50 Summer Quotes That Will Make You Feel the Sunshine

There is nothing better than summertime when it comes to sunshine, adventure, and creating memories. There is no better time of year for relaxing beach days, breathtaking sunsets, and last minute road trips – when the world seems brighter and filled with opportunities. Sipping on a cool drink in the sun or dancing under the stars is something anyone can enjoy. There is no way you cannot adore summer.

This collection of 50 summer quotes celebrates the warmth, joy, and freedom of summer. Here, you can find inspiration for your next adventure, the best Instagram caption, or a friendly reminder of those carefree summer vibes.

Summer Day Quotes

Let these summer quotes brighten your day as you flip flop and soak up the sun. Take a break, grab a cold drink, and get ready to get inspired by the coolest summer quotes ever!

“The dandelions and buttercups gild all the lawn; the drowsy bee stumbles among the clover tops, and summer sweetens all to me.” James Russell Lowell

“One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter.” Henry David Thoreau

“It is Summer, it is the solstice the crowd is cheering, the crowd is laughing in detail permanently, seriously without thought.” William Carlos Williams

“Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds.” Regina Brett

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. ” John Steinbeck

“The summer night is like a perfection of thought. ” Wallace Stevens

“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. ” Henry James

“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” Sam Keen

“Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne.” Bryan Procter

“It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.” Maud Hart Lovelace

“Summer means happy times and good sunshine.” Brian Wilson

“In the summertime, when the weather is hot, you can stretch right up and touch the sky.” Mungo Jerry

“If summer had one defining scent, it’d definitely be the smell of barbecue.” Katie Lee

“Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.” Jenny Han

” The dandelions and buttercups gild all the lawn; the drowsy bee stumbles among the clover tops, and summer sweetens all to me.” James Russel Lowell

“I am more myself in a garden than anywhere else on earth.” Dough Greene

“One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by.” Jeanette Walls

“I love summertime more than anything else in the world. That is the only thing that gets me through the winter, knowing that summer is going to be there.” Jack McBrayer

“Sweet, sweet burn of sun and summer wind, and you, my friend, my new fun thing, my summer fling. ” K.D. Lang

” I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket.” Kellie Elmore

“Summer breeze makes me feel fine” Seals & Crofts

“Some of the best memories are made in flip-flops.” Kellie Elmore

“If it could only be like this always—always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe.” Evelyn Waugh

“Summertime. It was a song. It was a season. I wondered if that season would ever live inside me.” Benjamin Alire Saenz

“Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine.” Oprah Winfrey

“Summertime is always the best of what might be.” Charles Bowden

“Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink in the wild air.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.” Langston Hughes

“Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the tree house; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape…” Harper Lee

“There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.” Celia Thaxter

“Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don’t they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.” Ray Bradbury

“Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance.” Yoko Ono

“I like summer. I like warmer weather and long days.” Danielle Steel

“You are so much sunshine in every square inch.” Walt Whitman

“A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn’t mean in winter. ” Patricia Briggs

“A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.” Robert Orben

“It’s like a beach blanket and a bottle of wine, it feels something like summertime.” Bon Jovi

“Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” Debasish Mridha

“A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.” James Dent

“Long walks on the beach are the supposed holy grail of a romantic evening. The beach becomes a kind of utopia – the place where all our dreams come true. ” Roxane Gay

“Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair…” Susan Polis Schutz

“It is easy to forget now, how effervescent and free we all felt that summer.” Anna Godbersen

“All great beginnings start in the dark, when the moon greets you to a new day at midnight.” Shannon L. Alder

“Summer romances end for all kinds of reasons. But when all is said and done, they have one thing in common: They are shooting stars-a spectacular moment of light in the heavens, a fleeting glimpse of eternity. And in a flash, they’re gone.” Nicholas Sparks