Day Quotes

"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."

Edgar Allan Poe

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."

Robert Louis Stevenson

"Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn."

Mahatma Gandhi

"He is beauty, inside and out.He is the silver lining in a world of darkness.He is my light."

Marie Lu

"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why."

Mark Twain

"When I dance, I’m so fluid you could drink my moves. And if you sip it with your morning coffee, you’ll be light on your feet all day."

Jarod Kintz

"My shadow follows me during the day, and then surrounds me at night as it clones itself into complete darkness. Now that’s self-love."

Jarod Kintz

"I’ll stand by you forever. Or at least until noon, and then I’ll go stand under the cabana. Isn’t love amazing?"

Jarod Kintz

"You gotta run more than your mouth to escape the treadmill of mediocrity. A true hustler jogs during the day, and sleepwalks at night."

Jarod Kintz

"I observe Stand Still Day. I also observe whatever I’m standing in front of at the time. I hope on that day I see how much you love me."

Jarod Kintz

"Candle making is a half-ass business, because the product is only useful half the day, at night. Why not make candles that double as dildos, and make it a whole-ass business."

Jarod Kintz

"June laughs. "I have to say, you look better than most people I see. I've heard a lot about you.""I hear about you a lot too,"Eden replies in a rush, "mostly from Daniel. He thinks you're really hot."

Marie Lu

"Now, as we stand three feet apart and stare at each other, I feel the full distance that comes with spending so much time apart, a moment filled with the electricity of a first meeting and the uncertainty of strangers."

Marie Lu

"I have a 12:34 representational time dance. I do it at 3:33 every other Tuesday (twice a day). If you’d like to participate in my choreographed dance routine, bring a football helmet and a half empty can of tuna (keeps the stray cats away, because I perform in a gritty, grimy downtown alley)."

Jarod Kintz

"I’m a powerful being. I caused the night to turn into day. And I didn’t even try! I simply waited. I’ll bet I could even do it in my sleep."

Jarod Kintz, $3.33

"The only true borders lie between day and night, between life and death, between hope and loss."

Erin Hunter

"Stop waiting for the perfect day or the perfect moment... Take THIS day, THIS moment and lead it to perfection."

Steve Maraboli

"Start shaping your own day. Start walking your own walk. This journey is yours, take charge of it. Stop giving other people the power to shape your life."

Steve Maraboli

"Have you ever seen the dawn? Not a dawn groggy with lack of sleep or hectic with mindless obligations and you about to rush off on an early adventure or business, but full of deep silence and absolute clarity of perception? A dawning which you truly observe, degree by degree. It is the most amazing moment of birth. And more than anything it can spur you to action. Have a burning day."

Vera Nazarian

"And from the midst of cheerless gloomI passed to bright unclouded day."

Emily Brontë

"In the beginning..when ray and day hadn't yet come into existence at all, there was a kind of radiance that illuminates universe. That radiance is the light of knowledge and goodness. That radiance will persistently and consistently shines brightly even after all the stars and moons in this vast universe died out."

Toba Beta

"Some women seem so voluptuous in every sense, richly bountiful and fertile with generous gifts of plenty, sensual and confident in their female strength that they are called "earth mothers."That’s how some days feel—when they are bountiful and fertile with the power of our imagination."

Vera Nazarian

"Day or night, good or bad…all things from within."

T.F. Hodge

"Isn't it funny how the memories you cherish before a breakup can become your worst enemies afterwards? The thoughts you loved to think about, the memories you wanted to hold up to the light and view from every angle--it suddenly seems a lot safer to lock them in a box, far from the light of day and throw away the key. It's not an act of bitterness. It's an act if self-preservation. It's not always a bad idea to stay behind the window and look out at life instead, is it?"

Ally Condie, First Day

"The scattered tea goes with the leaves and every day a sunset dies."

William Faulkner

"Then I realize from the hollow sound of her gun's click that her gun isn't loaded. Apparently she just wants to slap me around with it."

Marie Lu, Legend

"Stuff that would be weird in the bright light of day just wasn't so much once you passed a certain hour."

Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

"The day will happenwhether or not you get up"

John Ciardi

"Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be."

Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

"Day after day you find a way to make this grown man cry."

Keith Urban

"The last day is way shorter than counting to ten."

Leena Ahmad Almashat, Harmony Letters

"Thus far, the best that could be said for the day was that it was half over."

Daniel Polansky, Low Town

"I find myself pausing to admire her face.For a brief moment, I'm lost to my surroundings."

Marie Lu, Legend

"He returns my smile. His teeth are beautiful, the loveliest I've seen so far on these streets."

Marie Lu, Legend

"This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before."

Maya Angelou

"In morning Don't go out of bed with dirty thoughts. As new day begins first thing God do is "bless our thoughts."

Kishore Bansal

"The Republic is weak and broken." I narrow my eyes. "But it is still your country. Fight for it. This is your home, not theirs."

Marie Lu, Champion

"A thirst for water may be an oasis in your day."

Anthony T.Hincks

"Each day brings with it a whole new world because each day is different from the previous day or the one it precedes.No two days will ever be the same and that is the beauty of the world and of God, because he wants us to see and experience new things each and every day."

Anthony T. Hincks

"Your smile is what gets me through the day and my dreams of you are what gets me through the night."

Anthony T. Hincks

"I celebrate life with a different color each day.That way, each day is different."

Anthony T. Hincks

"I was transformed the dayMy ego shattered,And all the superficial, materialThings that matteredTo me before,Suddenly ceasedTo matter."

Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

"It never failed to amaze me how the most ordinary day could be catapulted into the extraordinary in the blink of an eye."

Jodi Picoult, Handle with Care

"The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine every possible conversation, you promise to change your behavior in certain ways–and you feel more and more anxious until your loved one arrives. But by then, you don't know what to say. The hours of waiting have been transformed into tension, the tension has become fear, and the fear makes you embarrassed about showing affection."

Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

"As a child I had been taught to say my prayers at the start of every day, and so it did not seem an odd thing for me to stand out in the field and say "Oh God whatever happens today let it be under your perfect control."

John Masters, 2 Pork Chops!

"As individuals die every moment, how insensitive and fabricated a love it is to set aside a day from selfish routine in prideful, patriotic commemoration of tragedy. Just as God is provoked by those who tithe simply because they feel that they must tithe, I am provoked by those who commemorate simply because they feel that they must commemorate."

Criss Jami, Killosophy

"If you want to brighten up a person's day.Give them a rainbow."

Anthony T. Hincks

"Take a shower, wash off the day. Drink a glass of water. Make the room dark. Lie down and close your eyes.Notice the silence. Notice your heart. Still beating. Still fighting. You made it, after all. You made it, another day. And you can make it one more. You’re doing just fine."

Charlotte Eriksson

"The bird of hope singsPerched on the branches of twilight;Never grieve for anythingFor, the day always follows the night!"

Neelam Saxena Chandra

"One beautiful smile can always be a good reason for our day to start with great hope for a better future"

Nani Rusewa

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