The Top 27 Autumn Quotes for a Motivated and Positive Season

Wind blowing away autumn leaves falling from colorful trees.

It’s autumn.

For some, a joyful time as the overwhelming heat of summer turns into cool, crisp and cozy autumn days.

For others, it’s a time that veers off into darkness and windy and rainy days on end as your energy and motivation falls.

No matter what of these groups you belong to – or maybe you’re somewhere in-between – I hope this post will help you.

In it you’ll find the top 27 inspirational autumn quotes that will help you make the best of this season and make it a positive, motivated and happy one.

Uplifting, Positive and Deep Autumn Quotes

“Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.”
– Emily Brontë

“There is something so special in the early leaves drifting from the trees – as if we are all to be allowed a chance to peel, to refresh, to start again.”
– Ruth Ahmed

“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.”
– Jim Bishop

“There is something incredibly nostalgic and significant about the annual cascade of autumn leaves.”
– Joe L. Wheeler

“It was a beautiful, bright autumn day, with air like cider and a sky so blue you could drown in it.”
– Diana Gabaldon

“Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead has never watched them dancing on a windy day.”
– Shira Tamir

“If a year was tucked inside of a clock, then autumn would be the magic hour.”
– Victoria Erickson

“Autumn is the season to find contentment at home by paying attention to what we already have, to deepen our relationship with our favorite people and activities and to simply slow down.”
– Unknown

“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”
– Henry David Thoreau

Motivational Quotes for Rainy and Cold Autumn Days

“I am most radiant and full of energy when the leaves are falling and there is a ghost of change in the air.”
– Anna Madsen

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”
– Dolly Parton

“It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.”
– B. C. Forbes

“It’s the first day of autumn! A time of hot chocolatey mornings, and toasty marshmallow evenings, and, best of all, leaping into leaves!”
– Winnie the Pooh

“If you run, then allow those first few breaths on a cool Autumn day to freeze your lungs and do not just be alarmed, be ALIVE.”
– Kyle Lake

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.”
– Vivian Greene

“When everything looks like a magical oil painting, you know you are in autumn.”
– Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”
– Mary Anne Radmacher

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald

Short Autumn Quotes

“Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.”
– Samuel Butler

“My favourite season is autumn, and I love walking through woods.”
– Lucy Davis

“Autumn mornings: sunshine and crisp air, birds and calmness, year’s end and day’s beginnings.”
– Terri Guillemets

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
– L.M. Montgomery

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

“There are two times of the year: autumn and waiting for autumn.”
– Unknown

“Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love – that makes life and nature harmonize.”
– George Eliot

“If I were a bird, I would fly about the Earth seeking the successive autumns.”
– George Eliot

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
– Albert Camus

Want more uplifting motivation and inspiration for this season? Have a look at these Halloween quotes for a happy holiday, this one with motivational back to school quotes and also these good night quotes for a pleasant and restful sleep.

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Henrik Edberg is the creator of the Positivity Blog and has written weekly articles here since 2006. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Gothenburg and has been featured on Lifehacker, HuffPost and Paulo Coelho’s blog. Click here to learn more…