Inspiring November Quotes to Brighten Your Days

"The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness."

- Dalai Lama

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

"Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul."

- Henry Ward Beecher

"November is the month that reminds us to be thankful. For the big things, for the small things and for making a spring that will come in due time so much sweeter."

- Rip Miller

"Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life."

- Rumi

"Gratitude helps us see what is there instead of what isn’t."

- Annette Bridges

"November comes and November goes, with the last red berries and the first white snows."

- Clyde Watson

"Let this be the November you always remember. The November you chose to believe there was more to your future than you were able to see."

- Morgan Harper Nichols

"Autumn… the year’s last, loveliest smile."

- William Cullen Bryant

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more."

- Melodie Beattie

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

- Marcel Proust

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them."

- John F. Kennedy

"November is tied together with the heartstrings of gratitude."

- J. A. McIntosh

"Even in the quiet and dark of November, there’s opportunity for progress while others rest or get unmotivated. So keep going."

- George Saunders

"November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear."

- Walter Scott

"There is October in every November and there is November in every December! All seasons melted in each other’s life."

- Mehmet Murat Ildan

"How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days."

- John Burroughs

"Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all."

- Stanley Horowitz

"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."

- Thornton Wilder

"Fear not November’s challenge bold. We’ve books and friends, and hearths that never can grow cold. These make amends."

- Alexander L. Fraser

"Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons."

- Jim Bishop

"Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain."

- Vivian Greene

"This is going to be a November to remember."

- Charmaine J. Forde

"Don't wait until the fourth Thursday in November, to sit with family and friends to give thanks. Make every day a day of Thanksgiving!"

- Charmaine J. Forde

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."

- Albert Camus

"November is a month of transformation and preparation."

- Catherine Pulsifer

"November at its best—with a sort of delightful menace in the air."

- Anne Bosworth Greene

"The wind that makes music in November corn is in a hurry."

- Aldo Leopold

"The August noon in us works to stave off the November chills."

- Ray Bradbury

"Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn."

- Elizabeth Lawrence

"The month of November makes me feel that life is passing more quickly. In an effort to slow it down, I try to fill the hours more meaningfully."

- Henry Rollins

"The thinnest yellow light of November is more warming and exhilarating than any wine they tell of."

- Henry David Thoreau

"I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house."

- Nathanial Hawthorne

"There is something incredibly nostalgic and significant about the annual cascade of autumn leaves."

- Joe L. Wheeler

"There is October in every November and there is November in every December. All seasons melted in each other’s life."

- Mehmet Murat Ildan

"The wind that makes music in November corn is in a hurry. The stalks hum, the loose husks whisk skyward in half-playing swirls, and the wind hurries on..."

- Aldo Leopold

"Autumn is springtime in reverse."

- Terri Guillemets

"Now in November nearer comes the sun down the abandoned heaven."

- D. H. Lawrence

"Food is better in November than any other time of the year."

- Cynthia Rylant

"But there is always a November space after the leaves have fallen when she felt it was almost indecent to intrude on the woods…"

- L.M. Montgomery

"November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year."

- Louisa May Alcott

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more."

"Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude."

"Gratitude turns what we have into enough."

"Autumn is the season to find contentment at home by paying attention to what we already have."

- Unknown