Good Night Sayings and Quotes

They say the best bridge between hope and despair is a good night’s sleep. Take a load off. Get some rest and recharge to tackle another day with the list of wise and humorous good night quotes below.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night. Napoleon Bonaparte
All I wish a sheet of clouds for your bed and bright crystals for the stars. While you sleep, may the angels play sweet songs that bring you bright dreams. Anonymous
Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. Catherine Drinker Bowen
As the night gets dark, let your worries fade. sleep peacefully knowing you've done all you can do for today. Roald Dahl
The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night's sleep. E. Joseph Cossman
The sea will grant each man new hope, and sleep will bring dreams of home. Christopher Columbus
It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards. Baltasar Gracian
I just want to say, good night, sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. Harry Dean Stanton
Night is the wonderful opportunity to take rest, to forgive, to smile, to get ready for all the battles that you have to fight tomorrow. Allen Ginsberg
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow. William Shakespeare
The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow. Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Good night - may you fall asleep in the arms of a dream, so beautiful, you'll cry when you awake. Michael Faudet
As the moonlight dims and the world goes quiet, give yourself some rest. Here's to hoping that your sleep is as sweet as you are. Anonymous
Always end the day with a positive thought. No matter how hard things were, tomorrow's a fresh opportunity to make it better. Harry Dean Stanton
Never let the darkness or negativity outside affect your inner self. Just wait until morning comes and the bright light will drown out the darkness. Haruki Murakami
The longest way must have its close — the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day. Friedrich Nietzsche
A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow. Charlotte Bronte
I love the silent hour of night, For blissful dreams may then arise,Revealing to my charmed sight, What may not bless my waking eyes. Anne Bronte
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi
Don't fight with the pillow, but lay down your head and kick every worriment out of the bed. Edmund Vance Cooke
Day is over, night has come. today is gone, what's done is done. embrace your dreams, through the night, tomorrow comes with a whole new light. George Orwell
Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. Isaac Bashevis Singer
You are the reason why I have sleepless nights. You are the reason why I tend to hold my pillow tight. And you are the reason I can't sleep without saying goodnight. Anonymous
Night is always darker before the dawn and life is the same, the hard times will pass, every thing will get better and sun will shine brighter then ever. Ernest Hemingway
Disappointment always arrives before hope and the darkness of night comes before the dawn. Don't lose hope now because things will brighter with the new day. Henry Rollins
This is the end of the day, but soon there will be a new day. Bernard Williams
This is the end of the day, but soon there will be a new day. Keep your spirits up because there are always more chances. Anonymous
The stars and moon arrive just to wish you a good night. Let the light of the moon guide your dreams as you pass the night away. Anonymous
You can't change everything in one night, but one night can change everything. John Updike
Silently, one by one, / in the infinite windows of heaven, / Blossomed the lovely stars, / the forget-me-nots of the angels. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Night's the better half of life. Goethe
No more words. In the name of this place / we drink with our breathing, / stay quiet like a flower. / So the nightbirds will start singing. Rumi
Empty yourself of everything. / Let the mind rest at peace. Lao-Tzu
Good night now, and rest. / Today was a test. / You passed it, you're past it. / Now breathe till unstressed. Lin-Manuel Miranda
Good night! / Good night! / Let's make some new mistakes! / Let's stumble toward success and pack some snacks for little breaks! Lin-Manuel Miranda
Good night. / Courage. / Even when fear is at the foot of your bed, courage. / Let's go. Lin-Manuel Miranda
Good night. / I'm tired. I bet you're tired. / But we're awake and alive and that's enough. Cmon. / Cmon. Lin-Manuel Miranda
Good night. / Take care of each other. / Take care of yourself. / Repeat. Lin-Manuel Miranda
Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber; / Holy angels guard thy bed! / Heavenly blessings without number / Gently falling on thy head. Isaac Watts
Oft in the stilly night / E'er slumber's chain has bound me, / Fond Memory brings the light / Of other days around me. Thomas Moore
I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night I softly say. A silent prayer, like dreamers do, then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you. Roy Orbison
Send me the words 'Good night' to put under my pillow. John Keats
Some people forget that love is / tucking you in and kissing you / “Good night” / no matter how young or old you are Nikki Giovanni
We are such stuff / As dreams are made on, and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep. William Shakespeare
When the sun goes down, the birds on the trees / Are singing sweet for the night / When the sun says good night to the mountain / I am dreaming of the sun / Say good night Joseph Shabalala
Lullaby and good night / In the sky stars are bright / 'Round your head / Flowers gay / Set you slumbers till day Johannes Brahms, Brian Kim, John Charles Edward Swihart
Lullaby / And good night / In the skies stars are bright / May the moon's silvery beams / Bring you sweet dreams Johannes Brahms, Laura Karpman
So fill to me the parting glass / And drink a health whate’er befalls / And gently rise and softly call / Good night and joy be to you all Kirk Jones, Shaun Davey
Lullaby and good night, with roses bestride, / With lilies bedecked. 'neath Baby's sweet bed. / May thou sleep, may thou rest, may thy slumber be blest. / May thou sleep, may thou rest, may thy slumber be blest. David Downes, Johannes Brahms
Close your eyes and I'll close mine / Good night sleep tight / Now the sun turns out his light / Good night sleep tight / Dream sweet dreams for me / Dream sweet dreams for you. John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Good night, my love / Pleasant dreams and sleep tight my love / May tomorrow be sunny and bright / And bring you closer to me John Marascalco, George Motola
Good night, my love, the tired old moon is descending. / Good night, my love, my moment with you is now ending. / It was so heavenly, holding you close to me. / It will be heavenly to hold you again in a dream. Harry Revel, Mack Gordon
Good night, sweetheart, tho' I'm not beside you / Good night, sweetheart, still my love will guide you / Dreams enfold you, in each one I'll hold you / Good night sweetheart, good night Jimmy Campbell, Ray Noble, Reg Connelly
Sleep well, my love, on night's dark breast, / And ease thy soul with slumber bright; / Be joy but thine and I am blest. / Good-night, my love, good-night, good-night. Paul Laurence Dunbar
Good-night? ah! no; the hour is ill/ Which severs those it should unite; / Let us remain together still, / Then it will be good night. Percy Bysshe Shelley
To hearts which near each other move / From evening close to morning light, / The night is good; because, my love, / They never say good-night. Percy Bysshe Shelley
My lips no other words can say, / But still they murmur and repeat / To you, who slumber far away, / Good night, my love! / good night, my sweet!  Robert Fuller Murray
Thy head lies pillowed on my breast— / My cheek upon thy brow— / Dear love, good night! Thou art at rest / From Past and Future now.  Ada Cambridge
Good-night! Now dwindle down and low / The embers of the afterglow, / And slowly over leaf and lawn / In twilight's dewy curtain drawn.  Alfred Austin
Forsaken love, its last tear shed, / On the lone pillow lays its head, / And all our woes are respited: / Good-night! Alfred Austin