Spring Forward: 60 Quotes to Inspire Growth and Fresh Starts

Spring quotes allow us to embrace the new beginnings that the season represents. As flowers begin to bloom and the weather warms, spring beckons us to grow and make a fresh start too.

The transition from winter’s dreary chill to the colorful rebirth of spring is truly magical. It stirs something deep within our souls – a yearning for transformation and new adventures.

If you’ve been feeling stuck in a rut, now is the perfect time to harness spring’s energy and infuse some positive change into your life. 

Whether you want to cultivate new habits, chase big dreams, or simply enjoy the beauty around you, let these spring forward quotes be your guide.

So open the windows, take a deep breath of fresh spring air, and get ready to be inspired by this collection of quotes celebrating growth, renewal and fresh starts.

60 Uplifting Spring Quotes

1. “Spring is the time of plans and projects.” – Leo Tolstoy

2. “Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!'” – Robin Williams

3. “The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.” – Josiyah Martin

4. “Spring: a lovely reminder of how beautiful change can truly be.” – Unknown

5. “Blossom by blossom the spring begins.” – Algernon Charles Swinburne

6. “Spring makes everything young again.” – Unknown

7. “No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.” – Proverb

8. “Spring is when you feel like whistling, even with a shoe full of slush.” – Doug Larson

9. “Spring is a time to find out where you are, who you are, and move toward where you are going.” – Penelope Trunk

10. “The deep roots never doubt spring will come.” – Marty Rubin

11. “Spring adds new life and new joy to all that is.” – Jessica Harrelson

12. “Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.” – Bishop Reginald Heber

13. “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” – Anne Bradstreet

14. “Spring will come and so will happiness. Hold on. Life will get warmer.” – Anita Krizzan

15. “Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.” – Lilly Pulitzer

16. “In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” – Margaret Atwood

17. “Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love.” – Sitting Bull

18. “If you’ve never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom.” – Audra Foveo

19. “Spring’s greatest joy beyond a doubt is when it brings the children out.” – Edgar Guest

20. “That is one good thing about this world…there are always sure to be more springs.” – L.M. Montgomery

21. “It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want—oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!” – Mark Twain

22. “No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” – Hal Borland

23. “You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” – Pablo Neruda

24. “Spring drew on…and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night, and left each morning brighter traces of her steps.” – Charlotte Brontë

25. “The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.” – Henry Van Dyke

26. “An optimist is the human personification of spring.” – Susan J. Bissonette

27. “I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees.” – Pablo Neruda

28. “April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” – William Shakespeare

29. “The promise of spring’s arrival is enough to get anyone through the bitter winter.” – Jen Selinsky

30. “I enjoy the spring more than the autumn now. One does, I think, as one gets older.” – Virginia Woolf

31. “Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.” – Ambrose Bierce

32. “With the coming of spring, I am calm again.” – Gustav Mahler

33. “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” – Audrey Hepburn

34. “Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring?” – Neltje Blanchan

35. “I glanced out the window at the signs of spring. The sky was almost blue, the trees were almost budding, the sun was almost bright.” – Millard Kaufman

36. “People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” – Rogers Hornsby

37. “Where flowers bloom so does hope.” – Lady Bird Johnson

38. “Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.” – Virgil A. Kraft

39. “The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created spring.” – Bernard Williams

40. “Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day.” – W. Earl Hall

41. “The earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

42. “Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.” – Ellis Peters

43. “If people did not love one another, I really don’t see what use there would be in having any spring.” – Victor Hugo

44. “Spring won’t let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.” – Gustav Mahler

45. “I suppose the best kind of spring morning is the best weather God has to offer.” – Dodie Smith

46. “April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go.” – Christopher Morley

47. “Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.” – Lewis Grizzard

48. “Always it’s spring and everyone’s in love and flowers pick themselves.” – E.E. Cummings

49. “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

50. “I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden.” – Ruth Stout

51. “Spring is the fountain of love for thirsty winter.” – Munia Khan

52. “Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder

53. “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” – Cicero

54. “I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can’t be done in one picture.” – David Hockney

55. “What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.” – Kobayashi Issa

56. “I must have flowers, always and always.” – Claude Monet

57. “When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest.” – Ernest Hemingway

58. “The first real day of spring is like the first time a boy holds your hand. A flood of skin-tingling warmth consumes you, and everything shines with a fresh, colorful glow, making you forget that anything as cold and harsh as winter ever existed.” – Richelle E. Goodrich

59. “Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.” – Robert H. Schuller

60. “Despite the heart numbing frost, my soul is blooming like spring.” – Debasish Mridha

Spring is here, and with it comes the opportunity for a fresh start. As you step into this new season, let these inspiring quotes be your companion.

Remember, growth isn’t always easy, but it’s always worth it. Like a flower pushing through the frozen ground after a long winter, you too have the strength to bloom anew.

So embrace the change, welcome the challenges, and trust in the journey. Happy spring, my friend – may it lead you to wonderful places.