While a sunrise represents rebirth and awakening, a sunset symbolizes a reset in our lives as we prepare to greet the dawn of a new morning, the promise of a new beginning. As the sun sets and the moon rises at the end of the day, take a moment to appreciate the glory of the golden hour as the sky turns to dusk. Enjoy the calmness and stillness in the world around you. Take a deep breath as the sun disappears below the horizon and reflect upon what you accomplished today and what goals you have set for tomorrow. Feeling inspired yet about where you’ve been and what’s to come? These 101 quotes about sunsets are almost as beautiful as the painted sky itself!
101 Sunset Quotes
- “Sunset is the opening music of the night.” — Mehmet Murat ildan
- “Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Sunsets are proof that no matter what happens, every day can end beautifully.” — Kristen Butler
- “When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.” — George R.R. Martin
- “Every sunset is an opportunity to reset.” — Richie Norton
- “Don’t forget: beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies.” ― Paulo Coelho
- “I never met a sunset I did not like.” — Unknown
- “Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there’s something good about feeling both.” ― Amy Grant
- “Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of heaven.” — John Lubbock
- “There is never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.” — Carlos Santana
- “It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.” — Bernard Williams
- “Dusk is just an illusion because the sun is either above the horizon or below it. And that means that day and night are linked in a way that few things are there cannot be one without the other yet they cannot exist at the same time. How would it feel I remember wondering to be always together yet forever apart?” ― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
- “If I could lick the sunset, I’ll bet it would taste like Neapolitan ice cream.” — Jarod Kintz
- “Twilight fell: The sky turned to a light, dusky purple littered with tiny silver stars.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- “I just need you and some sunsets.” — Atticus
- “There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.” ― Jo Walton
- “Every sunset is also a sunrise. It all depends on where you stand.” — Karl Schmidt
- “A sunset is the sun’s fiery kiss to the night.” — Crystal Woods
- “The first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color—oranges, pearly pinks, vibrant purples…” ― Anna Godbersen, The Luxe
- “Every one of a hundred thousand cities around the world had its own special sunset and it was worth going there, just once, if only to see the sun go down.” ― Ryu Murakami, Coin Locker Babies
- “The more clouds you have in your sky, the more colorful sunset it will be.” ― Sajal Sazzad
- “Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too.” ― E. Hinton, The Outsiders
- “Never waste any amount of time doing anything important when there is a sunset outside that you should be sitting under.” — C. JoyBell C.
- “Ô, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.” ― Roman Payne
- “To watch a sunset is to connect with the Divine.” — Gina de Gorna
- “Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.” — Elbert Hubbard
- “Sunsets are one thing in life that won’t wait.” — Unknown
- “Sunrise is the start of something beautiful: the day. Sunset is the start of something beautiful: the night.” ― Juansen Dizon, Confessions of a Wallflower
- “Soon it got dusk, a grapy dusk, a purple dusk over tangerine groves and long melon fields; the sun the color of pressed grapes, slashed with burgundy red, the fields the color of love and Spanish mysteries.” ― Jack Kerouac, On The Road
- “If you are in a beautiful place where you can enjoy sunrise and sunset, then you are living like a lord.” — Nathan Phillips
- “Sunsets are my escape into the reality I want to continuously live.” — Rachel Roy
- “Your choice between sunrise or sunset depends on your attitude.” ― Ibn Jeem
- “I can’t give you the sunset, but I can give you the night.” ― Erin McCarthy, High Stakes
- “Watching sunset makes you feel stronger.” ― Anamika Mishra
- “When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator.” — Mahatma Gandhi
- “The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the colour that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again.” — Ram Charan
- “If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.” ― K. Chesterton
- “A beautiful sunset is your reward for surviving another day. Enjoy as many as you can.” — Unknown
- “Live to revel in just another twilight. Life may sink and disappear along with the sunset never to rise again.” ― Munia Khan
- “There can’t possibly be anything more beautiful than Seaside Beach at sunset.” ― Bryn McCarren, Speaking Up For Each Other
- “Pour me a sunset, kill the night, and I promise to drink with you forever.” — William C. Hannan
- “If you can look at the sunset and smile, then you still have hope.” — Unknown
- “Sunsets are proof that endings can be beautiful too.” — Beau Taplin
- “There is nothing more musical than a sunset.” — Claude Debussy
- “Even the most beautiful days eventually have their sunsets.” — Unknown
- “The sun is setting in a burnt orange sky; the cliffs are black silhouettes; the sea, liquid silver.” ― Laura Treacy Bentley, The Silver Tattoo
- “Sunset shows that life is too beautiful to hold on to the past so move on to the present.” ― Jennifer Aquillo
- “No sun outlasts its sunset but will rise again and bring the dawn.” — Maya Angelou
- “Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second.” — Mattie J.T. Stepanek
- “Softly the evening came with the sunset.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- “Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can’t stand a little silence.” ― Carl Hiaasen
- “Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset… It’s the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.” — Sharon Draper
- “Sometimes, the sunset is so beautiful that I think it might be the very last one.” — Nitya Prakash
- The horizon changes but the sun does not.” — Joyce Rachelle
- “Enjoy each sunset for the promise of a new tomorrow.” — Unknown
- “Her life was no more than a series of glorious sunrises and sunsets.” — Virginia Alison
- “It’s not just a sunset; it’s a moonrise too.” — P. C. Cast
- “Keep looking up! I learn from the past, dream about the future and look up. There’s nothing like a beautiful sunset to end a healthy day.” — Rachel Boston
- “Sunsets are just little glimpses of the golden streets of heaven.” — Unknown
- “A sunset is only half of the story.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
- “Sunsets in themselves are generally superior to sunrises, but with the sunset, we appreciate images drawn from departed peace and faded glory.” — George Stillman Hillard
- “Whenever you want to see me, always look at the sunset; I will be there.” ― Grace Ogot
- “Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.” ― Richard Paul Evans, The Gift
- “Sunsets are loved because they vanish.” — Ray Bradbury, From the Dust Returned
- “Sunset is the only therapy I need. There is something magical about it, it makes you feel things. And with every new sunset that feeling is always different. And the beautiful thing is that no matter what you feel, as long as you feel, you are living and that is all that matters.” ― Tadas Petrovas
- “The sunset is life’s way of saying “Good job, you survived today, here’s something pretty.” — Unknown
- “It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little about it.” ― Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot
- “Look at the sunset as a hope for tomorrow. I hope that you don’t keep your pain a secret and that you don’t look at life with sorrow.” ― Lidia Longorio, Hey Humanity
- “Enjoy the beauty of a sunset and enjoy nature’s farewell kiss for the night.” — Sharon Rene
- “People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don’t find myself saying, Soften the orange a bit on the right-hand corner.’ I don’t try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.” ― Carl R. Rogers
- “See the beauty of sunset to enjoy the passion of life.” — Debasish Mridha
- “My soul is an empty carousel at sunset.” — Pablo Neruda
- “I think sunrises are rarer for me, but sunset is my favourite time of day.” — Jon Foreman
- “They ran to the museums for paintings. I ran to the roof for sunsets.” — Darnell Lamont Walker
- “A sunset will color your dreams.” — Anthony Hincks
- “May there be just enough clouds in your life to create a glorious sunset.” — Unknown
- “Bring me the sunset in a cup.” — Emily Dickinson, “Bring me the Sunset in a Cup”
- “May every sunrise hold more promise and every sunset hold more peace.” ― Umair Siddiqui
- “Let’s go sunset chasing.” — Laynni Locke
- “The most beautiful sunset is when you have it with your beloved one and the most beautiful sunrise is quite the same.” — Galina Nelson
- “We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea.” — Desmond Tutu
- “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
- “I like that time is marked by each sunrise and sunset whether or not you actually see it.” ― Catherine Opie
- “When your world moves too fast and you lose yourself in the chaos, introduce yourself to each color of the sunset.” — Christy Ann Martine
- “Allow failure to teach you a supreme lesson: Each sunset is the beginning of a very, very bright and powerful sunrise.” — Sri Chinmoy
- “Life does not come with instructions on how to live, but it does come with trees, sunsets, smiles and laughter, so enjoy your day.” — Debbie Shapiro
- “My joy is the golden sunset giving thanks for another day.” — Jonathan Lockwood
- “The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.” — Stephen King, Bag of Bones
- “Sunsets are not a rare commodity they come and go every night, so I compare you not to a sunset for you come once in a life.” — Daniel Cook
- “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky.” — Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds
- “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
- “If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm.” — Frank Lane
- “Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun going to his rest.” ― Thomas de Quincey
- “There’s always a sunrise and always a sunset and it’s up to you to choose to be there for it.” — Cheryl Strayed, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail
- “Sometimes you see something unusual at sunset. Later, you don’t believe when you see the same in the picture.” — Anton Chekhov
- “It’s the time of day when the sky looks like it has been spray-painted by a graffiti artist.” — Mia Kirshner, I Live Here
- “You know, when one is that sad, one can get to love the sunset.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
- “The evening sky was awash with peach, apricot, cream: tender little ice-cream clouds in a wide orange sky.” ― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass
- “But even the longest day wears to sunset.” — Marion Zimmer Bradley
- “They sipped until the sun, as golden as syrupy as the bourbon, slipped into the sea.” — Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
- “Life is tough but so are you. A little salt for a sunset, is the virtue.” ―B.K. Sweeting Next, read… 100 Hiking Instagram Captions75 Ocean Quotes50 Meditation Quotes
