Holidays & Occasions Spring Spring Quotes to Remind You That the Beauty of the Season is Just Around the Corner Get ready to spring into the season! By Southern Living Editors Updated on January 20, 2023 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Getty Images By this time every year we are so ready to hang up the heavy coats and break outdoors into the warmer weather to enjoy some much-needed Vitamin D. While waiting for the weather to sink into the ideal crisp mornings followed by warm sun-drenched afternoons, we thought it'd be refreshing to gather inspirational spring quotes for our memo books and personal motivation. If you're a teacher, these spring quotes make a great fit for the letter board in your classroom. Or if you're looking for a way to cheer up your home office, consider this a comprehensive list of spring letter board quotes. Of course, spring is also the time for cleaning and organizing our space, so these quotes are sure to cheer you up and motivate you to get started on the nitty-gritty tasks. Mama never skimped out on making sure that her home was always neat as a pin, so we only hope to channel her energy while diving into our spring-cleaning checklist. Drapes dusted and steamed? Check. Towel supply refreshed? Check. Pantry and freezer wiped down and cleaned out? Check and double check. Whichever way you celebrate the beginning of spring, funny spring quotes and inspirational spring quotes are sure to inspire your inner outdoors lover and make you all the more grateful for the changing of the season. Throw open the shutters and let that bright spring weather into your home. The daffodils are even acting as yellow trumpets to announce that spring is almost here! To inspire you with the closet cleaning, baseboard scrubbing, and life organization, we've gathered some thought provoking and light-hearted springtime quotes to enjoy. From Lilly Pulitzer's motto that we should live every day like it's spring to Robert Frost's astute characterization of an April day, these spring quotes are sure to get you in the mood to hop to whatever is on your seasonal bucket list. Happy Spring! 01 of 36 Octavian Paler Getty Images "A life without love is like a year without spring." – Octavian Paler 02 of 36 Susan J. Bissonette Getty Images "An optimist is the human personification of spring." – Susan J. Bissonette 03 of 36 Christopher Morley Getty Images "April prepares her green traffic light, and the world thinks: Go." – Christopher Morley 04 of 36 Toni Sorenson Getty Images "Spring is far more than just a changing of seasons; it's a rebirth of the spirit." - Toni Sorenson 05 of 36 Neltje Blanchan Getty Images "Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring?" – Neltje Blanchan 06 of 36 Margaret Atwood, Bluebeard's Egg Getty Images "In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." - Margaret Atwood, Bluebeard's Egg 07 of 36 Anne Bradstreet Getty Images "If we had no winter the spring would not be so pleasant." - Anne Bradstreet 08 of 36 Lilly Pulitzer Getty Images "Despite the forecast, live like it's spring." - Lilly Pulitzer 09 of 36 Margaret Elizabeth Sangster Getty Images "Never yet was a springtime, when the buds forgot to bloom." - Margaret Elizabeth Sangster 10 of 36 Mark Twain Getty Images "In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside 24 hours." - Mark Twain 11 of 36 S. Brown Getty Images "The first blooms of spring always make my heart sing." – S. Brown 12 of 36 Algernon Charles Swinburne Getty Images "Blossom by blossom the spring begins." – Algernon Charles Swinburne 13 of 36 Unknown Getty Images "Spring: a lovely reminder of how beautiful change can truly be." – Unknown 14 of 36 Bishop Reginald Heber Getty Images "Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil." – Bishop Reginald Heber 15 of 36 John Muir Getty Images "Spring work is going on joyful enthusiasm." – John Muir 16 of 36 Sitting Bull Getty Images "Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love." – Sitting Bull 17 of 36 Emma Racine Defleur Getty Images "In springtime, love is carried on the breeze. Watch out for flying passion and kisses whizzing by your head." – Emma Racine Defleur 18 of 36 Gustav Mahler Getty Images "With the coming of spring, I am calm again." – Gustav Mahler 19 of 36 Bernard Williams Getty Images "The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created spring." – Bernard Williams 20 of 36 George Santayana Getty Images "To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring." – George Santayana 21 of 36 Pablo Neruda Getty Images "You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep Spring from coming." – Pablo Neruda 22 of 36 Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden Getty Images "'Is the spring coming?,' he said. 'What is it like?'…'It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine…'" – Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden 23 of 36 W. Earl Hall Getty Images "Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day." – W. Earl Hall 24 of 36 Laura Ingalls Wilder Getty Images "Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat." – Laura Ingalls Wilder 25 of 36 Vladimir Nabokov Getty Images "Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring." – Vladimir Nabokov 26 of 36 Victor Hugo Getty Images "If people did not love one another, I really don't see what use there would be in having any spring." – Victor Hugo 27 of 36 Robert Frost Getty Images "The sun was warm but the wind was chill You know how it is with an April day." – Robert Frost 28 of 36 William Shakespeare Getty Images "April hath put a spirit of youth in everything." – William Shakespeare 29 of 36 Charles Dickens Getty Images "Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own." – Charles Dickens 30 of 36 Millard Kaufman Getty Images "I glanced out the window at the signs of spring. The sky was almost blue, the trees were almost budding, the sun was almost bright." – Millard Kaufman 31 of 36 Russian Proverb Getty Images "A kind word is like a spring day." – Russian Proverb 32 of 36 Harriet Ann Jacobs Getty Images "The beautiful spring came, and when nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also." – Harriet Ann Jacobs 33 of 36 Gertrude Wister Getty Images "The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size." – Gertrude Wister 34 of 36 Lewis Grizzard Getty Images "Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn." – Lewis Grizzard 35 of 36 Robin Williams Getty Images "Spring is nature's way of saying 'Let's Party!'." – Robin Williams 36 of 36 Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina Getty Images "Spring is the time of plans and projects." – Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit