too can rise again from the darkness, that we too can shine our own light.” — S. Ajna
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
“Every morning a new sun greets us, and our new life begins.” — Marty Rubin
“God’s mercy is fresh and new every morning.” — Joyce Meyer
“Every morning, my dad would have me looking in the mirror and repeat: “Today is going to be a great day; I can, and I will.” — Gina Rodriguez
“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” — Buddha
Early Riser Quotes
“Waking up early, connecting with nature, and having my quiet time are priorities to me, and they are non-negotiable.” — Danette May
“The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.” — Rumi
“Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred.” — Arthur Schopenhauer
“Mornings are so precious because it’s when I’m most productive. For me, thirty minutes at 5:30 am is equivalent to at least an hour at 3:00 pm.” — Whitney Johnson
“The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years.” — Thomas Jefferson
“It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.” — Abu Bakr
“Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.” — J. Paul Getty
“What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.” — Sinclair Lewis
“Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet.” — Henry David Thoreau
Romantic Morning Quotes
“Let me wake up next to you, have coffee in the morning and wander through the city with your hand in mine, and I’ll be happy for the rest of my little life.” — Charlotte Eriksson
“Morning without you is a dwindled dawn.” — Emily Dickinson
“The best feeling in the world is to know that you belong to me and you are mine. Every morning that is all I need to know, and that itself is enough for me to have a good day.” — Joseph Moran
“For each new morning let there be flow of love. Let there be light of happiness in every direction.” — Amit Ray
“Just one look at you and I know it’s gonna be a lovely day.” — Bill Withers
“Sometimes I wish there was no alarm clock because that is the only device that wakes me up while I am dreaming of you.” — Natalie Jones
“You are the softness of the morning dew!” — Avijeet Das
“Every day, I want to sleep in your arms and wake up by your side in the mornings.” — Jagdish Joghee
“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. That’s what I hope to give you forever.” — The Notebook
Rise And Shine Quotes
“The day will be what you make it, so rise, like the sun, and burn.” — William C. Hannan
“Get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.”— Abraham Joshua Heschel
“If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.” — J.M. Power
“When you’re wide awake, say it for goodness sake, it’s gonna be a great day.” — Paul McCartney
“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to bed with satisfaction.” — George Lorimer
“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” — Meister Eckhart
“You are not fully dressed until you wear a smile.” — Evan Esar
“I drink cup of sunlight every morning to brighten myself.”― Debasish Mridha
Funny Morning Quotes
“Everyone wants me to be a morning person. I could be one, only if morning began after noon.” — Tony Smite
“The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.” — Dorothy Parker
“Dracula is a morning person compared to me.” ― Kim Dallmeier
“The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.” — Robert Frost
“Be the person that when your feet touch the floor in the morning the devil says, ‘Awe sh*t, they’re up.’“ — Dwayne Johnson
“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.” — Kurt Vonnegut
“Good morning is a contradiction of terms.” — Jim Davis
“Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day.” — Glen Cook
“There are two ways of waking up in the morning. One is to say, ‘Good morning, God,’ and the other is to say, ‘Good God, morning!’“ — Fulton J. Sheen
“Morning will come, it has no choice.” — Marty Rubin
“Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?” — J.R.R. Tolkien
“What irritates me most of all about these morning people is their horribly good temper, as if they have been up for three hours and already conquered France.” — Timur Vermes
Good Morning Wishes
“Morning Darling, I love you; we’re going to have a really great day today.” — Louise Hay
“Good morning! Remember: A person can succeed at almost anything for which they have unlimited enthusiasm.” — Charles M. Schwab
“Look out of the window and take in the brightness from the sun. Forget the clouds and shadows of doubt and fear. Life awaits you in all its fullness; it’s another beautiful day. Good Morning”! — Ron Manchester
“Good Morning Starshine. The earth says ‘hello.’” — Hair, the musical
“Because you know what happens when you say ‘hello’ or ‘good morning?’ You make a connection. And isn’t that what being human is all about?” — Philip Rosenthal
Quotes For When You Woke Up On The Wrong Side Of The Bed
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” — Zig Ziglar
“Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So, love the people who treat you right and forget about the ones who do not.” — Christy Chung
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” — Henry Ford
“No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning.” — D. L. Hughley
“Gloom and darkness are temporary. Joy comes in the morning.” — Sunday Adelaja
“A year from now, you may wish you had started today.” — Karen Lamb
“Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.” — Grandma Moses
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” — Will Rogers
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” — Confucius
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” — Mark Twain
Sunrise Quotes
“There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.” — Bernard Williams
“Every sunrise gives you a new beginning and a new ending. Let this morning be a new beginning to a better relationship and a new ending to the bad memories. It’s an opportunity to enjoy life, breathe freely, think and love. Be grateful for this beautiful day.” — Norton Juster
“Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.” —George Washington Carver
“What I know for sure is that every sunrise is like a new page, a chance to right ourselves and receive each day in all its glory. Each day is a wonder.” — Oprah Winfrey
“The biggest task in the morning is to try to keep my headspace from being invaded by the outside world.” — Austin Kleon
“There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it.” — Mindy Kaling
“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.” — William Arthur Ward
Morning Routine Quotes
“Ask yourself a simple question: How do I wake up every morning? By that, I mean, what do those first few moments of consciousness feel like?” — Shawn Wells
“Whether the day is for writing, designing, or painting, the consistent practice of a morning routine is the doorway into it all.” — Elle Luna
“Your first ritual that you do during the day is the highest leveraged ritual, by far, because it has the effect of setting your mind, and setting the context, for the rest of your day.” — Eben Pagan
“These morning practices are what fuel me; keeping my routine is not about willpower.” — Jenny Blake
“When I’m tempted to skip my morning routine or another form of self-care, I remind myself that I can better serve the people I love and the projects I care about when I start with me.” — Courtney Carver
“Starting my day with exercise gives me a big mood and energy boost throughout the day and makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something right off the bat.” — Jake Knapp
“If I fail to follow my morning routine I try to get a hard workout in. A hard workout is like a manual restart of the day.” — Aubrey Marcus
“There is enormous power in nailing your morning routine, but there’s even more power in adapting to it when it doesn’t happen as we’d like.” — Terri Schneider
“Your morning sets up the success of your day. So many people wake up and immediately check text messages, emails, and social media. I use my first hour awake for my morning routine of breakfast and meditation to prepare myself.” — Caroline Ghosn