75 Good Night Quotes for a Beautiful Sleep

Welcome a deep, calming slumber to give your body the rest and nourishment it deserves.

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Tonight we bring to you 75 calming and positive good night quotes to read as you rest and welcome a well-deserved sleep.

Good Night Quotes for Deep Sleep

“Your future depends on your dreams, so go to sleep.”
― Mesut Barazany

“Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.”
― Rumi

Image with good night quote by Anthony Liccione

“Let the night take you. Let the stars evaporate into your dreams. Let sleep be the only comfort for you to believe.”
― Anthony Liccione

“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 Brontë

To help you sleep better, here are some soothing and enriching sleep affirmations that you can listen to as you drift off to a good night's rest:

“Take a deep breath. Inhale peace. Exhale happiness.”
― A. D. Posey

“It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.”
― John Steinbeck

Image with good night quote from Irish Proverbs

“A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.”
― Irish proverb

“Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.”
― Thomas Dekker

“Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.”
―Margaret Wise Brown

Image with good night quote by Enid Bagnold

“Before you fall asleep every day, say something positive to yourself.”
―Enid Bagnold

“Goodnight. Sleep awaits those of us who dare to dream.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber.”
― William Shakespeare

“A well-spent day brings happy sleep.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.”
― Heraclitus

“Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte

Good Night Quotes on Happiness

“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.”
- William Morris

“To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.”
- Bertrand Russell

“The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.”
- Carrie Jones

“There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.”
- Charlotte Bronte

“It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
- Dale Carnegie

“If only we’d stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.”
- Edith Wharton

“The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.”
- Eric Hoffer

“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”
- Frederick Keonig

“There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.”
- Freya Stark

“There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.”
- George Sand

Image with good night quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though it were his own.”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”
- Joseph Addison

The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable.
- Joseph Roux

“It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”
- L.M. Montgomery

“If you look to others for fulfilment, you will never be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you.”
- Lao Tzu

Image with good night quote by Marcel Proust

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
- Marcel Proust

“In my life, I’ve learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that love is what we’re all searching for. I haven’t come across anyone who didn’t become a better person through love.”
- Marla Gibbs

“Happiness is the default state. It’s what’s there when you remove the sense that something is missing in life.”
- Naval Ravikant

“Happiness is the experience of loving life. Being happy is being in love with that momentary experience. And love is looking at someone or even something and seeing the absolute best in him/her or it. Love is happiness with what you see. So love and happiness really are the same thing…just expressed differently.”
- Robert McPhillips

“On the whole, the happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.”
- William R. Inge

Related: The Secret to Be Happy For Life

Good Night Quotes on Life

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”
— Dalai Lama

“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.”
— John Lennon

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
— Mae West

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
– Albert Einstein

“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”
– Babe Ruth

Image with good night quote by Seneca

“Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.”
— Seneca

“The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.”
– Henry Ford

“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”
– Soren Kierkegaard

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
— Oprah Winfrey

“Life imposes things on you that you can’t control, but you still have the choice of how you’re going to live through this.”
— Celine Dion

“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.”
— Lao-Tze

“Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.”
— Lillian Dickson

Image with good night quote by William Wordsworth

“The best portion of a good man’s life is his little nameless, unencumbered acts of kindness and of love.”
— William Wordsworth

“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.”
— Charles Swindoll

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The greatest pleasure of life is love.”
— Euripides

“Life is about making an impact, not making an income.”
— Kevin Kruse

“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
— J. K. Rowling

“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”
— Audrey Hepburn

“Life is very interesting… in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.”
– Drew Barrymore

Related: The 5 Greatest Lessons Life Taught Me

Good Night Quotes on Gratitude

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”
- Robert Brault

“Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is.”
- Mandy Hale

Image with good night quote by William Bennett

“Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.”
- William Bennett

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.”
- Melodie Beattie

“There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.”
- Ralph H. Blum

“Gratitude is an antidote to negative emotions, a neutralizer of envy, hostility, worry, and irritation. It is savouring; it is not taking things for granted; it is present-oriented.”
- Sonja Lyubomirsky

“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”
- Eckhart Tolle

“Great things happen to those who don't stop believing, trying, learning, and being grateful.”
- Roy T. Bennett

“Living in a state of gratitude is the gateway to grace.”
- Arianna Huffington

“True forgiveness is when you can say, 'Thank you for that experience'”
- Oprah Winfrey

“Each day brings new opportunities, allowing you to constantly live with love – be there for others – bring a little light into someone's day. Be grateful and live each day to the fullest.”
- Roy T. Bennett

“The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.”
- Zig Ziglar

“Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.”
- Christiane Northrup

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”
- Robert Brault

“Gratitude for the present moment and the fullness of life now is the true prosperity.”
- Eckhart Tolle

“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”
- Oprah Winfrey

“Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.”
- Edwin Arlington Robinson

“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
- Melodie Beattie

“Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.”
- Amy Collette

“The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.”
- Mary Davis

“There’s no happier person than a truly thankful, content person.”
- Joyce Meyer

Related: 11 Steps to Become More Grateful

As you sleep, let go of your worries, workload, and expectations for tomorrow. Embrace the rest that your body needs and be mindful to provide it willingly. Take long, deep breaths, and let thoughts escape. You'll rise tomorrow but now you must rest.

Goodnight, sleep tight. 🌝 🌠

Continue Reading: 40 Things to Be Grateful For Today

Aarushi Tewari

Aarushi Tewari

The writer and affirmations speaker at Gratitude, Aarushi believes that one of the most effective ways of feeling inner peace is by being grateful and having a loving self-relationship.

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