October is here.
A time when the days are getting shorter and the rain, wind and darkness seem to be gaining more and more of the upper hand.
But it is also a month full of fresh and beautiful autumn days, pleasant evenings at home with a book or with family or friends and with nice costumes while Halloween is celebrated.
To help you make this month a less stressful and happier month, I’d like to share 30 of the best and most positive October quotes.
I hope you’ll find something uplifting here.
Happy and grateful october quotes
“October is the fallen leaves, but a broader horizon is also more clearly visible.”
– Hal Borland
‘October, I’m for you. To the intoxicating aroma of the ripe apples, the winey smell of ripened grapes, the wild-as-the-wind scent of hickory nuts and the nostalgic smell of that first wood smoke.
–Ken Weber
“October is the month of painted leaves. Their rich glow now flashes around the world. As fruits, leaves, and the day itself turn a bright hue just before they fall, so the year approaches its demise. October is sunset heaven; November the later twilight.”
– Henry David Thoreau
“I’m so glad I live in a world where October exists.”
– Lucy Maud Montgomery
“Inside each of us is a child who is still a trick-or-treater and is looking for a brightly lit porch.”
–Robert Brault
‘Only today,’ he said, ‘today, in the October sun, it is all gold: sky, trees and water. Everything right before it changes seems to be gold.” ”
–Eudora Welty
“There is no season in which such pleasant and sunny places can be illuminated, and produce such a pleasant effect on the feelings, as now in October.”
– Nathaniel Hawthorne
“I love Halloween, and I love that feeling: the cold air, the spooky dangers lurking around the corner.”
–Evan Peters
“You don’t waste the October sun. Soon the old autumn sun would disappear into blankets of cloud, and weeks of gray rain would follow before it finally decided to snow.”
–Katherine Arden
“Pumpkin pies and the October air always make me smile.”
– Rip Miller
Quotes to help you make October less stressful
“In the whole circle of the year there are no days so sweet as those of a fair October… No days so calm, so tenderly solemn, and with such reverent gentleness in the air.”
– Alexander Smith
“October is a good month to pay attention to what we already have, to deepen our relationships with our favorite people, and to simply slow down and process what has happened so far this year.”
– Unknown
“For me this is October. As I retreat into my own world and block out everything except the beauty of the season, my reflections and my relationship with God, I find that this is enough to get me through the long cold winter and beyond…’
–Peggy Toney Horton
“I’d rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than sit on a velvet cushion.”
– Henry David Thoreau
“October’s falling leaves inspire us to take bold leaps and embrace the inevitability of change in life.”
– Unknown
“October is a time of crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing flames and sink into a good book.”
–John Sinor
“The further we are from the magic and mystery of our past, the more we need Halloween.”
– Paula Curán
“As the last October leaves fall, nature shows us how beautiful it is to let things go.”
– Unknown
“In October, a maple tree in front of your window lights up your room like a large lamp. Even on cloudy days, its presence helps dispel the gloom.”
– John Burroughs
“Still, I can face the winter with peace of mind. I think I forgot what it was really like. I had seen winter as a terribly wet, gloomy time suitable only for professional football. Now I can see different things: fresh and sparkling days, long, pleasant evenings, cheerful fires. Good work will be done this winter. Life will be lived well. The end of summer is not the end of the world. On to October…“
– A.A. Milne
“In October I will focus on relaxing, keeping things cozy and putting self-care first. That renews me and also makes the dark evenings more pleasant.”
– Eloise Green
“October had a huge opportunity. The oppressive heat of summer was a distant memory, and the golden leaves promised a world full of wonderful adventures. They made me believe in miracles.”
– Sarah Guillory
Recognizable and a few short October quotes
“October arrives in a swirl of fragrant blue leaf smoke, the sweetness of lightly frosted MacIntosh apples and falling small hard acorns.”
–Jean Hersey
“Then came October, full of joyful joy.”
–Edmund Spenser
“Outside, a gusty October breeze combed the leaves from the trees and sent them in colorful skates across her backyard.”
–Stefan King
“October was always the least reliable month… full of ghosts and shadows.”
– Joy Fielding
“Life starts all over again when it gets chilly in the fall.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
“In October, any wonderfully unexpected thing could be possible.”
–Elizabeth George Speare
“October is a symphony of sustainability and change.”
– Bonaro W. Overstraat
“I find that autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
“Autumn, the last, most beautiful smile of the year.”
– William C. Bryant
Do you want more inspiration and motivation for autumn? Then take a look at these uplifting autumn quotes and autumn sayings for motivation plus the Halloween quotes for a fun and happy holiday in this post. You may also find these May quotes helpful for the coming spring.