On cold, miserable days, sunshine quotes can help brighten the mood.
Equally, on glorious summer days, when the sun’s shining overhead in a blanket of blue, these quotes about sunshine can help you find the right words to describe it.
Regardless of what you need them for, though, here are 150 of the best sun quotes on the web!
Table of Contents
My Favourite Sunshine Quotes
- “The golden touch of sunshine reveals the hidden poetry woven into nature’s tapestry.” – John Ruskin
- “Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo
- “The sun’s melody dances upon the earth, filling our hearts with pure delight.” – Matshona Dhliwayo
- “What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” – Joseph Addison
- “Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.” – Helen Keller
- “Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine for the soul.” – Luther Burbank
- “Think of the day alive with sunshine, not the dismal days of rain.” – Robert E. Farley
- “Each morning brings a new ray of sunshine, a chance to embrace positivity and let it light up your day.” – Unknown
- “Just living is not enough… One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” – Hans Christian Andersen
- “Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine.” – Charlotte Brontë
- “O, Sunshine! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.” – Roman Payne
-
“The morning is full of sunlight and hope.” – Kate Chopin
- “It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.” – Maud Hart Lovelace
- “I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
- “Minho snickered and leaned back in his chair. “Man, you are one butt-load of sunshine, let me tell you.” – James Dashner
- “I used to cover my windows in heavy curtains, never drawn. Now I danced in the sunlight on my hardwood floors.” – Kimberly Novosel
- “Staring up at the sky on a bright, sunny day makes me dream and gives me ideas.” – Marc Jacobs
- “May sunshine surround you each new day. And may smiles and love never be far away.” – Catherine Pulsifer
- “Laughter is magic that dispenses clouds and creates sunshine in the soul.” – Richelle E. Goodrich
- “Sunshine is my quest.” – Winston Churchill
- “Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth.” – Menachem Begin
- “Every morning is a blessing, an opportunity to make your dreams come true. Make today count!” – Unknown
- “Sunshine is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s celebrate!’” – Unknown
- “Sunshine is the purest gold that can light up the darkest corners of your mind.” – Mehmet Murat ildan
You Are My Sunshine Quotes
- “Not until I felt your sunshine, did I realize that I had been in the shade.” – Suzy Kassem
- “In your eyes, I found something that shines brighter than a thousand rays of sunshine.” – Giovannie de Sadeleer
- “Sending you a day full of sunshine, a heaven filled with rainbows, and a pocket full of dreams. May the future ahead of you be as wonderful as you are.” – Judith Wibberley
- “You are the one who makes my dull moments brighter, you are the one who helps me rectify my mistakes, and also the one who lifts my downside. In other words, you are my Sunshine.” – Juice Newton
-
“Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.” – William Shakespeare
- “You have always been the only warmth in my lonely life and the only Sun my winter has ever known.” – Sherrilyn Kenyon
- “In the vast expanse of my existence, you are the sun that never sets, casting a perpetual glow of happiness upon my soul.” – Eternal Illuminator
- “Ah, love, – you are my unutterable blessing…..I am in full sunshine now.” – Robert Browning
- “You are the sunshine of my life That’s why I’ll always be around, You are the apple of my eye, Forever you’ll stay in my heart.” – Stevie Wonder
- “You are the sunshine of my life! Thanks for brightening my world with the warmth of your Love.”- Jennie Garth
- “The sun’s warmth embraces the earth, reminding us of the power of love and kindness.” – Unknown
- “You are my sunshine through this journey of life. I love you dearly.” – Unknown
- “She seemed a compound of the autumn leaves and the winter sunshine …” – Virginia Woolf
- “And I am in love with light. Lock me in the sunshine.” – Nikki Gemmell
- “It’s that heart of gold, and stardust shine that makes you beautiful.” – R.M. Broderick
- “For every day that there is sunshine, there will be days of rain, it’s how we dance within them both that shows our love and pain.” – Joey Tolbert
Thought-Provoking Sunshine Quotes
- “To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott
- “I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne
- “Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow…” – Louisa May Alcott
- “Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch.” – Walt Whitman
- “Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” – John Ruskin
- “The Sun illuminates only the eyes of the man but shines into the eye and the heart of the child.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “No, I don’t miss you… Not in a way that one is missed. But I think of you. Sometimes. In the way that one might think of the summer sunshine On a winter night…” – Sreesha Divakaran
- “Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.” – William Arthur Ward
-
“I’ve found that there is always some beauty left – in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.” – Anne Frank
- “She was like the sun, She knew her place in the world – She would shine again regardless of all the storms and changeable weather She wouldn’t adjust her purpose for things that pass.” – Nikki Rowe
- “It’s never easy to lose. But life is not always sunshine and roses.” – AB de Villiers
- “If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.” – Morris West
- “The sun,- the bright sun, that brings back, not light alone, but new life, and hope, and freshness to man – burst upon the crowded city in clear and radiant glory.” – Charles Dickens
- “Thunderstorms are as much our friends as the sunshine.” – Criss Jami
- “He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.” – Samuel Johnson
- “Love and work are to people what water and sunshine are to plants.” – Jonathan Haidt
- “If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm.” – Frank Lane
- “Faith is the virtue of the storm, just as happiness is the virtue of sunshine.” – Ruth Fulton Benedict
- “Compliment people wherever you go. Praise every single thing you see. Be a ray of sunshine to everyone you meet,” – Rhonda Byrne
Quotes About Sunsets
- “It’s the artist’s business to create sunshine when the sun falls.” – Romain Rolland
- “No sun outlasts its sunset, but it will rise again and bring the dawn.” – Maya Angelou
- “There is nothing more musical than a sunset.” – Claude Debussy
- “You want proof there’s a God? Look outside, watch a sunset.” – Frank E. Peretti
- “When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Don’t forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies…” – Paulo Coelho
- “Whenever you want to see me, always look at the sunset; I will be there.” – Grace Ogot
- “May every sunrise hold more promise and every sunset hold more peace.” – Umair Siddiqui
- “Every sunset is an opportunity to reset. Every sunrise begins with new eyes.” – Richie Norton
- “There’s nothing like a beautiful sunset to end a healthy day.” – Rachel Boston
- “When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.” – George R. R. Martin
- “Foam is white and waves are grey; Beyond the sunset leads my way.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
- “A sunrise or sunset can be ablaze with brilliance and arouse all the passion, all the yearning, in the soul of the beholder.” – Mary Balogh
- “There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.” – Jo Walton
-
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” – Rabindranath Tagore
- “Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there’s something good about feeling both.” – Amy Grant
- “That was her magic—she could still see the sunset, even on the darkest days.” – Atticus
- “Why is sunset more colorful than sunrise? It’s an irony of life saying: Sometimes, good things happen in goodbyes.” – Unknown
- “The first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color — oranges, pearly pinks, vibrant purples…” – Anna Godbersen
- “Sunsets are proof that endings can often be beautiful too.” – Beau Taplin
- “If you are in a beautiful place where you can enjoy sunrise and sunset, then you are living like a lord.” – Nathan Phillips
- “Never waste any amount of time doing anything important when there is a sunset outside that you should be sitting under.” – C Joybell C.
- “The strange thing about the sunset is that we actually don’t want the sun to set. We want it to stay right on the horizon – not below it, not above it – just right on it.” – Mehmet Murat Ildan
- “You are my sunshine my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You’ll never know dear how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away.” – Jimmie Davis
- “The sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches.” – Vera Nazarian
Short Quotes about Sunshine
- “Friends are the sunshine of life.” – John Hay
- “Look at the sunny side of everything.” – Christian D. Larson
- “Sunshine is a welcome thing. It brings a lot of brightness.” – Jimmie Davis
- “Learn from flowers-always angle towards the sun.” – Maureen Joyce Connolly
- “Let the sunshine in, and your spirit will rise.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
- “A good laugh is sunshine in the house.” – William Makepeace Thackeray
- “Sunshine is the laughter of flowers.” – Debasish Mridha
- “The horizon changes but the sun does not.” – Joyce Rachelle
- “Even when it’s raining, the sunshine is still there.” – Clare Josa
-
“I’m 100 percent sunshine.” – Lil Yachty
- “Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul.” – Thomas Mann
- “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Sunshine is nature’s way of giving us a warm and gentle hug.” – Unkown
- “A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.” – William Arthur Ward
- “Sunshine is the elixir that fuels the soul.” – Claire London
- “Sunshine is the paint that colors the day.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “Anything is possible with sunshine and a little pink.” – Lily Pulitzer
- “Sunshine is a welcome guest that never overstays its welcome.” – Habeeb Akande
- “If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.” – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- “Sunshine is like a happy song that the sun sings to make us smile.” – Karen Campbell
Beautiful Sun Quotes
- “Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude.” – Maya Angelou
- “As the sun peeks over the mountain, it’s a new day on our miraculous planet. Reason alone for celebration.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Embrace the morning with a heart full of dreams and determination. You have the power to turn them into reality.” – Romain Rolland
- “Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.” – Jack Ma
- “Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow them.” – Louisa May Alcott
- “It’s always sunny above the clouds. Always. Every day on earth — every day I have ever had – was secretly sunny, after all.” – Caitlin Moran
- “A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.” – Max Muller
- “Each sunrise brings a promise of a fresh start, wrapped in the warmth of sunshine.” – Debasish Mridha
- “A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.” – Victor Hugo
-
“Let the sunshine wash away your worries and fill your heart with joy.” – Unknown
- “Let the golden rays of sunshine paint your world with hope and happiness.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “Even on the cloudiest days, the sun still shines within you.” – Matshona Dhliwayo
- “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
- “Don’t let the shadows of yesterday spoil the sunshine of tomorrow. Live for today.” – Nandina Morris
- “Bask in the vibrant glow of sunshine, for it is the key to unlocking life’s true zest.” – Unknown
- “Don’t let the shadows of yesterday spoil the sunshine of tomorrow. Live for today.” – Nadina Morris
- “The sun is like a magical spotlight, shining on all the beautiful things around us.” – Unknown
- “The sun doesn’t wait for permission to shine; neither should you.” – Unknown
- “Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.” – James M. Barrie
- “Have a ray of sunshine and light with you everywhere you may go.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
Funny Quotes About the Sunshine
- “Whisky is liquid sunshine.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.” – Melody Lee
- “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” – Steve Martin
- “Good morning! Start your day with a smile – it confuses people on Mondays.” – Unknown
- “Some sunshine is good for the soul, but I always make sure I wear a big hat.” – Miranda Kerr
- “I always assumed everybody shared my love for overcast skies. It came as a shock to find out that some people prefer sunshine.” – Glenn Gould
- “Marriages are like the weather, some rainy, some storms but mostly sunny days.” – Catherine Pulsifer
- “The sun wears a smile because it knows the secret of spreading happiness everywhere.” – Unknown
- “A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine, except that on a day without sunshine, you can still get drunk.” – Lee Entrekin
- “The sunrise, of course, doesn’t care if we watch it or not. It will keep on being beautiful, even if no one bothers to look at it.” – Gene Amole
- “Sunshine is the best accessory you can wear, radiating beauty from the inside out.” – Matshona Dhliwayo
- “The sun winks at us with its rays, saying, ‘Hey, let’s have some fun today!’” – Unknown
- “The sun is the original motivational speaker – it rises every day, no snooze button, just pure, unapologetic enthusiasm for getting things done.” – Unknown
- “I’m convinced that there is nothing truly good. Hell, sunshine can wilt a flower.” – Kay Whitley
-
“Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “They say laughter is the best medicine, so start your day with a dose of sunshine and a sprinkle of humor. Good morning!” – Unknown
- “Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day.” – Glen Cook
- “Everything gets hotter when the sun goes down.” – Unknown
- “If I could lick the sunset, I’ll bet it would taste like Neapolitan ice cream.” – Jarod Kintz
- “The sun has gone to bed and so must I.” – The Sound of Music
- “It’s not just a sunset; it’s a moonrise too.” – P. C. Cast
- “The sun and I decided to rise to the occasion.” – Unknown
- “For a girl with such a dark mind, you’re a little too in love with the sunrise.” – Sherry Namdeo
- “Observation: It would be awesome to fly in a superfast airplane that could chase the sunrise around the world for a while.” – John Green
Enjoy These Quotes About the Sun
While you’d never trade the sun for sunshine quotes, beautiful sentiments and sayings about the sun can at least help brighten a dreary day.
Whatever you wanted them for, I hope this long list of sun quotes has been useful!
For more like it, check out these sunrise quotes next.