Know this: you can start over, each morning.— Tyler Joseph
Good Morning Quotes
How you start the morning sets the tone for everything after it. These good morning quotes give you one good thought to begin with — for yourself, or to send to someone you love.
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More topics ›Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.— Meister Eckhart
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival.— Rumi
Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.— Buddha
When you wake up in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive.— Marcus Aurelius
Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.— Wayne Huizenga
It's astonishing just how much of what we are can be tied to the beds we wake up in in the morning.— Neil Gaiman
Every morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.— Groucho Marx
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.— Marcus Aurelius
We waste so many days waiting for the weekend. So many nights wanting morning. Our lust for future comfort is the biggest thief of life.— Joshua Glenn Clark
Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.— Arthur Schopenhauer
Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.— Groucho Marx
Every morning is a second chance.— Author Unknown
Slow mornings make for spacious days.— Author Unknown
Every morning is a new draft of yourself.— Author Unknown
Slow mornings cure most of what ails you.— Author Unknown
You deserve mornings that feel like exhales.— Author Unknown
I opened two gifts this morning. They were my eyes.— Author Unknown
Mornings are the universe handing you a clean slate.— Author Unknown
Let each morning be a fresh beginning with a clean mind.— Author Unknown
Take five minutes each morning to just exist. No agenda.— Author Unknown
A still morning is the greatest possible start to any day.— Author Unknown
A morning without screens is a morning that belongs to you.— Author Unknown
Success is waking up in the morning and loving what you do.— Author Unknown
Notice the texture of your morning. That's where life lives.— Author Unknown
Gratitude is the gift you give yourself every single morning.— Author Unknown
Happy is not a destination. It is a decision made each morning.— Author Unknown
The secret to a good day is a slow morning and a grateful heart.— Author Unknown
Wake up each morning determined, so you can go to bed satisfied.— Author Unknown
The world gave you another morning. That is a fact worth holding.— Author Unknown
Each morning when you wake up, before you do anything else, SMILE.— Author Unknown
One small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.— Author Unknown
The first task of every morning is to draw your attention back to now.— Author Unknown
The fact that you woke up this morning is reason enough to be thankful.— Author Unknown
Write one thing you are grateful for every morning before you check your phone.— Author Unknown
Slow mornings are an act of resistance against a world that never stops rushing.— Author Unknown
You want a new life, but you take the new one you get every morning for granted.— Author Unknown
The morning is much brighter after the worst nightmare than it is after the sweetest dream.— Author Unknown
Mornings are proof that no matter what happens the day before, the world will offer you a fresh start.— Author Unknown
You have two choices when you wake up in the morning: either go back to sleep and dream, or wake up and chase that dream. Which will you choose?— Author Unknown
Don’t start your day with the broken pieces of yesterday. Every day is a fresh start. Every morning we wake up is the first day of the rest of our life.— Author Unknown
When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody notices, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.— Author Unknown
Morning guys. I hope you remember today that if you slip up, you can restart your day at any time. You don't have to wait til the next day to start over. Just sit down, breathe for a few minutes, and start again.— Author Unknown
Every morning, I get to cross something off my check list. I woke up this morning! Some people don’t get to wake up, but I did and so did you. If this isn’t a good way to start the day, then I don’t know what is. -lovetherun24.— Author Unknown
Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course! Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours. There is no going back.— Author Unknown
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What is a good morning quote to start the day?
Marcus Aurelius set the standard: "When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." A single deliberate thought at sunrise beats an hour of scrolling.
What is a short good morning quote?
"Every morning is a fresh beginning." Short morning quotes are ideal for texts and notes — a small, warm signal to someone that you thought of them first thing.
What can I text someone in the morning?
Pair a short morning quote with one line of your own — "thought of you" or "you've got this today." The quote sets the tone; your line makes it personal.
Why start the day with a quote?
The first thought you feed your mind tends to color the ones that follow. Beginning with something intentional gives the day a better starting point than whatever your notifications had planned.