Start Your Day Right: A Beautiful Collection of Inspirational Good Morning Quotes

"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

"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

"Mornings are like nature in spring… humming with the sounds of life and the promise of a fresh new day!"

- LeAura Alderson

"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

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."

- Lao Tzu

"Good morning! You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

- C.S. Lewis

"Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night."

- William Blake

"The morning was full of sunlight and hope."

- Kate Chopin

"Make each day your masterpiece."

- John Wooden

"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep."

- Rumi

"Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning, and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life."

- Yoko Ono

"Morning is when I am awake, and there is a dawn in me."

- Henry David Thoreau

"For each new morning, let there be flow of love. Let there be light of happiness in every direction."

- Amit Ray

"Good morning! When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love."

- Marcus Aurelius

"There is a morning inside you waiting to burst open into light."

- Rumi

"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures."

- Kahlil Gibran

"Good morning! Life laughs at you when you are unhappy. Life smiles at you when you are happy. But, life salutes you when you make others happy."

- Charlie Chaplin

"Good morning! The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

- Steve Jobs

"Every morning is a beautiful morning."

- Terri Guillemets

"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

"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

"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

"Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day."

- Dalai Lama

"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

"Every morning, you have two choices: continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen."

- Wayne Huizenga

"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

"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"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

"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

"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

"Don’t count the days. Make the days count."

- Muhammad Ali

"No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning."

- D.L. Hughley

"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

"You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."

- Zig Ziglar

"Morning Darling, I love you; we’re going to have a really great day today."

- Louise Hay

"For each new morning let there be flow of love. Let there be light of happiness in every direction."

- Amit Ray

"Good morning! Remember: A person can succeed at almost anything for which they have unlimited enthusiasm."

- Charles M. Schwab

"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

"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

"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."

- Victor Hugo

"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

"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

"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

"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

"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

"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

"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

"Every morning, I wake up saying, 'I’m still alive, a miracle.' And so I keep on pushing."

- Jim Carrey

"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

"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

"Every morning is a reminder to let go the past and embrace the present."

- Tonmoy Acharjee

"Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful."

- Prince

"In the morning, instead of saying to yourself, ‘I got to wake up’ say ‘I get to wake up!’"

- Erykah Badu

"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

"When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully."

- Steve Maraboli

"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do."

- Rumi

"I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I'd see."

- Dick Cheney

"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

"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

"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."

- Nicholas Sparks, "The Notebook"

"If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning."

- Larry Page

"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

"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to bed with satisfaction."

- George Lorimer

"When you’re wide awake, say it for goodness sake, it’s gonna be a great day."

- Paul McCartney

"You are not fully dressed until you wear a smile."

- Evan Esar

"Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life."

- Yoko Ono

"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

"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

"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

"Whether the day is for writing, designing, or painting, the consistent practice of a morning routine is the doorway into it all."

- Elle Luna

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

- Mark Twain

"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

"Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there."

- Will Rogers

"A year from now, you may wish you had started today."

- Karen Lamb

"Gloom and darkness are temporary. Joy comes in the morning."

- Sunday Adelaja

"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

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day."

- Henry David Thoreau

"Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most."

- Buddha

"There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope."

- Bernard Williams

"Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today."

- Doe Zantamata

"Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them."

- William Arthur Ward

"Be willing to be a beginner every single morning."

- Meister Eckhart

"Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil."

- J. Paul Getty

"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"First thing every morning before you arise, say out loud, ‘I believe,’ three times."

- Ovid

"Do and act on what you believe to be right, and you'll wake up the next morning feeling good about yourself."

- Janet Reno

"It is a serious thing – just to be alive – on this fresh morning – in this broken world."

- Mary Oliver

"Great attitude is like a perfect cup of coffee–don’t start your day without it."

- Lisa Lieberman-Wang

"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

"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

"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

"Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself."

- Henry David Thoreau

"God’s mercy is fresh and new every morning."

- Joyce Meyer

"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

"The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years."

- Thomas Jefferson

"Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet."

- Henry David Thoreau

"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

"Just one look at you and I know it’s gonna be a lovely day."

- Bill Withers

"What is love? It is the morning and the evening star."

- Sinclair Lewis

"I drink cup of sunlight every morning to brighten myself."

- Debasish Mridha

"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

"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

"Morning will come, it has no choice."

- Marty Rubin

"Good Morning Starshine. The earth says ‘hello.’"

- Hair, the musical

"Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise."

- George Washington Carver

"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

"These morning practices are what fuel me; keeping my routine is not about willpower."

- Jenny Blake

"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

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."

- Benjamin Franklin

"To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult of all."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today."

- Elbert Hubbard

"Lost time is never found again."

- Benjamin Franklin

"Without labor, nothing prospers."

- Sophocles

"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

- Lao Tzu

"The sun is new each day."

- Heraclitus

"Well done is better than well said."

- Benjamin Franklin

"The morning steals upon the night, melting the darkness."

- William Shakespeare

"It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you."

- Abu Bakr

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."

- Aristotle

"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."

- Marcel Proust

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."

- Aristotle

"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."

- Alexander Pope

"It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom."

- Aristotle

"Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself."

- Elbert Hubbard

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

- Socrates

"An unexamined life is not worth living."

- Socrates

"Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers."

- Voltaire

"All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone."

- Blaise Pascal

"The wise man does at once what the fool does finally."

- Niccolo Machiavelli

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

- Aristotle

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."

- Plato

"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils."

- Louis Hector Berlioz

"Morning without you is a dwindled dawn."

- Emily Dickinson

"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence."

- Leonardo da Vinci

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast."

- Oscar Wilde

"Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it."

- Richard Whately

"Dream big and dare to fail."

- Norman Vaughan

"Your big opportunity may be right where you are now."

- Napoleon Hill

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success."

- Albert Schweitzer

"Embrace the glorious mess that you are."

- Elizabeth Gilbert

"The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today."

- Jackson Brown Jr.

"The future depends on what you do today."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle."

- Christian D. Larson

"The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue."

- Dorothy Parker

"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

"There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it."

- Mindy Kaling

"Dracula is a morning person compared to me."

- Kim Dallmeier

"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

"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

"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 is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day."

- Glen Cook

"Good morning is a contradiction of terms."

- Jim Davis

"Today’s goals: Coffee and kindness. Maybe two coffees, and then kindness."

- Nanea Hoffman

"True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country."

- Kurt Vonnegut

"Everyone wants me to be a morning person. I could be one, only if morning began after noon."

- Tony Smite

"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

"When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes."

- Ernie Banks

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

"Good morning! The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today."

"Good morning! Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm."

"Do something today that your future self will thank you for."

- Unknown

"Today is a new beginning, make it count."

"Good morning! A new day brings new opportunities."

"The morning is a fresh start for all of us."

"The sun is up, the sky is blue, it’s beautiful, and so are you."

- Unknown

"Good morning! Let your smile change the world but don’t let the world change your smile."

"The sun is shining, and so are you."

"Good morning! Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be."

"Good morning! Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions."

"The best way to start the day is with a grateful heart."

"Good morning! The biggest sources of motivation are your own thoughts, so think big and motivate yourself to win."

"Today will be a good day. So wake up and smile."

"Good morning! Don’t count the days. Make the days count."

"The morning shines upon everyone the same. It's up to you to make it worth the light."

"Good morning! The best way to predict your future is to create it."

"Good morning! The best dreams happen when you’re awake."

"Good morning! The morning steals upon the night, melting the darkness."

"Good morning! Let these quotes inspire you to rise out of bed in the morning and take on the day with a positive mindset."

"Good morning! Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."

"Every sunrise is an invitation to brighten someone's day."

"Good morning! Start your day with a smile and positive thoughts."

"A beautiful morning starts with a beautiful mindset."

"Rise up and attack the day with enthusiasm."

"Every day is a new beginning. Take a deep breath, smile, and start again."

"Let today be the day you give up who you’ve been for who you can become."

"Wake up with determination and go to bed with satisfaction."

- Unknown

"Good morning! Believe in yourself and make it happen."

"Today is a new day. Make it count."

"May your day be filled with good thoughts, kind people, and happy moments."

"Good morning! Your future is created by what you do today."

"Every morning is a chance to start anew."

"Let your soul expand, let your heart reach out to others in loving and generous warmth."

"A positive attitude will lead to positive outcomes."

"Good morning! You have the power to make this day amazing."

"Let the light of a new day inspire you to achieve greatness."

"May your day be as bright as your smile."

"Good morning! Let’s make today the best day ever."

"Success is waking up every day and finding peace of mind."

"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."

"Today is a new day. Even if you were wrong yesterday, you can get it right today."

"Your day is only as good as you make it."

"Good morning! The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

"Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction."

"Every morning is a fresh start. It is never too late to dig in and begin a new journey of success."

"Good morning! Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."

"Set a goal that makes you want to jump out of bed in the morning."