Top 50 Winter Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Winter is not a season, it’s a celebration.”

— Anamika Mishra

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2. “To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.”

— QuoteFancy Wallpaper

3. “Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow.”

— T. S. Eliot

4. “People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.”

— Anton Chekhov

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5. “One kind word can warm three winter months.”

— Japanese Proverb

6. “In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.”

— Leo Tolstoy

Also featured in: Summer Quotes

7. “Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.”

— Paul Theroux

8. “A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.”

— Carl Reiner

9. “I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.””

— Lewis Carroll

10. “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”

— John Steinbeck

11. “Grace grows best in winter.”

— Samuel Rutherford

12. “You can’t get too much winter in the winter.”

— Robert Frost

13. “When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels.”

— Anonymous

14. “And don’t think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It’s quiet, but the roots are down there riotous.”

— Rumi

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15. “In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.”

— Henry Rollins

16. “Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories.”

— Deborah Kerr

17. “Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.”

— Rumi

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18. “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”

— Albert Camus

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19. “No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.”

— Hal Borland

Also featured in: Spring Quotes, This Too Shall Pass Quotes

20. “Even in winter it shall be green in my heart.”

— Frédéric Chopin

21. “We cannot stop the winter or the summer from coming. We cannot stop the spring or the fall or make them other than they are. They are gifts from the universe that we cannot refuse. But we can choose what we will contribute to life when each arrives.”

— Gary Zukav

Also featured in: Summer Quotes

22. “There’s just something beautiful about walking on snow that nobody else has walked on. It makes you believe you’re special.”

— Carol Rifka Brunt

23. “My old grandmother always used to say, summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.”

— George R.R. Martin

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24. “Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.”

— Victor Hugo

25. “Winter is the time for study, you know, and the colder it is the more studious we are.”

— Henry David Thoreau

26. “Wisdom comes with winters.”

— Oscar Wilde

27. “Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”

— Edith Sitwell

28. “The harshest winter finds an invincible summer in us.”

— Albert Camus

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29. “He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.”

— John Burroughs

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30. “I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.”

— Noam Chomsky

31. “Winter sunshine is a fairy wand touching everything with a strange magic. It is like the smile of a friend in time of sorrow.”

— Patience Strong

32. “Kindness is like snow. It beautifies everything it covers.”

— Kahlil Gibran

33. “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.”

— Anne Bradstreet

34. “Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity.”

— Novala Takemoto

35. “Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person.”

— Sylvia Plath

36. “To keep a warm heart in winter is the real victory.”

— Marty Rubin

37. “What fire could ever equal the sunshine of a winter’s day?”

— Henry David Thoreau

38. “What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love.”

— John Knowles

39. “May we all emerge from winter with our strength renewed and any unwanted pieces left under the ice.”

— John Darnielle

40. “In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.”

— William Blake

41. “Winter: It’s not just a season, it’s who we are.”

— Garrison Keillor

42. “That’s what winter is: an exercise in remembering how to still yourself then how to come pliantly back to life again.”

— Ali Smith

43. “The snow did not even whisper its way to earth, but seemed to salt the night with silence.”

— Dean Koontz

44. “Winter is the time of promise because there is so little to do – or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury of thinking so.”

— Stanley Crawford

45. “Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake.”

— Sara Raasch

46. “Winter forms our character and brings out our best.”

— Tom Allen

47. “Hello Winter!”

— QuoteFancy Wallpaper

48. “A snowflake is winter’s butterfly.”

— QuoteFancy Wallpaper

49. “Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour.”

— John Boswell

50. “December has the clarity, the simplicity, and the silence you need for the best fresh start of your life.”

— Vivian White