Sadness flies on the wings of the morning and out of the heart of darkness comes the light.
—Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944) French Novelist, Playwright, Essayist
With each sunrise, we start anew.
—Unknown
Morn, like a maiden glancing o’er her pearls, streamed o’er the manna-dew, as though the ground were sown with starseed.
—Philip James Bailey (1816–1902) English Poet
Night wanes; the vapors round the mountains curled, melt into morn, and light awakes the world.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
Let the day have a blessed baptism by giving your first waking thoughts into the bosom of God.—The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them—every day begin the task anew.
—Francis de Sales (1567–1622) French Catholic Saint
I love the challenge of starting at zero every day and seeing how much I can accomplish.
—Martha Stewart (b.1941) American Entrepreneur, Television Personality
I’d like mornings better if they started later.
—Indian Proverb
Last night I made a thousand plans, but this morning I went my old way.
—Chinese Proverb
Darkness is fled.—Now flowers unfold their beauties to the sun, and blushing, kiss the beam he sends to wake them.
—Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) Irish-born British Playwright, Poet, Elected Rep
Night is in her wane; day’s early flush glows like a hectic on her fading cheek, wasting its beauty.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
No matter how long the night is, the morning is sure to come.
—African Proverb
The morn is up again, the dewy morn, with breath all incense, and with cheek all bloom, laughing the clouds away with playful scorn, and glowing into day.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
—Common Proverb
The world is nonsense: what looks beautiful in the morning looks ugly in the evening.
—Maltese Proverb
Snow endures but for a season, and joy comes with the morning.
—Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Rome, Stoic Philosopher
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
You must decide where you are going in the evening, if you intend to leave early in the morning.
—African Proverb
In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Let your sleep be necessary and healthful, not idle and expensive of time beyond the needs and conveniences of nature; and sometimes be curious to see the preparation the sun makes when he is coming forth from his chambers in the east.
—Jeremy Taylor
The cock, that is the trumpet of the morn, doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat awake the god of day.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
The breezy call of incense-breathing morn.
—Thomas Gray (1716–71) British Poet, Scholar
The chicken also knows when it’s morning, but still watches the mouth of the cock.
—African Proverb
Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.
—Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German Philosopher
For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?
—Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) American Novelist, Playwright
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 (1894–1984) English Novelist, Playwright, Critic
Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
But mighty nature bounds as from her birth: the sun is in the heavens, and life on earth; flowers in the valley, splendor in the beam, health on the gale, and freshness in the stream.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
The thing is to rely on God. The time will come when you will regard all this misery as a small price to pay for having been brought to that dependence. Meanwhile, the trouble is that relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing has yet been done.
—C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) Irish-British Academic, Author, Literary Scholar
Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.
—Common Proverb
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