53 Welcome Winter Quotes To Brighten The Coldest Days
Winter digs its claws in deep.
Some days it’s cold and wet. Others it’s windy enough to knock you sideways. Then you get those rare mornings where everything’s covered in frost and it actually looks magical.
But mostly? You just want to stay inside. To hibernate until the world warms up again.
That’s when you need words that make the season feel less brutal. Reminders that winter has its own kind of beauty even when it’s hard to see.
These welcome winter quotes do that. They won’t change the weather, but they might change how you feel about it.
Welcome Winter Quotes
“Of all the seasons, winter is the most conducive to the great art of dormancy.” — Michael Leung
“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” — Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.” — Paul Theroux
“I love the scents of winter!” — Taylor Swift
“In winter, the stars seem to have rekindled their fires.” — John Burrows
“Welcome, winter. Your late dawns and chilled breath make me lazy, but I love you nonetheless.” — Terri Guillemets
“Winter is not a season, it’s a celebration.” — Anamika Mishra
“Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.” — Vesta M. Kelly
“Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.” — Pietro Aretino
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth … it is time for home.” — Edith Sitwell
“Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake.” — Sara Raasch
“Snowflakes are kisses from heaven.” — Unknown
“The color of springtime is in the flowers; the color of winter is in the imagination.” — Terri Guillemets
“Snow was falling, so much like stars filling the dark trees…” — Mary Oliver
“The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event.” — J.B. Priestley
“Few sights are more charming than that of a town covered in new-fallen, clean white snow.” — Cyril W Beaumont
“It is winter in Narnia and has been for ever so long.” — C.S. Lewis
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently?” — Lewis Carroll
“Surely everyone is aware of the divine pleasures which attend a wintry fireside.” — Thomas de Quincey
“When the snow is still blowing against the window-pane in January and February.” — Celia Thaxter
“Where the sun shone, everything glittered and sparkled as if diamond dust had been strewn about.” — Hans Christian Andersen
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” — John Steinbeck
“It’s called skiing. It makes you rush ahead fast, like lightning.” — Tove Jansson
“The snow had a fine crust upon it and the old trees sparkled like tinsel.” — Laurie Lee
“The rapid nightfall of mid-December had quite beset the little village.” — Kenneth Graham
“Silently, like thoughts that come and go, the snowflakes fall, each one a gem.” — William Hamilton Gibson
“Snow flurries began to fall and they swirled around people’s legs like house cats.” — Sarah Addison Allen
“And though in your winter you deny your spring, yet spring reposing within you.” — Kahlil Gibran
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” — Albert Camus
“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” — Hal Borland
“Kindness is like snow. It beautifies everything it covers.” — Kahlil Gibran
“To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold.” — Aristotle
“Winter is the time of promise because there is so little to do.” — Stanley Crawford
“He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder in winter.” — John Burroughs
“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape.” — Andrew Wyeth
“Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance.” — Yoko Ono
“Winter is a time to pause, reflect, and renew.” — Unknown
“Wisdom comes with winters.” — Oscar Wilde
“Hot chocolate is like a hug from the inside.” — Unknown
“The fire is winter’s fruit.” — Arabian Proverb
“There is no winter without snow, no spring without sunshine, and no happiness without companions.” — Korean Proverb
“One kind word can warm three winter months.” — Japanese Proverb
“Winter forms our character and brings out our best.” — Tom Allen
“Summer bodies are made in the winter.” — Krissy Turner
“To keep a warm heart in winter is the real victory.” — Marty Rubin
“In winter we behold the charms of solemn majesty and naked grandeur.” — James Ellis
“Winter is a lingering season, a time to gather golden moments and enjoy every idle hour.” — John Boswell
“A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.” — Markus Zusak
“When snow falls, nature listens.” — Antoinette van Kleeff
“The light of winter is the poetry of patience.” — Unknown
“Snow brings a special quality with it — the power to stop life as we know it dead in its tracks.” — Unknown
“In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph…” — John Burroughs
“Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat.” — Unknown
“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
