Spring is the season of second chances. Buds open, light stretches, and the air changes in a way you can feel. You don’t need a garden to notice it—you only need a minute of attention and a few good lines that remind you what’s possible. The spring quotes below gather classic voices and modern favorites on renewal, blossoms, rain, morning light, love, faith, and simple joy. Use them in morning notes, cards, captions, or to steady a busy week. Let one line slow your pace, lift your mood, and help you begin again today.
Renewal & Hope: Spring Quotes
Spring is a promise: change is real and it arrives on time.
- “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” — Percy Bysshe Shelley
- “No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” — Hal Borland
- “Every spring is the only spring— a perpetual astonishment.” — Ellis Peters
- “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” — Anne Bradstreet
- “What is so sweet and dear / As a prosperous morn in May?” — William Wordsworth
- “The deep roots never doubt spring will come.” — Marty Rubin
- “Spring adds new life and new beauty to all that is.” — Jessica Harrelson
- “The promise of spring’s arrival is enough to get anyone through the bitter winter.” — Jen Selinsky
- “Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.” — Lilly Pulitzer
- “That is one good thing about this world… there are always sure to be more springs.” — L. M. Montgomery
Hold a small hope today—water it with one simple action.
Flowers & Gardens: Spring Quotes
Blossoms teach patience: roots first, color later.
- “Where flowers bloom so does hope.” — Lady Bird Johnson
- “Earth laughs in flowers.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” — Margaret Atwood
- “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” — Audrey Hepburn
- “The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days.” — Robert Leighton
- “A flower blossoms for its own joy.” — Oscar Wilde
- “The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.” — Tennessee Williams
- “The hyacinth is a bank of sweet perfume.” — John Keats
- “One can no more approach people without love than one can approach bees without care.” — Leo Tolstoy
- “Gather the flowers, but spare the buds.” — Andrew Marvell
Plant something small—seed, herb, habit—and let time do its quiet work.
Rain, April & Weather: Spring Quotes
Showers clean the air and wake the ground; let them reset you too.
- “April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” — William Shakespeare
- “In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.” — Mark Twain
- “Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.” — Bob Marley
- “April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go.” — Christopher Morley
- “The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day He created Spring.” — Bernard Williams
- “Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.” — Doug Larson
- “A little rain each day will fill the rivers to overflowing.” — African Proverb
- “The March winds are the morning yawn.” — Lewis Grizzard
- “The sun was warm but the wind was chill.” — Robert Frost
- “After the rain, the grass sings.” — Rabindranath Tagore
On rainy days, trade hurry for a slower hour and warm tea.
Morning Light & Fresh Starts: Spring Quotes
Dawn in spring feels like a reset—clear air, simple plans.
- “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Here comes the sun.” — The Beatles
- “The morning of the world.” — Paul Éluard
- “Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The sun does not hurry, yet it arrives on time.” — Unknown
- “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” — John Steinbeck
- “With the coming of spring, I am calm again.” — Gustav Mahler
- “Light tomorrow with today.” — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- “The light is sweet.” — Ecclesiastes 11:7
- “Begin at once to live.” — Seneca
Open a window, breathe once slowly, and write one line for the day.
Love, Joy & Everyday Life: Spring Quotes
Spring makes room for laughter, company, and simple meals outside.
- “To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” — David Viscott
- “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy.” — Marcel Proust
- “One benefit of spring was that each day we had more light to read by.” — Jeannette Walls
- “I enjoy the spring more than the autumn now.” — Virginia Woolf
- “Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’” — Robin Williams
- “The tans will fade, but the memories will last forever.” — Unknown
- “Joy is not in things; it is in us.” — Richard Wagner
- “A kind word is like a spring day.” — Russian Proverb
- “We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.” — William James
- “If people did not love one another, I really don’t see what use there would be in having any spring.” — Victor Hugo
Send one thank-you that names someone’s help and its impact—let it land.
Faith & Blessings in Spring
Short anchors for gratitude, peace, and steady trust.
- “Behold, I make all things new.” — Revelation 21:5
- “From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the Lord is to be praised.” — Psalm 113:3
- “He makes everything beautiful in its time.” — Ecclesiastes 3:11
- “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” — Psalm 118:24
- “Indeed, with hardship comes ease.” — Qur’an 94:6
- “Whoever is grateful, is grateful for his own soul.” — Qur’an 31:12 (paraphrase)
- “Grace is everywhere.” — Bernard of Clairvaux
- “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.” — Psalm 103:2
- “All the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of today.” — Indian Proverb
- “Let all that you do be done in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:14
Carry one short verse into the day; repeat it when your mind gets loud.
Poetry & Literature: Spring Quotes
Writers on the season’s color, change, and lift.
- “It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” — Rainer Maria Rilke
- “Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses.” — George Herbert
- “In the spring, the snow melts first in the mind.” — Unknown
- “Green was the silence, wet was the light.” — Pablo Neruda
- “O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?” — Percy Bysshe Shelley
- “Spring is the time of plans and projects.” — Leo Tolstoy
- “She turned to the sunlight and shook her yellow head, / And whispered to her neighbor: ‘Winter is dead.’” — A. A. Milne
- “The force that through the green fuse drives the flower.” — Dylan Thomas
- “The early spring carries in her hands a fair wreath.” — Thomas Nash (Nashe)
- “There is no time like spring.” — Christina Rossetti
Let one line color your day—read it twice, then step outside.
Short Spring Quotes to Carry
Quick lines for notes, captions, and lock screens.
- “Hello, spring.”
- “Bloom where you are planted.”
- “New season, new chances.”
- “Soft rain, clear mind.”
- “Seeds today, flowers tomorrow.”
- “Light returns.”
- “Open windows, open heart.”
- “Begin again.”
- “Let the day green.”
- “Grow slow.”
- “Color returns.”
- “Breathe in the blossom.”
Pick one and keep it close. Let it guide one small, happy choice today.