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36 Hello Summer Quotes to Welcome the First Day of Sunshine

36 Hello Summer Quotes to Welcome the First Day of Sunshine

ByNadalie Bardo

Looking for hello summer quotes and sunny days? Ready to welcome the first day of summer and sunshine with cute summer sayings?

Summertime is peak everything. Peak intensity. The burning hot days and the high energy, but also being drained by the sun. What is it about summer that both gives you energy and takes it all away? Some reason to leave it all on the floor.

To live life to the fullest. Because you know autumn and winter are not too far behind.

I’m Nadalie, a goal-slaying coach to a community of over 10,000 and author of Conquer Procrastination. And summer, to me, is a reminder that intensity isn’t sustainable year-round, but it’s necessary in seasons.

You can’t live at summer’s pace forever. But while you’re in it? Go all in. Soak up every drop of sunshine. Make the memories. Take the adventures.

These hello summer quotes capture that energy. The excitement, the heat, the fullness of the season. Let them inspire you to embrace summer while it’s here.

Summer: The Season of Heat and Abundance

The word summer is quite old. It’s recorded before the year 900 and comes from the Old English word for the season, sumor. It’s related to the Dutch zomer, the German Sommer, and the Sanskrit samā (which means “year”). Summer became an adjective around 1300, and terms like summer camp, summer school, and summer resort are all first recorded in the 1800s.

With chilly spring mornings and rainy days behind us, summer is well on its way!

As temperatures rise and the days lengthen, so does our excitement for summer to arrive in all her glory! The signs are there, it’s undeniable, summer is here to stay. The summer equinox falls on June 20th and marks the official start of summer, also known as the summer solstice, which has been celebrated worldwide throughout history.

Let’s say farewell to spring and drink our fill of all that summer has to offer. More than any other, this summer feels extra special. Like a gift from Mother Nature herself to make up for long winters and rainy springs.

So say hello to summer vibes, and cheers to beach days, road trips, swimming pools, staying cool, and all things in between. To days with friends and family, drinking in the sun’s beautiful rays.

Here are 36 hello summer quotes to welcome the first day of summer, perfect ideas for fun summer captions for Instagram. It’s summertime, get outside and enjoy it.

Happy Summer is Here Quotes

Ready for hot summer days filled with sunshine? For the first day of summer? This first collection of hello summer quotes welcomes the first day of summer and everything it stands for. These hello summer quotes all describe summer in all its glory. They are the perfect summer solstice quotes, too!


1. “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” — Henry James

“It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.”

— John Cheever
"If it could only be like this always – always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe…" — Evelyn Waugh

3. “If it could only be like this always – always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe…” — Evelyn Waugh

“Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon.”

— C. Day Lewis


5. “Summertime. It was a song. It was a season. I wondered if that season would ever live inside of me.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz


"Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine." — Oprah Winfrey


6. “Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine.” — Oprah Winfrey



7. “Summer, after all, is a time when wonderful things can happen to quiet people.” — Deb Caletti



8. “To see the summer sky is poetry, though never in a book it lie–true poems flee.” — Emily Dickinson


“Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier.”

— Zooey Deschanel

"I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket." ― Kellie Elmore

10. “I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket.” — Kellie Elmore

Quotes to Welcome Summer’s Arrival

Are you excited about summer’s arrival? Ready to celebrate the season of sunshine? The following inspirational hello summer quotes are all about the end of spring and the start of summer on June 20th. Summer always comes on time, sometimes with sunshine early. They’re also the perfect Leo zodiac quotes!


11. “Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.” — Thomas Carlyle


“Summer is only the unfulfilled promise of spring, a charlatan in place of the warm balmy nights I dream of in April.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

"I love summertime more than anything else in the world. That is the only thing that gets me through the winter, knowing that summer is going to be there." — Jack McBrayer



13. “I love summertime more than anything else in the world. That is the only thing that gets me through the winter, knowing that summer is going to be there.” — Jack McBrayer


14. “Spring flew swiftly by, and summer came; and if the village had been beautiful at first, it was now in the full glow and luxuriance of its richness.” — Charles Dickens


"Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June." — Al Bernstein

15. “Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.” — Al Bernstein

Hello Summer Quotes About June

Is there a more glorious month than June? June is the month that not only brings us sunshine, but also all its bounty. This selection of hello summer quotes explores the month of June. To me, June means the end of school and the official start of summer. Enjoy these hot weather quotes.

“The beauty of that June day was almost staggering.”

― Dan Simmons


"I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June." — L.M. Montgomery

17. “I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.” — L.M. Montgomery


18. “It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.” — Maud Hart Lovelace

“In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explode, and every sunset is different.”

— John Steinbeck


20. “Occasionally I have come across a last patch of snow on top of a mountain in late May or June. There’s something very powerful about finding snow in summer.” — Andy Goldsworthy

“Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.” — Pablo Neruda

21. “Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.” — Pablo Neruda

“Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.”

— Hal Borland
"Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August." — Jenny Han


23. “Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.” — Jenny Han


24. “Hot July brings cooling showers, Apricots, and gillyflowers.” — Sara Coleridge

Say Hello to Sunshine and Summer Days

Enjoying the sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows of June, July, and August? Me too! This final collection of hello summer quotes describes the magic that is sunshine. Don’t forget, even on a cold winter day or a rainy spring day, you can create your own sunshine.

“Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch.”

― Walt Whitman
“Ô, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.” ― Roman Payne

26. “Ô, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.” ― Roman Payne

27. “Friends are the sunshine of life.” ― John Hay

“Look at the sunny side of everything.”

― Christian D. Larson
"When you can't find the sunshine, be the sunshine." ― Unknown


29. “When you can’t find the sunshine, be the sunshine.” ― Unknown

30. “Smile is the sacred sunshine of the soul.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Laughter is magic that dispenses clouds and creates sunshine in the soul.”

― Richelle E. Goodrich


32. “Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul.” ― Thomas Mann

33. “A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.” ― William Arthur Ward

“Sunlight makes the world come alive, so have a day filled with sunshine.” ― Anthony T Hincks

34. “Sunlight makes the world come alive, so have a day filled with sunshine.” ― Anthony T Hincks

35. “Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” ― Anthony J. D’Angelo

“Just living is not enough… One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”

― Hans Christian Andersen

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Soak Up Every Moment

Let’s enjoy the fullness of the summer months, get out and explore the outdoors, and drink up every ounce of sunshine.

May the sunshine, warmth, and beauty of summer raise your spirits and remind you that life is wonderful.

Summer is the perfect month for making memories and going on adventures. For living at full intensity. For leaving it all on the floor because you know the cooler, slower seasons are coming.

So don’t hold back. Don’t save your energy for later. Summer doesn’t wait. It burns bright and then it’s gone.

Make the most of it while it’s here.

Ready to celebrate the season? Dive into summer solstice quotes to mark the longest day, check out short summer quotes to embrace the heat, explore school’s out for summer quotes if you’re celebrating freedom, or look ahead to fall quotes for what’s coming next.

It’s all you, boo.

38 Hello Summer Quotes to Welcome the First Day of Sunshine

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Last Updated on March 15, 2026

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Nadalie Bardo is here to help you slay your goals, so you can pursue your best life with confidence and action. As the Founder of It's All You Boo, a personal development blog, she curates the very best content to keep you motivated and inspired to slay your goals in life and business. Her first book, Conquer Procrastination, is now available wherever books are sold, including Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Nadalie is also the creator of the Slay Your Goals Planner, the only planner dedicated to helping you actually achieve your goals. Let’s get you unstuck and taking action!

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