280 Funny, Short and Sweet November Sayings to Prepare for Winter

Depending on where you live, November is either the tail end of fall or the full-on start of winter. To cover all possibilities, we have put together a list of all the best November sayings for you to share. And if you’re looking for short November quotes for Instagram, we also have you covered.

Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.

November Sayings and Quotes

I keep November’s calm in my pocket all year.

Talk turkey to me.

Even the leaves fall for me

This month I’m thankful for elastic waistbands and friends who understand second helpings are non-negotiable.

November? More like Novembrrrrr, am I right?

Cutest pumpkins in the patch

Some months change you loudly; November changes you gently.

Good things are going to happen. Welcome, November!

“My lovely November. Have you seen my heart, somewhere in your castle of yellow leaves?” – A Waltz for Zizi

I’m more than pine with Thanksgiving coming up.

Orange is the new black

This turkey is poultry in motion.

No Shave November is here.

Hello November! I’m ready for Thankgiving.

Pumpkin kisses and harvest wishes

Give peas a chance.

Don’t stop be-leafing

Hello November; sweep the porch of old worries and make space for simple comforts, quiet wins, and unhurried conversation.

Cue everyone saying they can’t believe that there are only two months left in the year.

There’s a new pumpkin in the patch!

Turning over a new leaf at the start of this new month.

Spillin’ thankful vibes this szn.

November slows my steps so I can see what was here all along.

Harvesting happiness

November gives me less noise, more meaning, and space to rest.

“This is going to be a November to remember” ― Charmaine J. Forde

I’m s-mitten

I can’t make everyone happy—I’m not pumpkin spice!

Oh my gourd I love November

In November, my fitness goals include carrying groceries in one trip and lifting pies.

Keep calm and welcome November.

“Wind warns November’s done with. The blown leaves make bat-shapes, Web-winged and furious.” – Sylvia Plath

Hello November, I know you are going to be a great month for me.

Orange you happy it’s finally November?

“Now in November nearer comes the sun down the abandoned heaven.” – D. H. Lawrence

Goodbye, summer body. Hello, November comfort food.

Maybe she was born with it; maybe it’s just the natural filter of fall.

Hot chocolate weather

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

Say what you want, she’s a playmaker

November shows that less can be enough.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Don’t even chai to say you love fall more than me

Thankful for elastic waistbands

I measure November days by how many times I reheat my coffee.

I’d romanticize November more if it didn’t get dark before my coffee finished cooling.

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

I love fall in November from the bautumn of my heart

Make your September good, October better, and the month of November best.

On November 1st, I’m choosing to notice the way the air feels — sharper, cleaner, ready for change.

Autumn’s grand finale, painted in November hues

Fall so hard, mother pumpkins wanna spice me.

November: when the weather gets chilly and the snacks get cozy.

“Peering from some high window, at the gold of November sunset.” – E.E. Cummings

Welcome November: now go do what you do best

Gourd out of my mind

Welcome November! Nice to see you!

The month teaches me to trust slower days.

Brace yourselves, November is coming.

It’s only cold if you’re standing still.

I keep returning to November’s quiet lessons.

Will be daydreaming about mashed potatoes and stuffing until the last Thursday of the month.

Did someone say Christmas music?

I’m not saying I’m a couch potato, but my couch is starting to look like a potato.

FALLing.

“November. Crows are approaching, wounded leaves fall to the ground.” – Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann

Go big or gourd home

It’s beginning to look a lot like November.

Hello November! My favorite thankful month.

Hot chocolate is like a hug from the inside.

Feeling frosty.

‘Tis the season to be freezing.

Go out there and earn your hot cocoa.

Can confirm that the start of November means I’m always in the turkey mood.

Sippin’ on gratitude.

Currently accepting applications for someone to peel all my pumpkins.

November reminds me that presence is the best plan.

Season’s eatings!

November 1st feels like a page I want to write carefully, without rushing the story that will follow.

Hello November, carry the scent of cinnamon, the sound of leaves, and the patience to finish what matters well.

November whispers: build the life you want in pieces, not all at once, and it will last.

All about that baste.

Thanksgiving dinner: All in a holi-day’s work.

Pumpkin is the spice of life

First day of November, and I’m setting a tone of quiet focus, warm connections, and manageable promises.

“Even when November’s sun is low and Winter flaps his fleecy wings. Thy gold among his silvery snow a solace in the sadness brings.” – James Rigg

Thankful to have friends who love food as much as me

Sweats on repeat.

It’s November, time to hibernate and consume all the pumpkin-flavored things.

Leaves are falling. Autumn is calling.

Is it just me, or does November make you want to curl up and watch Christmas movies?

In November’s calm, I hear the parts of myself I’d been ignoring.

FALLing in love with November.

Will travel for food

Sponsored by thankfulness.

Hit me baby one more thyme.

Stressed, blessed, pumpkin obsessed

Arrgh, I’m a pie-rate.

November shows us how beautiful it is to let things go.

“Fear not November’s challenge bold. We’ve books and friends, and hearths that never can grow cold. These make amends.” – Alexander L. Fraser

Please be good to me, November

November’s motto: feast now, panic about gift shopping later.

“November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.” – Sir Walter Scott

Hot cocoa, fuzzy socks, and bae by my side.

You’ve got to be pumpkin-ding me!

I’m thankful to have a family who takes eating as seriously as I do

It’s November so I’m off enjoying fall

Sweet November.

“All Nature mourns, I said, November wild hath torn the fairest pages from her book.” – Albert Laighton

Wake me up when it’s summer.

“Then, nearly every year, come a few November days of clear, crisp weather that makes one wonder why November seldom gets its due.” – Hal Borland

Happy November!

I like my days like my coffee: hot with a chance of marshmallows.

A fresh first day, a softer light — November begins by reminding me that slower can still be strong.

Don’t sweat the fall stuff.

In November, my wardrobe is 40% cozy, 60% questioning my life choices at 7 a.m.

Eat, drink, and be thankful

Hello, November! Let the celebrations begin.

“How sad would be November if we had no knowledge of the spring.” – Edwin Way Teale

November 1st carries the kind of quiet that makes me trust small steps more than grand starts.

Winter is coming…

Next stop: winter

May the gourds be with you.

“November, n. The eleventh twelfth of a weariness.” – Ambrose Bierce

Gratitude lists >> grocery lists

November being November.

November woods are bare and still; November days are clear and bright; Each noon burns up the morning’s chill; The morning’s snow is gone by night.

Falling harder than the leaves.

Pies before guys.

November: the only month where I can call pie ‘breakfast’ and still be respected.

Maybe she’s born with it. Maybe it’s maple leaves.

I can’t feel my toes!

Changing leaves // changing lives.

It’s unbe-leaf-able how much I love November.

November…Chapter 11

Enjoy your 1st day of November.

Pumpkin spice and chill

Thankful, blessed, and mashed potato obsessed

November 1st greets me with cooler air and the chance to match my pace to the season’s calm.

November always leafs me smiling.

My favorite color is autumn

November is where I learn to rest without guilt.

“In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones.” – Cynthia Rylant

November 1st asks nothing impossible of me — only to start with awareness and end with gratitude.

My PSLs just turned to hot cocoa

The snuggle has never been more real.

November’s dress code: sweater in the morning, regret by noon, blanket burrito by night.

Hot cocoa for days.

November weather is a mystery novel — full of twists, and I’m always dressed wrong.

“Will you forgive me these November days?” ― Anna Akhmatova

November’s pace makes space for deep work, the kind that can’t be rushed or faked.

Gobble til you wobble.

My Thanksgiving sign is Pie-sces.

Happy November, everyone

In November, the pause feels like progress.

Verrrry winteresting…

The only thing getting lit this weekend is my pumpkin spice candle

Happy November and hello holiday season!

November? Is that you?

We are like a snowflake, all different in our own beautiful way.

November is 30 days of pretending I’ll start eating healthy in January.

Spice it up

Snow happy.

This season knows how to soften the edges of a day.

October? Psh OctOVER.

Move over, spooky stuff. It’s turkey time.

By mid-November, I’m just layering sweaters until I look like a fabric hoarder.

Fall foliage is my favorite color

I never want to leaf this beautiful place

Friends & flannels & fires.

“Food is better in November than any other time of the year.” – Cynthia Rylant

Everything fell into place.

In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers.

Goodbye October, and a big hello to November.

“Thank you” is the new black

Colder but happier.

Switching from ghost puns to turkey puns in 3… 2… 1.

Leaves are falling, autumn is calling

Hello, November. It’s nice to see you again.

Get your stretchy pants ready.

I’ve got the wine, where’s my gobble-let?

“There is October in every November and there is November in every December. All seasons melted in each other’s life.” – Mehmet Murat ildan

Mariah Carey can’t come soon enough

I’ve never met a pumpkin I didn’t like

It’s too cold to dress cute.

The lower the temperature, the more basic I become.

November’s gift is time to feel the quiet fully.

Love at frost sight.

Just chilling.

This month I’m giving thanks for socks, sarcasm, and staying indoors.

Easy as pumpkin pie

Somewhere out there, Mariah Carey is thawing.

I like my Novembers like my coffee — hot, strong, and keeping me awake through early sunsets.

Oh my gourd, I can’t believe it’s already November.

Happy November: time to prep for Thanksgiving

The first day of November is here, which means my favorite month is here.

I wasn’t made for winter.

From now till February I’m wearing sweatpants to dinner.

November: sweater weather and eating season.

November: the month my thermostat and my bank account start fighting over the heating bill.

Cold hands, warm heart, can’t lose.

Never fear, pumpkin-flavored everything is here!

Don’t even chai.

“November at its best—with a sort of delightful menace in the air.” – Anne Bosworth Greene

Not to be corny, but I’m feeling thankful

My favorite outdoor activity is going back inside.

They who sing through the summer must dance in the winter.

My favorite winter activity is going back inside and putting my pajamas on.

Tea and fuzzy socks season

Fresh month, familiar heart; November holds the light differently, and somehow that change feels like permission to breathe again.

Football, food comas and Friendsgiving.

Are you ready for the most thankful month of them all?

I’m stepping into November with a calm mind, a soft scarf, and room for new hope between the colder mornings.

My love for November is autumn-atic.

I welcome November like an old friend who knows I thrive on pauses, blank pages, and end-of-year perspective.

Ice to meet you.

Apologizing in advance for the things I say this winter.

Shorter days, softer light — November teaches without speaking.

Changing leaves, pumpkin patches and sweater weather. Welcome November.

I hope November never leafs me.

Winter essentials: hot cocoa and fuzzy socks.

I’m a little bit of a country pumpkin

Welcome November, come in quietly and rearrange the pace; I’m ready for small beginnings and warm, steady days.

November 1st doesn’t need fireworks; it asks for intention, a clear mind, and space to breathe between tasks.

Autumn skies and pumpkin pies

Well hello there November

I keep a warm mug, a slower list, and a promise to notice the sky; November rewards careful attention.

Pass the stuffing, hold the drama.

Here in November, small moments are the ones that stay.

Let’s get basted!

Pumpkin kisses and harvest wishes.

“This November there seems to be nothing to say.” – Anne Sexton

I will never stop be-leaf-ing in the magic of November.

November is my training season for eating as if dessert is an appetizer.

Give ’em pumpkin to talk about

*Starts listening to Christmas music.*

Long sleeves and autumn leaves

November is when I start hoarding canned goods… mostly whipped cream.

So long, spooky season. It’s turkey  time.

Eat, drink and be cozy.

Parades >>> football.

I’m leading the polls

Take some advice from the weather and chill out.

Chapter 11 of 12. I think we’re at the best part of the story.

“Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils.” – Cyril Connolly

“The thinnest yellow light of November is more warming and exhilarating than any wine they tell of.” – Henry David Thoreau

Too stuffed to think of a caption.

November’s first light filters in like a promise I don’t have to rush to keep.

First day of November, and I’m already thankful for the permission to move at a sustainable rhythm.

Gourd your loins!

Let’s stay in tonight.

The scent of November: Bright sunlit skies, nature’s warm colors, and the smell of changing seasons.

November holds my pace steady, my heart open.

Autumn just leafs a smile on my face.

Get comfortable with fall. Happy November.

The 1st day of November has arrived, and it’s time to get ready for sweater weather.

November 1st reminds me that progress often begins quietly, in the pause before the next step.

Pumpkin season has begun

Happy November – I love that I live in a world where there are Novembers

It’s not considered hoarding if it’s blankets in November.

Sweater late than never.

It’s November – Time to be thankful

“November always seemed to me the Norway of the year.” – Emily Dickinson

“The November evening had a bite; it nibbled not-quite-gently at her cheeks and ears. In Virginia the late autumn was a lover, still, but a dangerous one.” – J. Aleksandr Woott

Autumn leaves and pumpkins please

When November days start to decrease, autumn starts to grow in everything.

My hobbies include: falling leaves, drinking hot cocoa, and pretending I’m not cold.

Winter is like fall except you need five pairs of leggings instead of one.

In an autumn state of mind

I wait all year for November, then remember it’s just colder mornings with more laundry.

Don’t stop be-leafing

Cool air, warm hands — November’s perfect equation.

You’re the gift that keeps on Thanks-giving.

Pure pumpkin goodness

Can’t believe that October is Octover.

November proves that slow effort still counts, and quiet victories can be the strongest kind.

November can be a bridge between what’s passed and what’s still possible. The air carries change, yet the pace encourages reflection.

Jack Frost nipping at your nose.

Up to snow good…

November’s inspiration isn’t loud; it’s found in steady mornings, finished tasks, and goals that still feel human.

I’ve FALLen for pumpkin spice and everything nice.

Pumpkin spice and everything nice

“I know that I have died before once in November.” – Anne Sexton

So that is it for our list of November Sayings and Quotes. We hope you found the perfect one for you!

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