A beautiful sunrise can be a magical way to start your day, so we have put together a list of all the best short sunrise quotes for you to share. And if you’re looking for short sunrise captions for Instagram, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
Short Sunrise Quotes for Instagram
“I love that this morning’s sunrise does not define itself by last night’s sunset.” ― Steve Maraboli
Never saw a sunrise I didn’t like.
“A thing of beauty is a joy ’till sunrise.” – Harvey Fierstein
“If a fee were charged to see the sun rise, almost everybody would be up to watch it.” – Evan Esar
Here comes the sun!
“Dance when the sun comes up.” ― A.D. Posey
“True love is the tide that pulls out to sea, but always returns to kiss the shore at sunrise.” ― Shannon L. Alder
“Winter dawn is the color of metal, The trees stiffen into place like burnt nerves.” – Sylvia Plath
Sometimes, it’s worth not pushing that snooze button.
“Get outside. Watch the sunrise.” — Amy Grant
“The sun rises before I do, but I break even by retiring after it does.” – Jules Rena
“There is a moment in every dawn when light floats, there is the possibility of magic.”― Douglas Adams
“The glowing winter sunrise slowly illuminates the coming day.” – Nadine Locke
“And it was sunrises that showed me that all it takes is patience to experience it all over again.” – A.J. Lawless
Falling for this sunrise
Waiting for the sun
“Sunrise is the reminder that we can start new beginning from anywhere.” ― Rupal Asodaria
“Every sunrise is an invitation to brighten someone’s day.” – Jhiess Krieg
“Your choice between sunrise or sunset depends on your attitude.” — Ibn Jeem
“A girl in love with sunsets. A man hell-bent on being her sunrise.” ― Nitya Prakash
“What I know for sure is that every sunrise is like a new page.” – Oprah Winfrey
The key is to enjoy every sunset, and look forward to every sunrise.
“It’s a new day. Yesterday’s failure is redeemed at the sunrise” ― Todd Stocker
“How beautiful is the sunrise!” – James Yeames
“He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity’s sunrise.” – William Blake
“I love sunrises. They always signify something new and something beautiful.” ― Michelle N. Onuorah
“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!” — John Muir
“There’s always a sunrise and always a sunset and it’s up to you to choose to be there for it.” – Cheryl Strayed
“The secret to a good morning is to watch the sunrise with an open heart.” ― Anthony T. Hincks
“Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches.” ― Vera Nazarian
“Is it the sun, cracked in two by the horizon like an egg, spilling out light?” ― Margaret Atwood
“Write before the sun comes up.” ― A.D. Posey
“Every sunrise is a poem written on the earth with words of light, warmth, and love.” ― Debasish Mridha
“A night can never defeat the sunrise.” – Sumit Sharma
Don’t waste sunrises on people who will escape by dusk.
“A sunrise or sunset can be ablaze with brilliance.” — Mary Balogh
Feeling sun kissed by the sunrise
“The day will be what you make it, so rise, like the sun, and burn.” — William C. Hannan
“If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.” ― Jeannette Walls
“Today, the sun will rise on all your doubts.” ― Marty Rubin
“Make the sun jealous or stay in bed.” – Malak El Halabi
“When tomorrow broke, our hillside home filled up with honeyed light, a fish tank.” ― Aspen Matis
“With a bound, the sun of a molten fiery red came above the horizon.” ― Elizabeth Gaskell
Each new day, a gift to be opened, sunrise slowly unties it’s ribbon of hope.
With each sunrise we start a new day
Watch each sunrise with new eyes
“This morning the sun made me adore it.” ― Juan Ramón Jiménez
I will always be that girl who gets excited when the sky turns pretty colors.
“O you, my happiness before sunrise! Day is coming: so let us part!” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
“Ah, good morning. Sunrise over the jungle. Magnificent.” – Nathan Juran
“It turns out that what I really want is someone who will wake me up early so I don’t miss a sunrise.” ― Jenna Evans Welch
There’s no darkness in a beautiful sunrise
“I love sunrises and sunsets.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
She was a sunset type of girl, and he was a sunrise kind of guy. They lived on opposite ends of the day but together made up a whole sky.
“Each day is born with a sunrise.” ― Suzy Kassem
“Oh, sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.” ― Roman Payne
“Wrapped within another’s arms further intensifies the divine beauty of a sunrise…” – Virginia Alison
“Be the morning in everyone’s eyes and make their day turn into a thing of beauty.” ― Anthony T. Hincks
“Time is marked by each sunrise and sunset whether or not you actually see it.” ― Catherine Opie
A sunrise to remember
Reflecting on the sunrise
“Sunrise is starting to feel like a guilt trip.” ― Kris Kidd
“Sunrise looks spectacular in the nature, because it really is spectacular!” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan
“To stand by the beds at sunrise and see the flowers awake is a heavenly delight.” – Celia Thaxter
“Sunrise is the start of something beautiful: the day.” ― Juansen Dizon
Wake up early to watch the sunrise
“Listen to the wind blow, watch the sun rise.” ― Fleetwood Mac
“It was harder to drown at sunrise than in darkness.” – Edith Wharton
Sometimes, it’s worth not pushing that snooze button
“The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere.” – John Mui
Wake up for the sunrise, stay out for the moon
“Let the beauty of sunrise keep your heart warm.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
“Delighting in God’s word while savoring a sunrise leaves time for miracles!” ― John M. Sheehan
“Every sunrise begins with new eyes.” ― Richie Norton
“The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset.” – Ram Charan
“Don’t you feel you get value for your day if you’ve actually watched the sun rise?” ― AJ Vosse
“Storms probably exist only because after them we can have a sunrise.” – Tove Jansson
“There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it.” — Mindy Kaling
Don’t waste sunsets with people who will be gone by sunrise.
“Sunrise doesn’t last all morning.” – George Harrison
“Standing in the river watching to sunrise and sunset is to know heavenly bliss.” – Anthony Rosario Wagner
“Every sunset is also a sunrise; it all depends on where you stand.” – Karl Schmidt
“When the sun came up… I couldn’t tell where heaven stopped and the Earth began.” — Tom Hanks
May the sun shine not on you, but within you.
“A sunrise is God’s way of saying, ‘Let’s start again.’” ― Todd Stocker
“Next time a sunrise steals your breath remain that way.” – Max Lucado
“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free.” – Jo Walton
“Climb up on some hill at sunrise.” – Robb Sagendorph
“Every sunrise gives you a new beginning and a new ending.” – Norton Juster
“A faint blush below the horizon, as the first kiss from the Sun wakes the Earth from its slumber.” — Meeta Ahluwalia
“Not all the creatures will be excited by the sunrise.” ― Kamaran Ihsan Salih
“Every sunrise is a blessing.” ― Euginia Herlihy
The sun and I decided to rise to the occasion
“At sunrise, the blue sky paints herself with gold colors.” ― Debasish Mridha
“Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.” – Vladimir Nabokov
“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.” — William Arthur Ward
“This morning I woke up before the alarm clock went off and the sky outside was a big red ocean.” ― Charlotte Eriksson
“Nature unfolds her treasure at the first ray of sunrise.” ― Kishore Bansal
“We need to be reminded sometimes that a sunrise last but a few minutes.” – R. A. Salvatore
Saying good morning to the sun
“Saw the sun rise. A lovely apricot sky with flames in it and then solemn pink.” ― Katherine Mansfield
“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” — Maya Angelou
“May every sunrise hold more promise and every sunset hold more peace.” – Umair Siddiqui
“The charm of golden sunrise and sunset does not depend on you, it reflects on you” ― Val Uchendu
Watch more sunrises than Netflix
“Every morning is a revolution against the darkness.” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan
“There’s always a story. It’s all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story.” ― Terry Pratchett
“The darkness is at its deepest just before the sunrise.” – Voltaire
“Everyday a million miracles begin at sunrise.” – Eric Jerome Dickey
Cherish the times you can watch the sunrise, there’s only so many in a lifetime.
“As I watched the sun began its daily routine, casting golden hue and illuminating cities, I wondered, what an exemplary way to start my daily routine.” – Val Uchendu
Eevery sunrise is a new chapter in your life waiting to be written.” ― Juansen Dizon
“Sunrise offered a very beautiful spectacle.” – George Grey
“Not everyone was privileged to see another sunrise like you did.” ― Gift Gugu Mona
“Wake late, win late.” ― Amit Kalantri
“Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.” – George Washington Carver
“Seduce me at sunrise, dance with me barefoot in the dew on the grass.” ― Bodhi Smith
“For a girl with such a dark mind, you’re a little too in love with the sunrise.” ― Sherry Namdeo
“Just like the days, no two sunrises are ever the same.” ― Jonathan P Lamas
“Saying good morning to the sun is my favorite was to start the day.” – Tahnni Dupre
Waking up with the sun
The sky was looking cute, so as a good friend, I snapped a pic of it.
“At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.” ― Norman Maclean
“There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.” – Bernard Williams
“We can only appreciate the miracle of a sunrise if we have waited in the darkness.” – Sapna Reddy
“Endure the pain in the sunrise, so when it’s sunset, there’s lot of profit to be gained.” ― Seyi Ayoola
“I live in the shade created by the sunrise I am waiting for” ― Isbelle Razors
Let the sunrise in front of you and in you
“My love, we can close our eyes but we cannot stop the sunrise.” ― Kamand Kojouri
So that is it for our list of Short Sunrise Quotes and Sayings. We hope you found the perfect one for you!
For more great ideas, check out our other lists of Sun Kissed Captions, Short Sunset Quotes and Short Morning Quotes.
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About the Author
Laynni Deir
I am Laynni Deir, writer and editor of Purely Lists. There are times when you are looking for inspiration or aren’t sure what to say and I am committed to providing lists of the best quotes, sayings, messages, puns or captions for any occasion. Whether you are looking for a positive quote, a message for a card, a fun saying for a letter board or caption for your next post or story, you will find the perfect option here.
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