The Sun Sayings and Quotes

Who doesn’t love sunshine? While we bask in its rays at the park or attend a barbecue, it’s easy to forget the sun is actually a giant, scorching hot star. Without it, earthlings would face eternal night and certain doom. Don’t take the warmth for granted and check out the collection of wise and insightful quotes about the sun below.

The night has a thousand eyes, / And the day but one; / Yet the light of the bright world dies, / With the dying sun. F.W. Bourdillon
A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises and the sun goes down, and hastens to where it rises. Bible (Ecclesiastes 1:4-9)
Be ye angry and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath. St. Paul
The moon's an arrant thief, / And her pale fire she snatches from the sun. William Shakespeare
The sun, its wedge / over the edge of earth did appear, / its golden light, / Drove away the night, / it looks like another day is here! Cliff Stewart
O Sun! The world's essence and motivator you are / The organizer of the book of the world you are. Allama Muhammad Iqbal
The sun comes forth; each mountain height / Glows with a tinge of rosy light, / And flowers, that slumbered through the night, / Their dewy leaves unfold; / A flood of splendor bursts on high, / And ocean's breast reflects a sky / Of crimson and of gold.. Felicia Dorothea Hemans
The sun comes out everyday. / To chase the darkness away. / There's nothing better to watch,then a sunrise. / Just be careful,don't look directly at it,with your eyes. faenellaith
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. C.S. Lewis
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. Charles Dickens
The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun. F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light while it's here is up to us. Journey wisely. Alexandra Elle
My mother is pure radiance. She is the sun I can touch and kiss, and hold without getting burnt. Sanober Khan
And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light. Chris Cornell
The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours. Lao Tzu
To correct a natural indifference I was placed halfway between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything. Albert Camus
Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain. Khalil Gibran
When you look at the sun during your walking meditation, the mindfulness of the body helps you to see that the sun is in you; without the sun there is no life at all and suddenly you get in touch with the sun in a different way. Thich Nhat Hanh