Sunrises are some of the most beautiful and awe-inspiring experiences to witness. Every morning, we get a chance to observe this vibrant and energizing display of light, which can provide us with endless inspiration.

The following 100 quotes about sunrise pay tribute to this unique event, conveying its many qualities in both meaningful and uplifting ways.

Each phrase contains a wealth of wisdom about how sunrises can offer peace and perspective, as well as admiration for their beauty.

So read on to gain insight into all the gifts that sunrises have to offer!

100 Quotes, Sayings & Captions About Sunrise

  1. Sunrises are better than Netflix.
  2. Let the Morning Rise with Your Smile! – Somya Kedia
  3. Rise then shine.
  4. A night can never defeat the sunrise. – Sumit Sharma
  5. How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains. – John Muir
  6. Waking up with the sun.
  7. I’m walking on sunshine.
  8. This sunrise really brightened my day!
  9. Sunrise is proof that the best things in life are free.
  10. Like snowflakes, no two sunrises are alike.
  11. Even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise. – Victor Hugo
  12. This is my favorite combo: sunrise and coffee.
  13. Everyone should experience a sunrise at least once a day. – Phil Dunphy
  14. My favorite color is sunrise.
  15. Listen to the wind blow, and watch the sunrise. – Fleetwood Mac
  16. O, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth. – Roman Payne
  17. There’s always a story. It’s all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything’s got a story in it. Change the story, change the world. – Terry Pratchett
  18. For a girl with such a dark mind, you’re a little too in love with the sunrise. – Sherry Namdeo
  19. 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
  20. If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise. – Jeannette Walls
  21. The sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light while it’s here is up to us. Journey wisely. – Alexandra Elle
  22. Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age. – Vera Nazarian
  23. Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. – William Arthur Ward
  24. At sunrise, the blue sky paints itself with gold colors and joyfully dances to the music of a morning breeze. – Debasish Mridha
  25. At sunrise, everything is luminous but not clear. – Norman Maclean
  26. A sunrise is God’s way of saying, ‘Let’s start again.’ – Todd Stocker
  27. What breaks in daybreak? Is it the night? Is it the sun, cracked in two by the horizon like an egg, spilling out the light? – Margaret Atwood
  28. Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone’s day. – Jhiess Krieg
  29. It’s the hour when night breaks away from the day, my dove, let me go. – Jean Genet
  30. Listen to the wind blow, and watch the sunrise. – Fleetwood Mac
  31. Always there was a moment – a quick slip of time – when the sun broke free of the trees and bled from its yolk, spilling in red-orange rivers over the silk. – Terry Kay
  32. She leaned back in her chair, watching the sunrise as if it were a private performance intended just for her. And for a moment it felt that way: as if the sun was showing off for her benefit, reminding her how wonderful it was to be young and alive. – Katharine McGee
  33. The block of the sky in our twin high windows became a nectarine, amber, and rose pink, and we lay in silence as white sunlight broke. – Aspen Matis
  34. With a bound, the sun of a molten fiery red came above the horizon, and immediately thousands of little birds sang out for joy, and a soft chorus of mysterious, glad murmurs came forth from the earth. – Elizabeth Gaskell
  35. There is a moment in every dawn when light floats, there is the possibility of magic. Creation holds its breath. – Douglas Adams
  36. Get outside. Watch the sunrise. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there’s something good about feeling both. – Amy Grant
  37. O sky above me, you modest, glowing sky! O you, my happiness before sunrise! The day is coming: so let us part! – Friedrich Nietzsche
  38. It’s a new day. Yesterday’s failure is redeemed at the sunrise – Todd Stocker
  39. The charm of golden sunrise and sunset does not depend on you, it reflects on you…only if you allow it. So does fleeting moments of joy. – Val Uchendu
  40. I thought I wanted caprice and fire, but it turns out that what I really want is someone who will wake me up early so I don’t miss a sunrise. – Jenna Evans Welch
  41. 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
  42. Don’t you feel you get value for your day if you’ve actually watched the sunrise? – AJ Vosse
  43. If a fee were charged to see the sunrise, almost everybody would be up to watching it. – Evan Esar
  44. He who kisses the joy as it flies by will live in eternity’s sunrise. – William Blake
  45. After God perfected the sunrise, he created photographers, artists, and poets to ensure his feat remained immortal. – Terri Guillemets
  46. A night can never hope to defeat a sunrise.
  47. Be sure to appreciate the warm tones of the morning.
  48. Cherish the sight of the sun rising early in the morning; there’s but a limited number in a lifetime.
  49. Climb a hill, a mountain, a skyscraper, or just about anywhere high at sunrise. Not only is the view totally worth it, but you also gain confidence and inspiration.
  50. Don’t bother spending time watching sunrises with people who will only be gone by sunset.
  51. Each rising sun marks a new page in the book of your life. Don’t let any of your life pages stay blank.
  52. Every sunrise is a magnum opus drawn and painted on earth’s terrain with light, warmth, and love.
  53. From time to time, as the sun rises over the horizon, I am reminded of how peaceful, serene, and warm it is to see everything in beautiful color.
  54. Getting up an hour early just to live an hour more is what life should be all about.
  55. Hope over despair and happiness over suffering.
  56. It is the sun that teaches everyone that beauty can sometimes be fleeting, and patience is all that it takes to experience that same beauty again.
  57. Just like each and every new day, no two sunrises are the same.
  58. Miss too many sunrises, and you’ll eventually regret it. They’re free, so be sure to catch them.
  59. No matter the intensity of the darkness of the night, the sun never fails to rise again.
  60. Nothing is ever lost. Everything just begins anew.
  61. Oh, morning sky above me, how are you so warm and bright?
  62. Opportunities are just like sunrises. Idle long enough, and you miss them.
  63. The secret to a good morning is to watch the sunrise with an open heart. – Anthony T. Hincks
  64. There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. – Bernard Williams
  65. 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
  66. Another sunrise, another new beginning. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie
  67. Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. – William Arthur Ward
  68. Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone’s day. – Jhiess Krieg
  69. Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again. – Muhammad Ali
  70. Cherish the times you can watch the sunrise, there are only so many in a lifetime.
  71. We can only appreciate the miracle of a sunrise if we have waited in the darkness. – Sapna Reddy
  72. I hope you realize that every day is a fresh start for you. That every sunrise is a new chapter in your life waiting to be written. – Juansen Dizon
  73. There is always a way and always hope in the next sunrise, in the next second, and in the next minute. – Ziggy Marley
  74. The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise. – Craig D. Lounsbrough
  75. In the twilight of the morning, all life silently waits for the sunrise. Sun must rise for the darkness to sink! – Mehmet Murat Ildan
  76. I wanted everybody to see a sunrise and be knocked out by the miracle of it, the world is created every morning. – Mordicai Gerstein
  77. When I wake to the gift of yet another sunrise my first thought is to rouse him and say, I owe you the sight of the morning. – Abraham Verghese.
  78. Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you. – Walt Whitman.
  79. Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise. – George Washington Carver.
  80. Every day a million miracles begin at sunrise! – Eric Jerome Dickey.
  81. Happiness can be found in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light. – Prof. Albus Dumbledore
  82. 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.
  83. Sunrise makes our mornings beautiful, but the words of God strengthen us & make our lives more meaningful. Smile & enjoy life! – Azgraybebly Josland
  84. The sun ignites the clouds below it as if they, and the water, itself, were on fire. – Anthony T. Hincks.
  85. When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, and no trouble is too difficult to overcome. – Wilma Rudolph.
  86. There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. – Bernard Williams.
  87. He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade. – Samuel Johnson.
  88. Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again. – Muhammad Ali.
  89. May every sunrise hold more promise and every sunset hold more peace. – Umair Siddiqui
  90. Just like the days, no two sunrises are ever the same. – Jonathan P Lamas
  91. There’s always a sunrise and always a sunset and it’s up to you to choose to be there for it. – Cheryl Strayed
  92. Every sunset is also a sunrise; it all depends on where you stand. – Karl Schmidt
  93. Just like the days, no two sunrises are ever the same. – Jonathan P Lamas
  94. At sunrise, everything is luminous but not clear. – Norman Maclean
  95. There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them. – Jo Walton
  96. Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. – William Arthur Ward
  97. There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. – Bernard Williams
  98. We can only appreciate the miracle of a sunrise if we have waited in the darkness. – Sapna Reddy
  99. Even if you cover the whole world with darkness, you can never stop the sun from rising. – Debasish Mridha
  100. I hope you realize that every day is a fresh start for you. That every sunrise is a new chapter in your life waiting to be written. – Juansen Dizon

Sunrises are truly magical sights that have the potential to brighten even the most difficult days. From biblical scripture to Romantic poetry, mankind has endeavored to capture this natural beauty in quotes for centuries.

Though each quote captures its own special moment, this diverse expression of sunrise serenity is united in its ability to evoke optimism and hope regardless of external circumstances.

In conclusion, it’s no surprise that so many authors, philosophers, and people alike find solace in such tangible reminders of something indescribable and infinite – the eternal beauty of the sunrise.