97 Inspiring Have a Good Day Quotes To Share With Anyone
We all need a little boost sometimes.
Maybe it’s Monday morning. Maybe someone you care about is going through something tough. Or maybe you just want to spread some positivity before the day really starts.
A simple “have a good day” can feel generic. But the right words? They actually land differently.
These quotes aren’t trying to be deep or life-changing. They’re just warm, genuine reminders that someone cares.
These have a good day quotes are perfect for texts, notes, or just keeping in your back pocket.
Short Inspiring Have a Good Day Quotes
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Today is a good day to try.” – Quasimodo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
“A day without laughter is a day wasted.” – Charlie Chaplin
“Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden
“Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life.” – Yoko Ono
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” – Buddha
“Live today fully.” – Jack Kornfield
“The sun is a daily reminder that we too can rise again from the darkness.” – S. Ajna
“Don’t count the days. Make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
“Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.” – Mark Twain
“Today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.” – Bil Keane
“Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.” – Alice Morse Earle
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
“Live life to the fullest and focus on the positive.” – Matt Cameron
“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” – Meister Eckhart
“The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.” – Rumi
“Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day.” – Glen Cook
“Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction.” – George Lorimer
“Light tomorrow with today.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Every day is a fresh start.” – Tamara Kulish
“The morning was full of sunlight and hope.” – Kate Chopin
“Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” – Charles Dederich
“Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.” – Ursula K. Le Guin
“The day will be what you make it, so rise like the sun and burn.” – William C. Hannan
“Each day provides its own gifts.” – Marcus Aurelius
“Start each day with a grateful heart.” – Roy T. Bennett
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
“Today is a new day. Even if you were wrong yesterday, you can get it right today.” – Dwight Howard
“The morning steals upon the night, melting the darkness.” – William Shakespeare
“The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” – Charles Dickens
“Every day is a good day to be alive, whether the sun’s shining or not.” – Marty Robbins
“I believe every day is a good day when you paint.” – Bob Ross
“Every day should be a good day. People fool themselves that they’ll be here forever.” – Stephen A. Schwarzman
“Every day that I wake up has to be a good day!” – Bret Michaels
“Good Morning Darling, I love you; we’re going to have a really great day today.” – Louise Hay
“I’ve always measured a good day as one where I can read, write, and run.” – Maggie Rogers
“A broken wing simply means, you have to find another way to fly.” – Kerry Katona
“A good day is a good day. A bad day is a good story.” – Glennon Doyle
“Any day above ground is a good day.” – Germany Kent
“I get up every morning and it’s going to be a great day.” – Paul Henderson
“When you’re wide awake, say it for goodness sake, it’s gonna be a great day.” – Paul McCartney
“Don’t expect a great day; create one.” – Bob Proctor
“Lovely days don’t come to you, you should walk to them.” – Rumi
“The bad days make you realize what a good day is.” – Aly Raisman
“It’s a great day to be alive. I know the sun’s still shining when I close my eyes.” – Travis Tritt
“Give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“Make the most beautiful thing you can. Try to do that every day.” – Laurie Anderson
“It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.” – Henry James
“You have an opportunity to change that.” – Gillian Anderson
“Today’s a great day to change a life. Starting with yours.” – Robin Sharma
“Whether it’s a good day or a bad day is up to you.” – Donald L. Hicks
“Even the worst days have an ending, and the best days have a beginning.” – Jennifer Coletta
“Every single day is a good day… a chance to start a positive beginning.” – Edmond Mbiaka
“We don’t ‘have’ a great day, we ‘make it’ a great day!” – Frosty Westering
“There is something to learn, care and celebrate.” – Amit Ray
“It’s going to be a good day!” – Lindsay Lohan
“Your mountain is waiting. So get on your way.” – Dr. Seuss
“Think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive.” – Marcus Aurelius
“Waking up this morning, I smile. 24 brand new hours are before me.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
“Every day brings you a chance to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes and dance.” – Oprah Winfrey
“It’s a beautiful day, the sun is shining, I feel good, and no one’s gonna stop me now.” – Freddie Mercury
“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we know what to do with it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Count as a blessing every day that fate allows you.” – Horace
“Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning.” – Prince
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
“How you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.” – Lemony Snicket
“Someday is not a day of the week.” – Denise Brennan-Nelson
“It’s a good day to have a good day.” – Hoda Kotb
“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.” – William Arthur Ward
“As you wait for better days, don’t forget to enjoy today.” – Robert Breault
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” – Albert Einstein
“Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“Every day is a good day. There is always something to learn, care about, and celebrate.” – Amit Ray
“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
“Waking up this morning, I smile. 24 brand-new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou
“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” – Hans Christian Andersen
“Courage is grace under pressure.” – Ernest Hemingway
“You are enough just as you are.” – Meghan Markle
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” – Judy Garland
“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – Carter Crocker
“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to bed with satisfaction.” – George Lorimer
“Light tomorrow with today.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting.” – Walt Disney
“In one minute you can change your attitude, and in that minute you can change your entire day.” – Spencer Johnson
“Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got this.” – Chantal Sutherland
“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” – Benjamin Spock
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – Dr. Seuss
“If you believe in yourself, anything is possible.” – Miley Cyrus
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
