Each morning is fresh start. The key is having the motivation to get up and make the day the best it can be. These inspirational morning quotes will help you do just that and start your day with positivity and motivation.
There is something about the start of a new day that inspires you to look at new beginnings.
Scroll on through to find your favorite quote.
Our Favorite Inspirational Morning Quotes
“Every morning is a revolution against the darkness.” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Every morning, I wake up saying, ‘I’m still alive, a miracle.’ And so I keep on pushing.” — Jim Carrey
“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
“Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.” – Ursula K. Le Guin
“Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.” – Richard Whately
“When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.” – Ernie Banks
“One key to success is to have lunch at the time of day most people have breakfast.” – Robert Brault
“The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.” – Rumi
“It is a serious thing – just to be alive – on this fresh morning – in this broken world.” – Mary Oliver
“Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.” – Grandma Moses
“The next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.“ — Sarah Addison Allen
“I’ve got nothing to say but it’s okay, good morning, good morning” — The Beatles
“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” — Hans Christian Andersen
“When the sun came up… I couldn’t tell where heaven stopped and the Earth began.” — Tom Hanks
“You can only come to the morning through the shadows.”— J.R.R. Tolkien
“The day will be what you make it, so rise, like the sun, and burn.” — William C. Hannan
“Someday is not a day of the week.” – Denise Brennan-Nelson
“When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up.” – Arthur Wellesley
“Be the morning in everyone’s eyes and make their day turn into a thing of beauty.” ― Anthony T. Hincks
“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
“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
“First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, ‘I believe,’ three times.” – Ovid
“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
“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
“In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
“Your current life is the result of your previous choices, if you want something different, begin to choose differently.” – Joe Tichio
“The repetition becomes the important thing; it’s a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind.” – Haruki Murakami
“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
“The most important thing I do each morning is steady myself by not allowing a sense of urgency to penetrate.” – Matthew Weatherley-White
“The silence in the morning holds lots of expectations and is more hopeful than the silence at night.” – Victoria Durnak
If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Short Morning Quotes, Funny Morning Quotes, Good Morning Quotes, Morning Captions and Good Morning Love Quotes.
Motivational Good Morning Quotes
“If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning.” – Larry Page
“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
“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
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Nelson Mandela
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” — Abraham Lincoln
“I put my phone as far across the room as possible the night before to force me out of bed when the alarm goes off.” – Josh Gross
“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
“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
“If I can feel like the chaos [of the day ahead] is at least known, I can dive in with more composure.” – Wendy McKennon
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
“It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don’t worry. I say that to myself every morning.”—Gordon B. Kinkley
“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
“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
“Be the person that when your feet touch the floor in the morning the devil says, “Awe sh*t, they’re up”. – Dwayne Johnson
“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
“In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning.” – Carl Sandburg
“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside—remembering all the times you’ve felt that way.” — Charles Bukowski
“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.” — Kurt Vonnegut
“I like my coffee black and my mornings bright.” – Terri Guillemets
“Today’s goals: Coffee and kindness. Maybe two coffees, and then kindness.” – Nanea Hoffman
“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
“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
“A day without laughter is a day wasted.” – Charlie Chaplin
“Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life.” – Yoko Ono
“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.” — Marilyn Monroe
“I wake up laughing. Yes, I wake up in the morning and there I am just laughing my head off.” – Bruce Willis
“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
“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
“I used to love night best but the older I get the more treasures and hope and joy I find in mornings.” – Terri Guillemets
“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
“What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.” – Sinclair Lewis
“For each new morning let there be flow of love. Let there be light of happiness in every direction.” – Amit Ray
“You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love … I love … I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.” — Pride and Prejudice
“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” — Mother Teresa
“True love is the tide that pulls out to sea, but always returns to kiss the shore at sunrise.” – Shannon L. Alder
“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
“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 scariest thought in the world is that someday I’ll wake up and realize I’ve been sleepwalking through my life: under-appreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear and the habitual. “ — George Saunders
“Morning without you is a dwindled dawn.“ — Emily Dickinson
“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
“These morning practices are what fuel me; keeping my routine is not about willpower.” – Jenny Blake
“Eating right and taking the time to slow down and plan in the morning is crucial to a productive day.” – David Moore
“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
“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
“For many years, my morning routine was a result of how other people expected me to show up. I was overwhelmed and off-center because I was ignoring the messages my body was sending me.” – Amber Rae
“When I find something I value, I systematize it into my daily habits. Then I live by my values freely and effortlessly.” – Joshua Spodek
“Front-loading my day (getting a whole bunch done in the morning) is my productivity secret.” — Celeste Headlee
“Waking up early, connecting with nature, and having my quiet time are priorities to me, and they are non-negotiable.” – Danette May
“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
“The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life.” – Arnold Bennet
“Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.” – Bil Keane
“Light is sweet; how pleasant to see a new day dawning.” – Ecclesiastes
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Every single day is an opportunity for you to start anew; I call this my ’24-hour Reset Button.’ Each new day stands alone and brings you another chance to move closer towards your goals, so make each day a Great Day!” – Tamara Tilleman
“Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend – or a meaningful day.” – Dalai Lama
“My grandmother lived to 104 years old, and part of her success was she woke up every morning to a brand new day.” – George Takei
“Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today.” – Doe Zantamata
“Celebrate the new day with shouts of praise, love, and grace, and with a beautiful smile upon your face.” – Caroline Naoroji
Positive Morning Quotes
“Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.” – Wayne Huizenga
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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 way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” — Walt Disney
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” — Dr. Seuss
“I care less about my wake-up time than about the number of hours slept.” – Rachel Binx
“In one minute you can change your attitude, and in that minute you can change your entire day.” – Spencer Johnson
“Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” – Dalai Lama
“I find that checking my phone [in the morning] tramples over my positive vibes, because we all know that checking messages is like rattling a wasp nest.” – Stephanie Lee
“Given another shot at life, I would seize every minute of it … look at it and really see it … try it on … live it … exhaust it … and never give that minute back until there was nothing left of it.” — Erma Bombeck
“If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.” – J.M. Power
“The secret to a good morning is to watch the sunrise with an open heart.” ― Anthony T. Hincks
“What better motivation are you looking for in the morning than the incredible motivation of the morning sunrise?” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Saying good morning to the sun is my favorite was to start the day.” – Tahnni Dupre
“Every day a million miracles begin at sunrise.” – Eric Jerome Dickey
“There is a reason why morning follows night. After times of great darkness, we must take time to mourn all we have lost and all who were lost, even as hope rises with the sun.” ― Emory R. Frie
“I love that this morning’s sunrise does not define itself by last night’s sunset.” ― Steve Maraboli
“How beautiful is the sunrise! when the golden beams of day shoot upwards in the morning sky, and the clouds of night roll away before the brightness of the dawning.” – James Yeames
“I hope you realize that every day is a fresh start for you. That every sunrise is a new chapter in your life waiting to be written.” – Juansen Dizon
“Not everyone was privileged to see another sunrise like you did, so before you start complaining; remember that the breath of life, is not for sale.” ― Gift Gugu Mona
“Thank you is what each and every one of us should say when we see either a sunrise or sunset. And when we do that, maybe, just maybe the world will start to become a better place.” — Anthony T. Hincks
“One grateful thought is a ray of sunshine. A hundred such thoughts paint a sunrise. A thousand will rival the glaring sky at noonday – for gratitude is light against the darkness.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
“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
“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
“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
“Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.” – Henry David Thoreau
“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
“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
“The biggest task in the morning is to try to keep my headspace from being invaded by the outside world.” — Austin Kleon
“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.” — Henry David Thoreau
“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.” – Leo Buscaglia
“If I need to remind myself to bring something with me in the morning, I’ll usually put my car keys on top of it.” – Des Traynor
“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
“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
“A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.” – George S. Patton
“Wake up on Monday and start your day with a lot of awesomeness and you will get happiness back.” – Jim Butcher
“What do sharks do on Monday mornings? They get up and start biting. That’s me.” – Gemma Collins
“There is something about an early Tuesday morning that resonates with me.” – Nadine Locke
“When Wednesday morning came the weather was very fine, And the sun in the heavens brightly did shine, And continued so all the live long day.” – William Topaz McGonagall.
“The kind of Wednesday morning when you are wishing it was any other day.” – Jeannie Tisdale
“One small positive thought on this Thursday morning can change your whole day.” –Tahnni Dupre
“By Thursday morning, we’d gotten over the worst of it.” – William Scranton
“It’s Friday morning mankind! Good vibe, don’t frown and let the monster see you smile!” —Napz Cherub Pellazo
“On a lazy Saturday morning when you’re lying in bed, drifting in and out of sleep, there is a space where fantasy and reality become one.” – Lynn Johnston
“Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life.” – Mark Twain
Motivational Morning Sayings and Messages
“There are so many reasons to be thankful every morning. I am thankful for you.”
“Something special awaits you each day. All you need is to recognize it and make the most of it. Have a positive attitude throughout the day and then that today is going to be the best day of your life.”
“Rise up, start fresh & see the bright opportunity in each day.”
“The morning is good because we remember that no matter what went wrong the previous days, we just got a perfect opportunity to rewrite history and do better.”
“Some times just lie in bed, don’t make an effort to rush off into the morning, listen to the earth rouse from sleep and you’ll understand how perfect life is designed to be.”
“Everything in your life is dictated by you. Be who you want to be. Start each morning thinking positive thoughts and great things will happen to you.”
“Being happy or sad, gloomy or excited, moody or stable … are options that are presented to you every morning. You just have to make the right choice.”
“She believed a cup of coffee marked the beginning of each day.”
“It is a myth that you need to rise and shine to have a good start to a day. You can roll around in bed thinking about friends like me and you will still have a great start to the day.”
And there you have it! Our list of the best quotes. We hope you found one that spoke to you.
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Laynni Locke
I am Laynni Locke, a Canadian writer, reader and traveller with a passion for sharing life’s moments on social media. Keeping friends and family in the loop of our lives though photos and videos has become an essential activity for most.
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