An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
—Common Proverb
The morning, pouring everywhere, its golden glory on the air.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
Do not leave to the morning the business of the evening.
—Turkish Proverb
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
Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate,
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
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
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
Salvation of the Dawn
Look to this day,
For it is life,
The very life of life.
In its brief course lie all the truths
And realities of your existence;
The bliss of growth
The glory of action, and
The splendor of beauty;
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision,
But today well lived makes
Every yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day.
Such is the salvation of the dawn.
—The Bhagavad Gita Hindu Scripture
We are new every day.
—Irene Claremont de Castillejo (1885–1967) British Psychoanalyst
Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.
—James Russell Lowell (1819–91) American Poet, Critic
Always begin anew with the day, just as nature does. It is one of the sensible things that nature does.
—George Edward Woodberry (1855–1930) American Literary Critic, Poet
Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.
—Richard Whately (1787–1863) English Philosopher, Theologian
Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
—Jesse Jackson (b.1941) American Baptist Civil Rights Activist, Minister
Look, what envious streaks do lace the severing clouds in yonder east! Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands tip-toe on the misty mountain-tops.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.
—E. W. Howe (1853–1937) American Novelist, Editor
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
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
Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
—Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher
Do not say, “It is morning,” and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.
—Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali Poet, Polymath
Clay lies still, but blood’s a rover Breath’s a ware that will not keep. Up lad: when the journey’s over There’ll be time enough to sleep.
—A. E. Housman (1859–1936) English Poet, Classical Scholar
For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?
—Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) American Novelist, Playwright
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