Top 15 Sunrise Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”

— Victor Hugo

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2. “Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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3. “This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.”

— Maya Angelou

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4. “Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.”

— Khalil Gibran

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5. “The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep! You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep! People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don’t go back to sleep!”

— Rumi

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6. “The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.”

— Rumi

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7. “There is hope after despair and many suns after darkness.”

— Rumi

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8. “I woke up this morning, smiled at the rising sun.”

— Bob Marley

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9. “Be patient where you sit in the dark. The dawn is coming.”

— Rumi

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10. “My mom said there’s a sunrise and a sunset every day and you can choose to be there or not. You can put yourself in the way of beauty.”

— Cheryl Strayed

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11. “I can see clearly now that the rain is gone, I can see all obstacles in my way. Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind, it’s gonna be a bright, bright sun shining day.”

— Johnny Nash

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12. “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

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13. “How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains.”

— John Muir

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14. “The sun is up, the sky is blue It’s beautiful, and so are you.”

— John Lennon

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15. “A new day will come and when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

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16. “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

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17. “What I know for sure is that every sunrise is like a new page, a chance to right ourselves and receive each day in all its glory. Each day is a wonder.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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