Top 20 Sunshine Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.”

— Maori Proverb

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Beautiful Quotes

2. “Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.”

— Helen Keller

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Optimistic Quotes

3. “If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.”

— Morris L. West

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Christian Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Wise Quotes, Sun Quotes

4. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.”

— Walt Whitman

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Feel Better Quotes, Monday Motivation Quotes

5. “Above all shadows rides the sun.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Fiction Quotes, Quotes About Hope, Creative Quotes, Sun Quotes

6. “If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”

— Roald Dahl

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Cheer Quotes

7. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Also featured in: Environment Quotes, Appreciation Quotes, Good Morning Quotes, Being Happy Quotes

8. “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”

— Steve Martin

Also featured in: Funny Quotes, Cute Quotes, Silly Quotes, Creative Quotes

9. “In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

Also featured in: Positive Life Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Appreciation Quotes, Being Happy Quotes

10. “It’s a beautiful day, the sun is shining, I feel good, and no one’s gonna stop me now.”

— Freddie Mercury

Also featured in: Optimism Quotes, Good Morning Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes, Quotes About Feelings, Smile Quotes

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

— Bob Marley

Also featured in: Perspective Quotes, Quotes About Hope, Joy Quotes, Smile Quotes

12. “Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.”

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Also featured in: Impact Quotes, Kindness Quotes, Good Morning Quotes, Smile Quotes

13. “Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Also featured in: Believe in Yourself Quotes, Be Yourself Quotes

14. “Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Also featured in: Serenity Quotes, Peace of Mind Quotes, Have a Great Day Quotes, Sun Quotes

15. “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

Also featured in: Self-Love Quotes, Meaning Quotes, Awakening Quotes, Contentment Quotes, Mother's Day Quotes

16. “Behind every dark cloud there is an ever-shining sun. Just wait. In time, the cloud will pass.”

— Marianne Williamson

Also featured in: Blessing Quotes, Cheer Quotes, Serenity Quotes

17. “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

Also featured in: Music Quotes, Cheer Quotes, Recovery Quotes, Path Quotes, Good Luck Quotes

18. “Make hay while the sun shines.”

— John Heywood

Also featured in: Common Sense Quotes, Time Management Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes, Sun Quotes

19. “Life is going by. Don’t waste a minute being negative, offended, or bitter. Choose to be happy.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Sunday Quotes, Common Sense Quotes, Satisfaction Quotes

20. “By all means never fail to get all the sunshine and fresh air you can.”

— Joseph Pilates

Also featured in: Wellness Wednesday Quotes, Exercise Quotes

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

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: New Beginnings Quotes, Positive Good Morning Quotes, Beautiful Day Quotes

22. “I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.”

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

Also featured in: Contentment Quotes, Nature Quotes, Beautiful Good Morning Quotes, Bloom Quotes