The sun, a universal symbol of vitality and hope, has inspired countless musings from poets, philosophers, and everyday thinkers. Its radiant glow not only warms our skin but also invigorates our spirits, reminding us of the beauty and potential each new day holds. In this collection, we delve into 47 inspiring sun quotes that capture its essence and illuminate the profound impact it has on our lives. Whether you’re seeking motivation, solace, or a burst of positivity, these quotes serve as a gentle reminder of the light that exists both outside and within us. Join us as we explore these luminous words and let them brighten your journey.
1. “Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't going away.” - Elvis Presley
2. “I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.” - Edna St. Vincent Millay
3. “They can be like the sun, words.They can do for the heart what light can for a field.” - St. John of the Cross
4. “To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” - David Viscott
5. “Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns it calls me on and on across the universe.” - John Lennon
6. “We all shine on...like the moon and the stars and the sun...we all shine on...come on and on and on...” - John Lennon
7. “By day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp.” - Cormac McCarthy
8. “Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.” - La Rochefoucauld
9. “I'm trying to remember how you tell the time by looking at the sun." -"I should leave it for a while, it's too bright to see the numbers at the moment.” - Terry Pratchett
10. “And each one there has one thing shared;They have sweated beneath the same sun,Look up in wonder at the same moon,And wept when it was all done,For being done too soon.” - Neil Diamond
11. “Champagne arrived in flûtes on trays, and we emptied them with gladness in our hearts... for when feasts are laid and classical music is played, where champagne is drunk once the sun has sunk and the season of summer is alive in spicy bloom, and beautiful women fill the room, and are generous with laughter and smiles... these things fill men's hearts with joy and remind one that life’s bounty is not always fleeting but can be captured, and enjoyed. It is in writing about this scene that I relive this night in my soul.” - Roman Payne
12. “The magic of autumn has seized the countryside; now that the sun isn't ripening anything it shines for the sake of the golden age; for the sake of Eden; to please the moon for all I know.” - Elizabeth Coatsworth
13. “The patter of tentative footfalls reached my ears. I flipped on my side to face the door and saw Ansel wander by. I rolled onto my back, rubbing sleep from my eyes. I'd crashed on my bed as soons as I'd gotten back from school, collapsing under the weight of the day. The floorboards squeaked as Ansel passed by my door again. I caught his nervous glance in my direction before he hurried down the hall. 'Ansel, I'm not the sun; stop orbiting and get in here,' I called.” - Andrea Cremer
14. “I have something to fight for and live for; that makes me a better killer. I've got what amounts to a religion now. It's learning how to breathe all over again. And how to lie in the sun getting a tan, letting the sun work into you. And how to hear music and how to read a book. What does your civilization offer?” - Ray Bradbury
15. “SECOND SUNSo much bloodHas been spent in this world,But we have not yet built a sun of blood.Listen, my friend,To these trembling words:A second sun will be born of our blood in the form of a heart.” - Visar Zhiti
16. “As the station wagon pulled back onto the highway, the sun was slowly sinking below the horizon like a leaky boat. Well, except for that fact that boats are not generally round, orange and on fire. Hmm. Come to think of it, in no way whatsoever did the sun, in this instance, resemble a leaky boat. My apologies. That was a dreadful attempt at simile. Please allow me to try again. As the station wagon pulled back onto the highway, the sun was slowly sinking below the horizon like a self-luminous, gaseous sphere comprised mainly of of hydrogen and helium.” - Cuthbert Soup
17. “Putting out the stars and extinguishing the sun.” - Ray Bradbury
18. “June suns, you cannot store themTo warm the winter's cold,The lad that hopes for heavenShall fill his mouth with mould.” - A.E. Housman
19. “I thought about the earth then, really thought about it, the tsunami's and earthquakes and volcanoes, all the horrors I haven't witnessed but have changed my life, the lives of everyone I know, all the people I'll never know. I thought about life without the sun, the moon, stars, without flowers and warm days in May. I thought about a year ago and all the good things I'd taken for granted and all the unbearable things that had replaced those simple blessings. And even though I hated the thought of crying in from of Syl, tears streamed down my face.” - Susan Beth Pfeffer
20. “Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot." "He's the sun god," I said."That's not what I meant.” - Rick Riordan
21. “I am the sun who will bring delight when you are in-front of me. I am the moon who will show shyness when you are away from me.” - Santosh Kalwar
22. “The fish is my friend too... I have never seen or heard of such a fish. But I must kill him. I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars. Imagine if each day a man must try to kill the moon, he thought. The moon runs away. But imagine if a man each day should have to try to kill the sun? We were born lucky; he thought” - Ernest Hemingway
23. “If there is nothing new under the sun, at least the sun itself is always new, always re-creating itself out of its own inexhaustible fire.” - Michael Sims
24. “Yours is the light by which my spirit's born: - you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.” - E.E. Cummings
25. “And the sun and the moon sometimes argue over who will tuck me in at night. If you think I am having more fun than anyone on this planet, you are absolutely correct.” - Hafiz
26. “What a great thing, to be loved! What a greater thing still, to love! The heart becomes heroic though passion…if no one loved, the sun would go out.” - Victor Hugo
27. “He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun, without looking.” - Leo Tolstoy
28. “Our problems started in Dallas, when the fire-breathing sheep destroyed the King Tut exhibit.” - Rick Riordan
29. “We lose a great deal, I think, when we lose this sense and feeling for the sun. When all has been said, the adventure of the sun is the great natural drama by which we live, and not to have joy in it and awe of it, not to share in it, is to close a dull door on natures's sustaining and poetic spirit.” - Henry Beston
30. “Silence gradually spread its great, fragile butterfly wings across the ward. The sun had disappeared, replaced by grey and rain. This particular month of July was reading the script for March.” - Martin Page
31. “Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?” - Idries Shah
32. “Then she smiles, like it'sthe first time she's seen sunafter a decade of winters.” - Emma Cameron
33. “The love of God is like himself – equal, constant, not capable of augmentation or diminution; our love is like ourselves – unequal, increasing, waning, growing, declining. His, like the sun, always the same in its light, though a cloud may sometimes interpose; ours, as the moon, has its enlargements and straightenings.” - John Owen
34. “don't fly too close to the sun," Tess Calls. "you'll burn the tips of your wings. Stay right with me. i'll keep you safe.” - Marcella Pixley
35. “God is not only something metaphysical, but also the physical world, the plants and animals, the mountains and rivers, the air and the sun and the earth.” - Jeffrey R. Anderson
36. “Remember that each light between sunrise and sunset is worth dying for at least once.” - Tad Williams
37. “vītola sudrabā melnalkšņa tumsībāieraksta saulīte dzeltenu diegukur odam lidot kur skudrai rāpotkur man cilvēkam atcerēties” - Knuts Skujenieks
38. “I know your eyes in the morning sunI feel you touch me in the pouring rainAnd the moment that you wander far from meI wanna feel you in my arms again” - Bee Gees
39. “Sun is a hearthstone, a merry-go-round of extinguished hearthstones.” - Dejan Stojanovic
40. “Why's it so sunny?" she repeated.Zooey observed her rather narrowly. "I bring the sun wherever I go, buddy," he said.” - J.D. Salinger
41. “Even great men bow before the Sun; it melts hubris into humility.” - Dejan Stojanovic
42. “There's darkness everywhere. You just can't see it because the sun is such an attention-whore.” - Jason Gann
43. “... the world can give you these glimpses as well as fairy tales can--the smell of rain, the dazzle of sun on white clapboard with the shadows of ferns and wash on the line, the wildness of a winter storm when in the house the flame of a candle doesn't even flicker.” - Frederick Buechner
44. “When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.” - Lin Yutang
45. “Morning"SUNThat awakens ParisThe highest poplar on the bank On The Eiffel TowerA tricolored cockSings to the flapping of his wingsand several feathers fallAs it resumes its course The Seine looks between the bridgesFor her old routeAnd the Obelisk That has forgotten the Egyptian words Has not blossomed this yearSUN” - Vicente Huidobro
46. “Neruda had his first dream, First meeting with the Moon and the Sun In sunny La Mancha, hiding in his heart,Where he learned how to sing like a nightingale.” - Dejan Stojanovic
47. “ADIEUThe glimmer farther away than the head The heart-skip On the slope where the air rolls its voice The spokes of the wheel the sun in the rut At the crossroads near the embankment a prayer Some words that are not heard Nearer the sky And on its steps the last square of light("Adieu")” - Pierre Reverdy
