Culture and Lifestyle July Quotes to Celebrate the Summer Season "Hot July brings cooling showers, apricots, and gillyflowers." By Southern Living Editors Published on May 21, 2021 Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Caiaimage/Trevor Adeline/Getty Images Three cheers for the red, white, and blue. Southerners love the month of July for many reasons. It's the perfect time of year to enjoy a day by the pool or a mouthwatering barbecue spread. Summer vacations, porch parties, and picnics are only made better by celebratory 4th of July fireworks. And celebrate, we shall! With July comes Independence Day–a holiday dedicated to honoring "The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave." Let these July quotes inspire you to commemorate the summer season like never before. Great thinkers, politicians, and artists have expressed profound sentiments and July sayings; let their encouraging words arouse a deep sense of excitement for summer as we celebrate sunshine, lazy Sundays, and homemade ice cream. Read through these hello July quotes and choose the one that sparks your interest. 01 of 35 I drifted into a summer-nap under the hot shade of July, serenaded by a cicada lullaby, to drowsy-warm dreams of distant thunder. –Terri Guillemets. Southern Living I drifted into a summer-nap under the hot shade of July, serenaded by a cicada lullaby, to drowsy-warm dreams of distant thunder. –Terri Guillemets 02 of 35 The summer night is like a perfection of thought. - Wallace Stevens. Southern Living The summer night is like a perfection of thought. - Wallace Stevens 03 of 35 And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer. - F. Scott Fitzgerald. Southern Living And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer. - F. Scott Fitzgerald 04 of 35 Hot July brings cooling showers, apricots and gillyflowers. – Sara Coleridge. Southern Living Hot July brings cooling showers, apricots and gillyflowers. – Sara Coleridge 05 of 35 I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket. - Kellie Elmore. Southern Living I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket. - Kellie Elmore 06 of 35 Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. - Hosea Ballou. Southern Living Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. - Hosea Ballou 07 of 35 The summer looks out from her brazen tower, through the flashing bars of July. – Francis Thompson. Southern Living The summer looks out from her brazen tower, through the flashing bars of July. – Francis Thompson 08 of 35 Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. – Sam Keen. Southern Living Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. – Sam Keen 09 of 35 With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy? - Oscar Wilde. Southern Living With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy? - Oscar Wilde 10 of 35 I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. - Bob Dylan. Southern Living I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. - Bob Dylan 11 of 35 For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. - Nelson Mandela. Southern Living For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. - Nelson Mandela 12 of 35 Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. - James Bryce. Southern Living Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. - James Bryce 13 of 35 I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home. - Henry James. Southern Living I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home. - Henry James 14 of 35 The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful and virtuous. - Frederick Douglass. Southern Living The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful and virtuous. - Frederick Douglass 15 of 35 The essence of America, that which really unites us, is not ethnicity or nationality or religion. It is an idea, and what an idea it is — that you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. - Condoleezza Rice. Southern Living The essence of America, that which really unites us, is not ethnicity or nationality or religion. It is an idea, and what an idea it is — that you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. - Condoleezza Rice 16 of 35 Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. - Ronald Reagan. Southern Living Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. - Ronald Reagan 17 of 35 We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. - William Faulkner. Southern Living We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. - William Faulkner 18 of 35 One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation evermore! - Oliver Wendell Holmes. Southern Living One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation evermore! - Oliver Wendell Holmes 19 of 35 Liberty is the breath of life to nations. - George Bernard Shaw. Liberty is the breath of life to nations. - George Bernard Shaw 20 of 35 Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness. - Louis D. Brandeis. Southern Living Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness. - Louis D. Brandeis 21 of 35 Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. - Abraham Lincoln. Southern Living Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. - Abraham Lincoln 22 of 35 With freedom comes responsibility. - Eleanor Roosevelt. Southern Living With freedom comes responsibility. - Eleanor Roosevelt 23 of 35 If you’re not barefoot, then you’re overdressed. – Unknown. Southern Living If you're not barefoot, then you're overdressed. – Unknown 24 of 35 America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor. - Paul Tsongas. Southern Living America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor. - Paul Tsongas 25 of 35 Give me liberty or give me death! - Patrick Henry. Southern Living Give me liberty or give me death! - Patrick Henry 26 of 35 From every mountainside, let freedom ring. - Martin Luther King Jr. Southern Living From every mountainside, let freedom ring. - Martin Luther King Jr. 27 of 35 America means opportunity, freedom, power. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Southern Living America means opportunity, freedom, power. - Ralph Waldo Emerson 28 of 35 Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. - John F. Kennedy. Southern Living Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. - John F. Kennedy 29 of 35 America, to me, is freedom. - Willie Nelson. Southern Living America, to me, is freedom. - Willie Nelson 30 of 35 Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. - John Lubbock. Southern Living Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. - John Lubbock 31 of 35 May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right. - Peter Marshall. Southern Living May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right. - Peter Marshall 32 of 35 In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. - Franklin D. Roosevelt. Southern Living In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. - Franklin D. Roosevelt 33 of 35 Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. - Albert Camus. Southern Living Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. - Albert Camus 34 of 35 No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July. - Mac Thornberry. Southern Living No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July. - Mac Thornberry 35 of 35 Dreams are the foundation of America. - Lupita Nyong’o. Southern Living Dreams are the foundation of America. - Lupita Nyong'o Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit