30 Inspirational November Quotes to Welcome Winter Weather

November marks the transition from autumn to winter. As we leave October and Halloween behind, November takes the stage with its breathtaking sunsets and colorful leaves. It’s a beautiful resistance to the coming cold.

November is like a bridge to the festive season. It’s a time for family, for gathering, and for sharing warmth and gratitude.

Here are 30 inspiring quotes to welcome November and the spirit of thankfulness.

Contents show

Our Favorite Inspirational November Quotes

“Fear not November’s challenge bold. We’ve books and friends, and hearths that never can grow cold. These make amends.” – Alexander L. Fraser

“Autumn… the year’s last, loveliest smile.” – William Cullen Bryant

“In November, the earth is growing quiet. It is making its bed, a winter bed for flowers and small creatures.” – Cynthia Rylant

“In November, the smell of food is different. It is an orange smell. A squash and pumpkin smell. It tastes like cinnamon and can fill up a house in the morning, can pull everyone from bed in a fog.” – Cynthia Rylant

“Autumn is springtime in reverse.” – Terri Guillemets

“The November evening had a bite; it nibbled not-quite-gently at her cheeks and ears.” – Aleksandr Wootton

“November. Crows are approaching, wounded leaves fall to the ground.” – Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann

“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” – John Burroughs

“That soft autumnal time, the woodland foliage now is gathered by the wild November blast.” – John Howard Bryant

“There is October in every November and there is November in every December. All seasons melted in each other’s life.” – Mehmet Murat Ildan

“It was the best kind of November day. Cold and crisp, but not quite freezing, not icy.” – Rainbow Rowell

“Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all.” – Stanley Horowitz

“How sad would be November if we had no knowledge of the spring.” – Edwin Way Teale

“November comes, and November goes. With the last red berries and the first white snows.” – Clyde Watson

“I have come to regard November as the older, harder man’s October. I appreciate the early darkness and cooler temperatures.” – Henry Rollins

“Peering from some high window, at the gold of November sunset and feeling that if day has to become night, this is a beautiful way.” – E. E. Cummings

“There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life’s July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The thinnest yellow light of November is more warming and exhilarating than any wine they tell of. The mite which November contributes becomes equal in value to the bounty of July.” – Henry David Thoreau

“It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.” – Sarah Addison Allen

“So dull and dark are the November days. The lazy mist high up the evening curled, and now the morn quite hides in the smoke and haze; the place we occupy seems all the world.” – John Clare

“November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.” – Sir Walter Scott

“November is the month to remind us to be thankful for the many positive things happening in our life.” – Unknown

“November at its best—with a sort of delightful menace in the air.” – Anne Bosworth Greene

“In November, people are good to each other. They carry pies to each other’s homes and say thank you because now they finally have the chance.” – Kate DiCamillo

“November teaches us how beautiful it can be to let things go.” – Unknown

“November’s crisp gentleness is like a farewell that promises a hello soon again.” – Angie Weiland-Crosby

“The wild November comes at last beneath a veil of rain; The night wind blows its folds aside, her face is full of pain.” – Richard Henry Stoddard

“Each year, November’s leaves fall slow, each year, November’s evenings glow.” – Cecilia Ahern

“November is usually such a disagreeable month… as if the year had suddenly found out that she was growing old and could do nothing but weep and fret over it.” – L. M. Montgomery

“November is the silent nod of nature to drift into the peace of the winter months.” – Stewart Stafford