70 Monday Morning Quotes to Start Fresh
Mondays can feel heavy.
The weekend is gone, and a new week is here, waiting to be tackled.
Sometimes, we just need a little boost to get started.
These Monday morning quotes can help add a bit of hope or motivation to the start of your week.
Short Monday Morning Quotes
“Wake up on Monday and start your day with a lot of awesomeness and you will get happiness back.” ― Jim Butcher
“Every Monday you wake up is a day to make a change.” ― Irvine Welsh
“The sun is new each day.” ― Heraclitus
“I know it’s Monday, but it’s also a new day, a new week, and in that lies a new opportunity for something special to happen.” ― Michael Ely
“For me, Monday represents a fresh start to the week. It is the day where the slate from the previous week is wiped clean. It is a day of new beginnings.” ― Allen Smith
“Make each day your masterpiece.” ― John Wooden
“I get up every morning and it’s going to be a great day. You never know when it’s going to be over, so I refuse to have a bad day.” ― Paul Henderson
“I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.” ― J. B. Priestley
“Light tomorrow with today!” ― Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning.” ― Larry Page
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world.” ― E. B. White
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” ― Marcus Aurelius
“Because you know what happens when you say ‘hello’ or ‘good morning?’ You make a connection. And isn’t that what being human is all about?” ― Philip Rosenthal
“When you meet a new day, take a deep breath and tell yourself, ‘I am new in this day’.” ― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
“Every morning is a revolution against the darkness.” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Every morning, I wake up saying, ‘I’m still alive, a miracle.’ And so I keep on pushing.” ― Jim Carrey
“The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.” ― Rumi
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” ― Henry David Thoreau
“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” ― Benjamin Franklin
“Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin
“Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.” ― Richard Whately
Inspirational Monday Morning Quotes
“Mondays are the start of the work week, which offer new beginnings 52 times a year!” ― David Dweck
“Monday is for people with a mission.” ― Cristina Imre
“This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.” ― Maya Angelou
“Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier and healthier life.” ― Germany Kent
“The sun himself is weak when he first rises; and gathers strength and courage as the day goes on.” ― Charles Dickens
“Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today.” ― Doe Zantamata
“Today is a new day. Don’t let your history interfere with your destiny.” ― Steve Maraboli
“Each day provides its own gifts.” ― Marcus Aurelius
“Do not say, ‘It is morning,’ and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.” ― Rabindranath Tagore
“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” ― Dalai Lama
“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” ― Mother Teresa
“Every Monday morning is new hope.” ― Maira Kalman
“You do not find the happy life. You make it.” ― Camilla Eyring Kimball
“There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” ― Amanda Gorman
“Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities.” ― Harvey Mackay
“Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.” ― Dr. Sukhraj Dhillon
“The best weeks start on Monday.” ― Nice Peter
“I like my coffee black and my mornings bright.” ― Terri Guillemets
“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” ― Hans Christian Andersen
“Every morning is a chance at a new day.” ― Marjorie Pay Hinckley
“Today is a good day to try.” ― Quasimodo
“Monday is the day that opens up the week for many opportunities.” ― R.K. Narayan
“Don’t let a day of the week have so much power over your happiness. Happy Monday!” ― Andrea L’Artiste
“Everything will change when your desire to move on exceeds your desire to hold on.” ― Alan Cohen
“If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.” ― Elon Musk
“Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred.” ― Arthur Schopenhauer
Motivational Monday Morning Quotes
“Either you run the day or the day runs you.” ― Jim Rohn
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ― Arthur Ashe
“You master Monday! You start winning the day! You start winning the week! Then the month! Then the year!” ― Eric Thomas
“Success is to wake up each morning and consciously decide that today will be the best day of your life.” ― Ken Poirot
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” ― Sam Levenson
“When Monday rolls around, have a short plan for the day. Don’t spend too much time thinking.” ― Rip Miller
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” ― Walt Disney
“Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.” ― Lemony Snicket
“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” ― Sean Patrick Flanery
“The choice to have a great attitude is something that nobody or no circumstance can take from you.” ― Zig Ziglar
“Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.” ― Lou Holtz
“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.” ― Peter Marshall
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” ― Michael Altshuler
“O son of Adam, you are nothing but a number of days; whenever a day passes, a part of you has gone.” ― Hasan al-Basri
“You are in control. Never allow your Monday to be manic.” ― Andrea L’Artiste
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” ― Jim Ryun
“Your first ritual that you do during the day is the highest leveraged ritual, by far, because it has the effect of setting your mind, and setting the context, for the rest of your day.” ― Eben Pagan
“These morning practices are what fuel me; keeping my routine is not about willpower.” ― Jenny Blake
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” ― Robert Collier
“Eating right and taking the time to slow down and plan in the morning is crucial to a productive day.” ― David Moore
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ― William James
“I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life.” ― Miles Davis
