Feeling the winter blues? These quotes will pick you up. We cannot stop the winter or the summer from coming. We cannot stop the spring or the fall or make them other than they are. They are gifts from the universe that we cannot refuse. But we can choose what we will contribute to life when each arrives.
1. “Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand, and a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. -Edith Sitwell”
2. “You are never too old to play in the snow.”
3. “My favorite winter activity is going back inside where it is warm”
4. “Winter is coming” -ned stark”
5. “I stress about stress before there’s even stress to stress about”
6. “I radiate confidence and positivity.”
7. “Finally, my winter fat is gone now I have spring rolls.”
8. “Some people are worth melting for – Olaf”
9. “No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn -hal borland”
10. “I pray this winter to be gentle and kind–a season of rest from the wheel of the mind. -John Geddes”
11. “Hello winter”
12. “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera. Dorothea Lange”
13. “If you listen carefully, the silence is beautiful.”
14. “One kind word can warm three winter months. -Japanese proverb”
15. “You will never have this day again so make it count”
16. “Every day is one step closer to summer”
17. “Live in the moment”
18. “I’m not open to many people. I’m usually quiet and I don’t like attention. So if I like you enough to show you the real me, you must be very special.”
19. “Sweater weather”
20. “Make memories all over the world.”
21. “Work hard to live in peace with everyone. Represent holiness so others may see the lord. Hebrews 12:14”
22. “Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
23. “Snow on the ground. Smile on my face. Hot chocolate in my hand. And the smell of Christmas in the air.”
24. “Nature is the purest portal to inner peace. Angie Weiland-Crosby”
25. “Lost in the lore of trees, my soul sings earthen melodies. Angie Weiland-Crosby”
26. “To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.”
27. “Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity – novella Takemoto”
28. “We are like a snowflake all different in our beautiful way -unknown-”
29. “Love is like a cigarette, it’s fun at first. But eventually, it kills you… Now”
30. “Winter collapsed on us that year. It knelt, exhausted, and stayed.” — Emily Fridlund
31. “Winter’s notion of poetry is a tragedy. It knows nothing of comedy. Its laughter was frozen on its lips long ago.” — William A. Quayle
32. “Many people think of winter as bereft of birds after autumn migrations, but this can be a bountiful season for bird watchers. No, you won’t see the numbers and diversity of birds that surround us in the warm months. But what winter offers is the chance to observe behavior — birds act differently in the cold, and their activities are much more focused. And they’re easier to spot and watch, without tree leaves to hide their comings and goings.” — Val Cunningham
33. “I love the scents of winter! For me, it’s all about the feeling you get when you smell pumpkin spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, gingerbread and spruce.” — Taylor Swift
34. “Normally, spring is a lovely, wonderful time of year. A time of flowers, warm weather, Red Sox baseball, our favorite seasonal places reopening, reconnecting with nature, all the good stuff that lets us know winter is over.” — Cathy Summers
35. “The snow did not even whisper its way to earth, but seemed to salt the night with silence.” — Dean Koontz
36. “A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.” — George R.R. Martin
37. “All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.” — J.R.R. Tolkien
38. “In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.” — Albert Camus
39. “In spring we are on Earth; in summer we are on Earth; in autumn we are on Earth, but in winter we are on another planet; winter is another planet!” — Mehmet Murat ildan
40. “That’s what winter is: an exercise in remembering how to still yourself then how to come pliantly back to life again.” — Ali Smith
41. “A few feathery flakes are scattered widely through the air, and hover downward with uncertain flight, now almost alighting on the earth, now whirled again aloft into remote regions of the atmosphere.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne
42. “December has the clarity, the simplicity, and the silence you need for the best FRESH START of your life.” — Vivian White
43. “In winter we behold the charms of solemn majesty and naked grandeur.” — James Ellis
44. “Before anyone starts in on how we have not had a winter, let me just say, ‘No one asked you.’ It has been plenty cold for me. And it seems to have gone back and forth and back and forth so much that I can’t remember what kind of winter we have had. If it just got cold and stayed that way, maybe I would get used to it. Maybe I would finally dig out a proper coat and gloves and whatnot. But this constant pinging back and forth has me so perplexed that I never know what to wear.” — Jerrie Whiteley
45. “Although it was only six o’clock, the night was already dark. The fog, made thicker by its proximity to the Seine, blurred every detail with its ragged veils, punctured at various distances by the reddish glow of lanterns and bars of light escaping from illuminated windows. The road was soaked with rain and glittered under the street lamps, like a lake reflecting strings of lights. A bitter wind, heavy with icy particles, whipped at my face, its howling forming the high notes of a symphony whose bass was played by swollen waves crashing into the piers of the bridges below. The evening lacked none of winter’s rough poetry.” — Théophile Gautier
46. “Surrendering to the fact of winter is a relief: I am grateful for these lingering days of cold. They offer me a few more weeks of quiet and slow before spring emerges, the wheel picks up speed again, and the sound of its exciting spinning fills my days.” — Kelsi Turner
47. “Winter then in its early and clear stages, was a purifying engine that ran unhindered over city and country, alerting the stars to sparkle violently and shower their silver light into the arms of bare upreaching trees. It was a mad and beautiful thing that scoured raw the souls of animals and man.” — Mark Helprin
48. “It’s so hard to think in winter. The world seems confined in the space of your heart; you can’t see beyond yourself.” — Patricia A. McKillip
49. “To keep a warm heart in winter is the real victory.” — Marty Rubin
50. “Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, and share our strengths.” — George R.R. Martin
51. “I have come to regard November as the older, harder man’s October. I appreciate the early darkness and cooler temperatures. It puts my mind in a different place than October. It is a month for a quieter, slightly more subdued celebration of summer’s death as winter tightens its grip.” — Henry Rollins
52. “In December, the wind wraps itself around bare trees and twists in between husbands and wives asleep in their beds. It shakes the shingles from the roofs and sifts through cracks in the plaster. The only green things left are the holly bushes and the old boxwood hedges in the village, and these are often painted white with snow. Chipmunks and weasels come to nest in basements and barns; owls find their way into attics. At night, the dark is blue and bluer still, as sapphire of night.” — Alice Hoffman
53. “Winter is the time of sacred balance and rejuvenation of life in preparation for the coming spring. It represents abundance, teaching, and gratitude.” — Noelle Vignola
54. “These northern-tier countries are populated by a bunch of generally happy people who not only tolerate winter but have come up with strategies for embracing it.” — Stefanie Pettit
55. “It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” — Charles Dickens
56. “It’s that time of year when getting out of your warm bed is not for the weak, and trudging through everyday life seems monotonous, exhausting, boring, and, well, just hard. For many people, winter is a very difficult season to muster the strength to feel joy and excitement about much of anything. The SAD struggle is real, people. It’s real.” — Christine Carter
57. “Dandelion wine. The words were summer on the tongue. The wine was summer caught and stoppered…sealed away for opening on a January day with snow falling fast and the sun unseen for weeks…” — Ray Bradbury
58. “You think of outside your room, of the streets of the town, the lonely little squares over by the station, of those winter Saturdays all alike.” — Marguerite Duras