84 Short Sunset Quotes for All Occasions

Sunset Quotes

Sometimes all anyone needs is a beautiful sunset to end their day in a restful, reflective and peaceful way. Use these sunset quotes to post a calming goodnight message to your loved ones on Instagram, X, Facebook and other social media.

As you wind down for the night, also take a look at these special goodnight quotes (or for the morning, these good morning quotes).

Sunset Quotes

My dream date would be a hike through the woods followed by an outdoor picnic followed by a glass of wine at sunset. Heaven!

“My dream date would be a hike through the woods followed by an outdoor picnic followed by a glass of wine at sunset. Heaven!” – Nina Agdal

Fantasy is what allows us to tap into the feeling of the sunset.

“Fantasy is what allows us to tap into the feeling of the sunset.” – Lebo Grand

Every end of the day is a great movie and the Sun above is surely the leading actor in this film!

“Every end of the day is a great movie and the Sun above is surely the leading actor in this film!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

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You know, I say, every sunset is a sunrise somewhere else. Is that another metaphor? I grin. Yes, but it is also true.

“You know, I say, every sunset is a sunrise somewhere else. Is that another metaphor? I grin. Yes, but it is also true.” – Julia Tilson

Then I pivoted, turned, climbed astride Bessie and rod off into the sunset, soul-o.

“Then I pivoted, turned, climbed astride Bessie and rod off into the sunset, soul-o.” – Debi Tolbert Duggar

It seems there is more interest in sunsets than sunrises. Perhaps because innately we fear the dark.

“It seems there is more interest in sunsets than sunrises. Perhaps because innately we fear the dark.” – Richelle E. Goodrich

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Sunset is the only therapy I need. There is something magical about it, it makes you feel things. And with every new sunset that feeling is always different. And the beutiful thing is that no matter what you feel, as long as you feel, you are living and that is all that matters.

“Sunset is the only therapy I need. There is something magical about it, it makes you feel things. And with every new sunset that feeling is always different. And the beutiful thing is that no matter what you feel, as long as you feel, you are living and that is all that matters.” – Tadas Petrovas

Sometimes the sunset is so beautiful, I think it might be the very last one.

“Sometimes the sunset is so beautiful, I think it might be the very last one.” – Nitya Prakash

To watch a sunset is to connect with the Divine.

“To watch a sunset is to connect with the Divine.” – Gina De Gorna

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

“If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.” – G.K. Chesterton

Your choice between sunrise or sunset depends on your attitude.

“Your choice between sunrise or sunset depends on your attitude.” – Ibn Jeem

Feelings aroused by the touch of someone’s hand, the sound of music, the smell of a flower, a beautiful sunset, a work of art, love, laughter, hope and faith – all work on both the unconscious and the conscious aspects of the self, and they have physiological consequences as well.

“Feelings aroused by the touch of someone’s hand, the sound of music, the smell of a flower, a beautiful sunset, a work of art, love, laughter, hope and faith – all work on both the unconscious and the conscious aspects of the self, and they have physiological consequences as well.” – Bernie Siegel

The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the color that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again.

“The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the color that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again.” – Ram Charan

Live to revel in just another twilight. Life may sink and disappear along with the sunset never to rise again

“Live to revel in just another twilight. Life may sink and disappear along with the sunset never to rise again” – Munia Khan

I am very fond of sunsets. Come, let us go look at a sunset.

“I am very fond of sunsets. Come, let us go look at a sunset.”

Sunset is so marvellous that even the sun itself watches it every day in the reflections of the infinite oceans!

“Sunset is so marvellous that even the sun itself watches it every day in the reflections of the infinite oceans!” – Mehmet Murat Ildan

The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower.

“The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower.” – Roberto Bolaño

When your world moves too fast and you lose yourself in the chaos, introduce yourself to each color of the sunset.

“When your world moves too fast and you lose yourself in the chaos, introduce yourself to each color of the sunset.” – Christy Ann Martine

Sunset is always wiser than sunrise because sunset has added the experience of an entire day to his soul!

“Sunset is always wiser than sunrise because sunset has added the experience of an entire day to his soul!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

It’s that time between day and night when the sky looks like it’s on fire and mosquitoes are on the hunt.

“It’s that time between day and night when the sky looks like it’s on fire and mosquitoes are on the hunt.” – Angie Thomas

The sun was a fiery furnace of gold, but finally it set in the west and the cosmos glittered like a million burning embers, briefly reminding Awa of poetry readings under starry skies in Timbuktu.

“The sun was a fiery furnace of gold, but finally it set in the west and the cosmos glittered like a million burning embers, briefly reminding Awa of poetry readings under starry skies in Timbuktu.” – Rehan Khan

Sometimes the sun sets so beautifully that one wants neither night nor day anymore, but only that magical sunset twilight moment!

“Sometimes the sun sets so beautifully that one wants neither night nor day anymore, but only that magical sunset twilight moment!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm but to add color to my sunset sky.

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm but to add color to my sunset sky.” – Rabindranath Tagore

A sunrise or sunset can be ablaze with brilliance and arouse all the passion, all the yearning, in the soul of the beholder.

“A sunrise or sunset can be ablaze with brilliance and arouse all the passion, all the yearning, in the soul of the beholder.” – Mary Balogh

And the sunset still stirs in my heart a longing for worlds that I don’t know and may never know. ― Ahmed Salah Al

“And the sunset still stirs in my heart a longing for worlds that I don’t know and may never know. ― Ahmed Salah Al” – Mahdi

Sunset is a wonderful opportunity for us to appreciate all the great things the sun gives us!

“Sunset is a wonderful opportunity for us to appreciate all the great things the sun gives us!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

Seeing a sunset, Linnea felt connected both to the earth below and God above.

“Seeing a sunset, Linnea felt connected both to the earth below and God above.” – Mary Alice Monroe

Sunset is the opening music of the night.

“Sunset is the opening music of the night.” – Mehmet Murat ildan

One day, the sun moon said: ‘I love you!’ Sun blushed and appeared sunset that day. ― Corina Abdulahm

“One day, the sun moon said: ‘I love you!’ Sun blushed and appeared sunset that day. ― Corina Abdulahm” – Negura

The Sun is never alone as the light remains with him always. Even when he goes down sinking… sinking, the light drowns with him.

“The Sun is never alone as the light remains with him always. Even when he goes down sinking… sinking, the light drowns with him.” – Munia Khan

I can’t give you the sunset, but I can give you the night.

“I can’t give you the sunset, but I can give you the night.” – Erin McCarthy

Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can’t stand a little silence.

“Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can’t stand a little silence.” – Carl Hiaasen

The sun set, which is everyday magic…

“The sun set, which is everyday magic…” – Terry Pratchett

Sunrise is the start of something beautiful: the day. Sunset is the start of something beautiful: the night.

“Sunrise is the start of something beautiful: the day. Sunset is the start of something beautiful: the night.” – Juansen Dizon

Bursts of gold on lavender melting into saffron. It’s the time of day when the sky looks like it has been spray-painted by a graffiti artist.

“Bursts of gold on lavender melting into saffron. It’s the time of day when the sky looks like it has been spray-painted by a graffiti artist.” – Mia Kirshner

Never turn your back to the sunset, because you owe the sun a thanking for lighting you all day!

“Never turn your back to the sunset, because you owe the sun a thanking for lighting you all day!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

The sun is setting in a burnt orange sky; the cliffs are black silhouettes; the sea, liquid silver.

“The sun is setting in a burnt orange sky; the cliffs are black silhouettes; the sea, liquid silver.” – Laura Treacy Bentley

Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.

“Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.” – Ann Landers

Sunsets are proof that endings can be beautiful too.

“Sunsets are proof that endings can be beautiful too.” – Beau Taplin

I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.

“I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.” – Ben Harper

Just don’t forget that some of us watch the sunset too.

“Just don’t forget that some of us watch the sunset too.” – S.E. Hinton

I’d just love to ride off into the sunset with my love. I’ve only seen the sunset so far. Maybe I can earn my own Ferrari so I can ride off in the sunset without anyone by my side.

“I’d just love to ride off into the sunset with my love. I’ve only seen the sunset so far. Maybe I can earn my own Ferrari so I can ride off in the sunset without anyone by my side.” – Amrita Singh

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” – Samuel Smiles

There is nothing more musical than a sunset.

“There is nothing more musical than a sunset.” – Claude Debussy

In that dilated moment after sunset when the sky holds all the light.

“In that dilated moment after sunset when the sky holds all the light.” – David Wroblewski

Sunsets are my escape into the reality I want to continuously live.

“Sunsets are my escape into the reality I want to continuously live.” – Rachel Roy

The Lord has turned all our sunsets into sunrise.

“The Lord has turned all our sunsets into sunrise.” – Clement of Alexandria

If you’ve ever seen a perfect sunset, you should know that that perfection was captured by the magnificent touch of clouds, mountains and rivers!

“If you’ve ever seen a perfect sunset, you should know that that perfection was captured by the magnificent touch of clouds, mountains and rivers!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

Meeting the sunset create a state of inertia: One starts staring at the sunset and do nothing else!

“Meeting the sunset create a state of inertia: One starts staring at the sunset and do nothing else!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.

“It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.” – Bern Williams

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.

“Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.” – Elbert Hubbard

If you aren’t a little bit wiser at sunset than in the morning, then that day is wasted!

“If you aren’t a little bit wiser at sunset than in the morning, then that day is wasted!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

You want proof there’s a God? Look outside, watch a sunset.

“You want proof there’s a God? Look outside, watch a sunset.” – Frank E. Peretti

There’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.

“There’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.” – Carlos Santana

The sun slowly sets as if it gives you time to get ready for the darkness!

“The sun slowly sets as if it gives you time to get ready for the darkness!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

Watch the sunset without speaking, just like a bird watching the sunset in complete silence!

“Watch the sunset without speaking, just like a bird watching the sunset in complete silence!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

Soon it got dusk, a grapy dusk, a purple dusk over tangerine groves and long melon fields; the sun the color of pressed grapes, slashed with burgandy red, the fields the color of love and Spanish mysteries.

“Soon it got dusk, a grapy dusk, a purple dusk over tangerine groves and long melon fields; the sun the color of pressed grapes, slashed with burgandy red, the fields the color of love and Spanish mysteries.” – Jack Kerouac

I make a concerted effort to go watch the sunset a few days a week, have a glass of wine, and take a moment to feel fortunate and grateful for the view and for my life.

“I make a concerted effort to go watch the sunset a few days a week, have a glass of wine, and take a moment to feel fortunate and grateful for the view and for my life.” – Andi Dorfman

If the sun breaks through the clouds in the last hour before sunset, then be sure to put the sun on your back and look at the view.

“If the sun breaks through the clouds in the last hour before sunset, then be sure to put the sun on your back and look at the view.” – Tristan Gooley

The sunset paints scenery crimson and gold. Oh, wondrous nature dyed in colors bold.

“The sunset paints scenery crimson and gold. Oh, wondrous nature dyed in colors bold.” – Richelle E. Goodrich

The sunset glow of self-possession.

“The sunset glow of self-possession.” – Nicolas Chamfort

You just gotta use the sunset as a reset button and start over in the morning with every chance you get to open your eyes.

“You just gotta use the sunset as a reset button and start over in the morning with every chance you get to open your eyes.” – Victoria Monet

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.” – Charles A. Beard

Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age.

“Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age.” – Vera Nazarian

A sunset is the sun’s fiery kiss to the night.

“A sunset is the sun’s fiery kiss to the night.” – Crystal Woods

The clouds had dispersed and for a change, the sun was visible in the west, a sinking ball of vodka and cranberry juice.

“The clouds had dispersed and for a change, the sun was visible in the west, a sinking ball of vodka and cranberry juice.” – Saurbh Katyal

Let the sea breeze blow your hair, let the sunset bring tranquility to your heart, let the distant places you travel allow you to explore yourself.

“Let the sea breeze blow your hair, let the sunset bring tranquility to your heart, let the distant places you travel allow you to explore yourself.” – Somya Kedia

I’ve got sunsets on the insides of my eyelids.

“I’ve got sunsets on the insides of my eyelids.” – Pete Wentz

To leave out beautiful sunsets is the secret of good taste.

“To leave out beautiful sunsets is the secret of good taste.” – Dejan Stojanovic

Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.

“Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.” – S. E. Hinton

Sunset shows that LIFE is too beautiful to hold on to the past so Move on to the Present.

“Sunset shows that LIFE is too beautiful to hold on to the past so Move on to the Present.” – Jennifer Aquillo

Watching them was like watching the sunset and the sunrise, equally beautiful in different ways.

“Watching them was like watching the sunset and the sunrise, equally beautiful in different ways.” – Shannon A. Thompson

Don’t forget: beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies.

“Don’t forget: beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies.” – Paulo Coelho

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” – Rabindranath Tagore

In silence the three of them looked at the sunset and thought about God.

“In silence the three of them looked at the sunset and thought about God.” – Maud Hart Lovelace

Everyone can identify with a fragrant garden, with beauty of sunset, with the quiet of nature, with a warm and cozy cottage.

“Everyone can identify with a fragrant garden, with beauty of sunset, with the quiet of nature, with a warm and cozy cottage.” – Thomas Kinkade

Every sunset is a journey, a journey to remember the memories of the past!

“Every sunset is a journey, a journey to remember the memories of the past!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

But when all but deserted, at either sunrise or sunset, it is magical, and one’s imagination soars.

“But when all but deserted, at either sunrise or sunset, it is magical, and one’s imagination soars.” – Richard Cohen

Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there’s something good about feeling both.

“Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there’s something good about feeling both.” – Amy Grant

People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don’t find myself saying, Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner.’ I don’t try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.

“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don’t find myself saying, Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner.’ I don’t try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.” – Carl R. Rogers

Now she’s lit by the warm orange spreading from the horizon as not-quite-day, becomes not-quite-night.

“Now she’s lit by the warm orange spreading from the horizon as not-quite-day, becomes not-quite-night.” – David Levithan

The sun tells the best joke of a day full of them, setting so spectacularly that you can almost smell the tropical paradise lazing somewhere over this rim of endless, gray socialist towers. Miles of square windows explode orange, red, and purple, like a million TV sets broadcasting the apocalypse. Clouds unspool. The sky drains of birds.

“The sun tells the best joke of a day full of them, setting so spectacularly that you can almost smell the tropical paradise lazing somewhere over this rim of endless, gray socialist towers. Miles of square windows explode orange, red, and purple, like a million TV sets broadcasting the apocalypse. Clouds unspool. The sky drains of birds.” – Tod Wodicka

In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.

“In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.” – Milan Kundera

Keep looking up! I learn from the past, dream about the future and look up. There’s nothing like a beautiful sunset to end a healthy day.

“Keep looking up! I learn from the past, dream about the future and look up. There’s nothing like a beautiful sunset to end a healthy day.” – Rachel Boston

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