125 Inspirational Sunrise Quotes & Sunrise Captions for Instagram

I’ll be honest: it’s rare that I see a sunrise. But every time I do, I wonder why I don’t wake up for the sunrise more often.

I love gathering meaningful quotes, and so I’ve curated the most heart-filling quotes about sunrise (and thrown in some funny sunrise quotes for good measure!)

These sunrise quotes make fantastic sunrise captions for Instagram or other social media, as well as good quotes for journaling, journal prompts, and inspiring you to get up, get out of bed and enjoy the beautiful, fleeting sunrise.

If you’re getting up for some sunrise yoga, here are some yoga quotes that may also do the trick!

Here are my favorite sunrise quotes and sunrise captions for you to use!

Sunrise Captions

Sunrise is a girl’s best friend.

Sunrise: proof the best things in life are free.

Like snowflakes, no two sunrises are alike.

Rise and shine!

Rising to the occasion

Here comes the sun

I want to soak up the sun

Rise before the sun does

Rise and shine: it’s sunrise time

It’s a beautiful morning

I got a pocket full of sunshine

I’m walking on sunshine

The sun will rise and so will I

Even the darkest night ends and the sun rises again

Watch sunrises, not Netflix

Heaven is a place on earth

I love the peace of morning light

Slow down and watch the sunset

Let the sun rise in front of you and in you

Let there be sunrise

Skip the snooze button. Catch the surnise.

Sunrise, coffee, adventure.

Short Sunrise Quotes

“There’s always a sunrise and always a sunset and it’s up to you to choose to be there for it.” – Cheryl Strayed

“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!” — John Muir

“Time is marked by each sunrise and sunset whether or not you actually see it.” ― Catherine Opie

“Wake late, win late.” ― Amit Kalantri

“Listen to the wind blow, watch the sun rise.” ― Fleetwood Mac

“May every sunrise hold more promise and every sunset hold more peace.” – Umair Siddiqui

“Every sunset is also a sunrise; it all depends on where you stand.” – Karl Schmidt

“Each day is born with a sunrise.” ― Suzy Kassem

“Just like the days, no two sunrises are ever the same.” ― Jonathan P Lamas

“Write before the sun comes up.” ― A.D. Posey

“Dance when the sun comes up.” ― A.D. Posey

“Nature unfolds her treasure at the first ray of sunrise.” ― Kishore Bansal

“I live in the shade created by the sunrise I am waiting for” ― Isbelle Razors

“At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.” ― Norman Maclean

“Today, the sun will rise on all your doubts.” ― Marty Rubin

“Every sunrise is a poem written on the earth with words of light, warmth, and love.” ― Debasish Mridha

Watching the Sunrise Quotes

“The secret to a good morning is to watch the sunrise with an open heart.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.” – Jo Walton

“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

“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

“If you are in a beautiful place where you can enjoy sunrise and sunset, then you are living like a lord.” – Nathan Phillips

“Every now and then I sit and watch the sun rise to remind myself how it’s done—peacefully, steadily, warmly, and in beautiful color.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich

“This morning I woke up before the alarm clock went off and the sky outside was a big red ocean… The window was open and the air was so crisp and I couldn’t imagine how to ever ask for more than this.” ― Charlotte Eriksson

“When tomorrow broke, our hillside home filled up with honeyed light, a fish tank.” ― Aspen Matis

“The block of sky in our twin high windows became a nectarine, amber and rose pink, and we lay in silence as white sunlight broke.” ― Aspen Matis

“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

“Oh, sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.” ― Roman Payne

“At sunrise, the blue sky paints herself with gold colors and joyfully dances to the music of a morning breeze.” ― Debasish Mridha

“There is a moment in ever dawn when light floats, there is the possibility of magic. Creation holds its breath.”― Douglas Adams

Morning Sunrise Quotes

“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

“There’s always a story. It’s all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story.” ― Terry Pratchett

“How sweet the morning air is! See how that one little cloud floats like a pink feather from some gigantic flamingo…. How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!” ― Arthur Conan Doyle

“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

“What breaks in daybreak? Is it the night? Is it the sun, cracked in two by the horizon like an egg, spilling out light?” ― Margaret Atwood

“Saw the sun rise. A lovely apricot sky with flames in it and then solemn pink. Heavens, how beautiful…I feel so full of love to-day after having seen the sun rise.” ― Katherine Mansfield

“O sky above me, you modest, glowing sky! O you, my happiness before sunrise! Day is coming: so let us part!” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

“Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leaves you speechless, remain that way.” – Max Lucado

“Sunrise looks spectacular in the nature; sunrise looks spectacular in the photos; sunrise looks spectacular in our dreams; sunrise looks spectacular in the paintings, because it really is spectacular!” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan

“This morning the sun made me adore it. It had, behind the dripping pine trees, the oriental brightness, orange and crimson, of a living being, a rose and an apple, in the physical and ideal fusion of a true and daily paradise.” ― Juan Ramón Jiménez

“Every morning is a revolution against the darkness.” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Not everyone was privileged to see another sunrise like you did, so before you start complaining; remember that the breath of life, is not for sale.” ― Gift Gugu Mona

Quotes About Sunrise and New Beginnings

“The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“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

“The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the color that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again.” – Ram Charan

“Sunrise is the reminder that we can start new beginning from anywhere.” ― Rupal Asodaria

“It’s a new day. Yesterday’s failure is redeemed at the sunrise” ― Todd Stocker

“Endure the pain in the sunrise, so when it’s sunset, there’s lot of profit to be gained.” ― Seyi Ayoola

“I love sunrises. They always signify something new and something beautiful. The darkness fading away.” ― Michelle N. Onuorah

“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

“The darkness is at its deepest just before the sunrise.” – Voltaire

“Sunrise is the start of something beautiful: the day. Sunset is the start of something beautiful: the night.” ― Juansen Dizon

“Every sunrise begins with new eyes.” ― Richie Norton

“It was sunsets that taught me that beauty sometimes only lasts for a couple of moments. And it was sunrises that showed me that all it takes is patience to experience it all over again.” – A.J. Lawless

““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

“We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us.” — Kahlil Gibran

“There is a reason why morning follows night. After times of great darkness, we must take time to mourn all we have lost and all who were lost, even as hope rises with the sun.” ― Emory R. Frie

Sunrise Love Quotes and Romantic Sunrise Captions

“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

“The most beautiful sunset is when you have it with your beloved one and the most beautiful sunrise is quite the same.”― Galina Nelson

“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

“Watching them was like watching the sunset and the sunrise, equally beautiful in different ways.” — Shannon A. Thompson

“Seduce me at sunrise, dance with me barefoot in the dew on the grass.” ― Bodhi Smith

“True love is the tide that pulls out to sea, but always returns to kiss the shore at sunrise.” ― Shannon L. Alder

“My love, we can close our eyes but we cannot stop the sunrise.” ― Kamand Kojouri

“Wrapped within another’s arms further intensifies the divine beauty of a sunrise…” – Virginia Alison

“A girl in love with sunsets. A man hell-bent on being her sunrise.” ― Nitya Prakash

“Surprises are one of the secrets of a good relationship. Find someone who, out of the blue, will grab you, and a blanket, take you to a secluded spot and canoodle as the sun rises…” ― Virginia Alison

“Let the beauty of sunrise keep your heart warm.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

Sunrise Motivational Quotes

“Thank you is what each and every one of us should say when we see either a sunrise or sunset. And when we do that, maybe, just maybe the world will start to become a better place.” — Anthony T. Hincks

“Don’t you feel you get value for your day if you’ve actually watched the sun rise?” ― AJ Vosse

“There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.” – Bernard Williams

“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.” — William Arthur Ward

“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” — Maya Angelou

“I love that this morning’s sunrise does not define itself by last night’s sunset.” ― Steve Maraboli

“Every sunrise is an invitation to brighten someone’s day.” – Jhiess Krieg

“Be the morning in everyone’s eyes and make their day turn into a thing of beauty.” ― Anthony T. Hincks

“Every sunrise is a blessing, it’s a opportunity to learn something new and to create something that can benefit others. It also gives a chance to make amends. Use it wisely before sunset.” ― Euginia Herlihy

“Your choice between sunrise or sunset depends on your attitude.” — Ibn Jeem

“If I missed the sunrise of this day and if I let the sunset slip by unnoticed, I might ask if what captured my attention this day was worth the loss of this day because I can’t think of anything that’s that important.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I love sunrises and sunsets. But what I really love is the space that I have in-between them to do something incredible.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The only place where the sun doesn’t come up is in the middle of an attitude that says it won’t come up. But even there it comes up. It’s just that we refused to look up.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“In someone’s darkest hour your simple act of kindness may imitate the sunrise, and to sad eyes you become their only source of light.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich

“The sunrise is always a source of morale for human beings; In the days when the world experiences global disasters, sunrise becomes almost an angel!” ― Mehmet Murat lldan

“One grateful thought is a ray of sunshine. A hundred such thoughts paint a sunrise. A thousand will rival the glaring sky at noonday – for gratitude is light against the darkness.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich

“You have the map; I’ll shine the light on it so you can better read it. And eventually, the sun will rise again in your life and you’ll no longer need my light to assist you.” ― Alaric Hutchinson

“A night can never defeat the sunrise.” – Sumit Sharma

“You fool, what better motivation are you looking for in the morning than the incredible motivation of the morning sunrise?” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan

Religious Sunrise Quotes and Sunrise Captions

“If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.” ― Jeannette Walls

“Everyday a million miracles begin at sunrise.” – Eric Jerome Dickey

“I cannot help but look through the overcast sky, seeking an angel and his aura to brighten me before the sun appears from undercover.” ― Darrell Collins Whitaker

“Delighting in God’s word while savoring a sunrise leaves time for miracles!” ― John M. Sheehan

“A sunrise is God’s way of saying, ‘Let’s start again.’” ― Todd Stocker

“Creation is the vocal chords of God speaking each day through the colors of the sunrise, the vastness of the night sky, the teeming of life in the ocean, the majesty of the mountains.” ― Eric Samuel Timm

Funny Sunrise Quotes

“There is, I have heard, a little thing called sunrise, in which the sun reverses the process we all viewed the night before. You might assume such a thing as mythical as those beasts that guard the corners of the earth, but I have it on the finest authority, and have, indeed, from time to time, regarded it with my own eyes.” ― Lauren Willig

“For a girl with such a dark mind, you’re a little too in love with the sunrise.” ― Sherry Namdeo

“Not all the creatures will be excited by the sunrise.” ― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“I love to watch cities wake up, and Paris wakes up more abruptly, more startlingly, than any place I know.” ― Bill Bryson

“Dawn and its excesses always reminded me of heaven, a place where I have always known I would not be comfortable.” ― Marilynne Robinson

“… I hadn’t been paying attention to things like the sunrise, but that old sun had been coming up anyway. It didn’t really care how I felt, it was going to rise and set regardless of whether I noticed it, and if I was going to enjoy it, that was up to me.” ― Jeanette Walls

“Sunrise is starting to feel like a guilt trip.” ― Kris Kidd

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