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The summer solstice stands before us, a portal, a doorway to summer. As the longest day of the year, it holds the start of summer, the season of sunshine.
From an astronomical standpoint, the summer solstice marks the moment when the lilt of the Earth’s axis is closest to the sun. This annual event falls on June 21st in the Northern Hemisphere, gifting us the longest day of the year.
The exact moment of the summer solstice is when the sun arrives at the highest point in the sky. From this day forward, days slowly shorten until the winter solstice, on December 21st, marking the shortest day of the year.
Midsummer, the overall period surrounding the summer solstice has for centuries been a time of celebration by many cultures around the world, especially in Sweden. For many cultures, this day signifies life, abundance, and renewal, as well as a celebration of the earth’s natural cycles.
Historically, the summer solstice traditions and rituals include parades, bonfires, maypole dancing, flower crowns, feasting, and gathering. It is an especially important day spiritually, especially for pagan traditions that honor the sun and its energy.
If you’re ready to celebrate midsummer, here are 64 Happy Summer Solstice Quotes and Sayings to celebrate Midsummer.
Celebrate the Summer Solstice Sayings
Do you celebrate Midsummer? How do you enjoy the longest day of the year? Let’s begin with summer solstice inspirational quotes about how special the start of summer is. This most beautiful day of all brings us not only warmer weather but abundance and happiness. Smile, it’s a time to celebrate life! They’re also perfect hot weather quotes.
“It is Summer, it is the solstice the crowd is cheering, the crowd is laughing in detail permanently, seriously without thought.” ― William Carlos Williams
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2. “It is the Summer Solstice. The earth rejoices in abundance and light, and so do we.” ― Deborah Blake
3. “Behold the season of high summer and the Summer Solstice. We celebrate as joy and happiness flow within all on this day. Today we celebrate the light, for tomorrow the light will begin to wane and sink deeper and deeper into the night.” ― M. Flora Peterson
“The power of the sun at the [Summer] Solstice is protective, healing, empowering, and revitalizing.” ― Lisa Lister
5. “One way of celebrating the Solstice is to consider it a sacred time of reflection, release, restoration, and renewal.” ― Sarah Ban Breathnach
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6. “Let the energy of the summer solstice help you to balance, release, recharge.” ― Unknown
Midsummer Connection with Earth and Abundance
What does the summer solstice signify for you? Does this day of growth hold special meaning for you? I hope the following happy summer solstice quotes about the earth’s cycle of growth inspire your own internal reflection. Consider how you also grow during this time. Happy Midsummer!
7. “Midsummer, the Summer Solstice, also known as Litha, arrives when the powers of nature reach their highest point. The earth is awash in the fertility of the Goddess and God.” ― Scott Cunningham
“Just as the sun is at the height of its power at Midsummer, it also begins its decline.” ― Timothy Roderick
9. “Flowers are essential to Midsummer’s rite.” ― Laurie Cabot
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10. “[Midsummer] is the time to stay out all night reveling and then gather plants before calling it a night. It is a magical time for divination, communing with the spirits, and finding true love – or at the very least romance, flirtation, and fun.” – Judika Illes
11. “Like Beltane, the Summer Solstice is said to be one of the times of year when the fairy court changes residence. Anyone who has ever seen fireflies flitting around on Midsummer might believe this is true, and certainly Shakespeare thought there was enough connection between the fey and Midsummer to write an entire play about it.” – Thea Sabin
A Time for Transformation and Change Quotes
Do you embrace change in your life? What about the seasons and shifts? This selection of happy summer solstice quotes explores the power of transition and change. Do as the earth does, change. Don’t be afraid to grow and let go, to move on and level up. Let all of nature support you at this time!
12. “Both the Winter and the Summer Solstices are expressions of love. They show us the opposition of light and dark, expansion and contraction, that characterize our experiences in the Earth school so that we can recognize our options as we move through our lives.” ― Gary Zukav
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13. “The great gift of the energy of the summer solstice is that it’s designed to move you from one phase to the next on your terms.” ― Deborah King
14. “…This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year’s threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath, the door of a vanished house left ajar…” ― Margaret Atwood
“Feel the soil’s energy at this time of the Summer Solstice. Feel the energy of growth and nourishment that vibrates in the earth. Sense the expansion, the throb of life as it flows through roots and stems.” ― Arin Murphy-Hisco*ck
16. “As the solstice sun rises on its day of greatest power, it draws up with it the power of herbs, standing stones, and crystals. In the shimmering heat-haze on the horizon, its magical energies are almost visible.” ― Anna Franklin
17. “At the Summer Solstice, all is green and growing, potential coming into being, the miracle of manifestation painted large on the canvas of awareness. At the Winter Solstice, the wind is cold, trees are bare and all lies in stillness beneath blankets of snow.” ― Gary Zukav
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18. “The summer solstice is a time for strength and vitality for action and movement.” ― Carole Carlton
The Beautiful Beginning of Summer Sayings
What’s your favorite season? Do you love summer and the season of the sun? The following inspirational summer solstice quotes and sayings explore the beauty of summer and new beginnings. Go out and enjoy the beauty of summer days and soak up the sweetness of summer nights while you can.
19. “And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Enjoy the sun that is now out and cherish it so that it can move eternally into your heart.” — Unknown
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21. “But thy eternal Summer shall not fade.” — William Shakespeare
22. “Eternal summer gilds them yet. But all, except their sun, is set.” — Lord Byron
“Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.” ― John Ruskin
24. “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” ― Albert Camus
25. “May the long time sun shine upon you all love surround you, and the pure light within you guide your way on.” ― Snatam Kaur
“Not only is it summer solstice, there is a full moon. May love surround you like sunshine on a sunny day.” ― William Shakespeare
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27. “The summer night is like a perfection of thought.” ― Unknown
28. “Summertime is always the best of what might be.” — Charles Bowden
Happy June Quotes to Welcome Summer
What’s your favorite month of summer? How do you spend the first day of summer? This collection of happy summer solstice quotes celebrates the month of June. It’s the beginning of summer after all, and one of the most beautiful months of the year (in the Northern Hemisphere anyways).
29. “June was the beginning of a hopeful summer.” ― Sarah Dessen
“June is the gateway to summer.” ― Jean Hersey
31. “I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.” ― L. M. Montgomery
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32. “It’s beautiful the Summer month of June… and the sun shines most of the day brightly.” ― Francis Duggan
33. “What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that its fresh young beauty will ever fade.” – Gertrude Jekyll
“June was the beginning of summer, and we all know what that meant. Summer was a series of bright, blazing moments, each one more indelible than the other.” ― Benjamin Alire Sáenz
35. “It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.” ― Maud Hart Lovelace
36. “June has never looked more beautiful than she does now, unadorned and honest, vulnerable yet invincible.” ― Marie Lu
37. “Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.” ― Jenny Han
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38. “At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon.” – Edgar Allan Poe
The Beauty and Joy of Summer Sayings
Is anything more beautiful than a sunny summer’s day? This next set of quotes about the summer solstice describes summer in all her glory. From beautiful summer mornings and afternoons to lazy evenings and outside activities. Summer is the best time of year! It’s more than a season, it’s a vibe!
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me, those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” ― Henry James
40. “Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds.” ― Regina Brett
41. “Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” — Sam Keen
42. “A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.” — James Dent
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43. “I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket.” ― Kellie Elmore
44. “Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill.” — Harper Lee
45. “Sweet, sweet burn of sun and summer wind, And you my friend, my new fun thing, my summer fling. Laugh, oh how we would laugh at anything, and so pretend a never-ending summer fling.” — K.D. Lang
“When the sun is shining, I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.” ― Wilma Rudolph
47. “I am summer, come to lure you away from your computer… come dance on my fresh grass, dig your toes into my beaches.” ― Oriana Green
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48. “It is easy to forget now, how effervescent and free we all felt that summer.” — Anna Godbersen
49. “I could never in a hundred summers get tired of this.” — Susan Branch
Love Hate Relationship with Summer Quotes
How do you really feel about summer? Do you love it or hate it at times? Summer can be a complicated season, which the following summer solstice quotes and sayings explore. It can be too hot, sweaty, and challenging for some. For every sun tan, there’s a sunburn. Do you love how summer makes you suffer? Plus, with increasing temperatures comes the risk of wildfires.
50. “When I was young, I loved summer and hated summer. When I got older I loved summer and hated summer. Now that I’m even older, and wiser, I hate both summer and summer.” — Jarod Kintz
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51. “It’s a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it’s light out.” – Bill Watterson
52. “Summer was a book of hope. That’s why I loved and hated summers. Because they made me want to believe.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“I have laughed more than daffodils and cried more than June.” ― Sanober Khan
54. “The days draw out, the weather gets warmer, and it’s what we call summer, with a bitter laugh when we’ve said it.” — Stan Barstow
55. “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” — John Steinbeck
56. “I prefer winter and fall when you feel the bone structure of the landscape—the loneliness of it—the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it—the whole story doesn’t show.” — Andrew Wyeth
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57. “Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.” ― Russell Baker
Inspirational Quotes about Sun and Nature
Are you ready for summer’s arrival? For midsummer in all its glory? Let’s celebrate the summer solstice with these inspirational blessings and quotes. May these help you embrace the sun and nature’s jubilant manifestations. June 21st is just the first day, all of June, July, and August are also glorious, enjoy every minute of it.
“The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.” ― Henry Ward Beecher
59. “If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
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60. “Summer set lip to earth’s bosom bare and left the flushed print in a poppy there.” ― Francis Thompson
61. “I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer—its dust and lowering skies.” — Toni Morrison
62. “Early summer days are a jubilee time for birds. In the fields, around the house, in the barn, in the woods, in the swamp—everywhere love and songs and nests and eggs.” — E.B. White
63. “Summer is come, for every spray now springs.” — Henry Howard
64. “To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” ― David Viscott
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Happy Midsummer! Get out and celebrate the first day of summer. Like the first kiss, it’s special.
Days of sweet sunshine, skin kissed with golden rays, summer is the perfect time to be. To enjoy the moments of where you are, while dreaming ahead to better days. Get outside and enjoy a perfect summer afternoon or evening.
Open up yourself to the energy of growth and abundance released on this day. May your life be blessed. These are the perfect life quotes to live by!
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Last Updated on August 4, 2023
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