Are you looking for some winter quotes to help you celebrate the season?
This lovely selection of seasonal quotes has everything you need to embrace winter and feel inspired.
The best winter quotes
There’s so much to enjoy about this time of year: frosty mornings, winter sunlight, snow days, cosy evenings, winter walks, and of course Christmas! It’s no wonder lots of writers have been inspired to share their thoughts about winter.
In this roundup of winter quotes you’ll find lots of great winter sayings to inspire and give you the chills. There are inspirational winter quotes, funny quotes about winter, beautiful winter sayings, nature quotes for winter season, winter solstice quotes, winter love quotes, and short winter quotes to explore.
Lots of these cold weather quotes about winter season are also perfect accompaniments to your social media posts. My nature hashtags copy and paste lists will come in handy for those too.
Inspirational winter quotes
Let’s start off the seasonal celebration with some inspiring winter quotes.
“To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold.” – Aristotle
“Winter forms our character and brings out our best.” – Tom Allen
“That’s what winter is: An exercise in remembering how to still yourself then how to come pliantly back to life again.” – Ali Smith
“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” – Hal Borland
“The colour of springtime is in the flowers; the colour of winter is in the imagination.” – Terri Guillemets
“Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.” – Pietro Aretino
“In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus
“Close your eyes. Hear the silent snow. Listen to your soul speak.” – Adrienne Posey
“Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance.” – Yoko Ono
“A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn’t mean in winter.” – Patricia Briggs
“Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.” – Paul Theroux
“Every winter has its spring.” – H. Tuttle
Perfect winter quotes for instagram and TikTok
If you’re searching for winter quotes for instagram or TikTok, you’ll find the perfect option here.
“Brrrring on the cold.”
“Dear winter, stop being so romantic, I’m single here.”
“Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…somewhere else!”
“If you need me, I’ll be inside until April.”
“Very winter-esting.”
“Dashing through the snow.”
“Hot drinks, cold days.”
“So cool, inside and outside.”
More winter captions for instagram
“Cold hands, warm heart.”
“Hello, winter!”
“Enjoying a little frost-tea this morning.”
“It’s officially winter, or as I call it, Netflix season.”
“Walking in a winter wonderland.”
“Winter hibernation mode.”
“Dear winter, I think we should spend some time apart. I’m going to try and work things out with my ex, summer.”
Beautiful winter sayings
These winter sayings really capture the beauty of the season.
“December’s wintry breath is already clouding the pond, frosting the pane, obscuring summer’s memory.” – John Geddes
“The snow is sparkling like a million little suns.” – Lama Willa Miller
“Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour.” – John Boswell
“Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity.” – Novala Takemoto
“The warmest blankets of peace snow only from the heart.” – unknown
“There was a silver lining tucked into last weekend’s blizzard.” – Liz Krieger
“It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam.This crisp winter air is full of it.” – John Burroughs
“The snow fell as softly as a poet’s tears.” – Kevin Ansbro
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” – Lewis Carroll
“Kindness is like snow. It beautifies everything it covers.” – Kahlil Gibran
Welcoming winter quotes
Embrace the season with these welcome winter quotes.
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” – Edith Sitwell
“Winter blues are cured every time with a potato gratin paired with a roast chicken.” – Alexandra Guarnaschelli
“If winter helps you curl up and more that makes it one of the best of the seasons.” – Murray Pura
“In winter we behold the charms of solemn majesty and naked grandeur.” – James Ellis
“In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold.” – Ben Aaronovitch
“I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas. It brings people together whilst time stands still.” – Rachel Cohn
“Winter reminds us that everyone and everything needs some quiet time.” – Katrina Mayer
Funny winter quotes
These funny quotes on winter themes will raise a frosty smile.
“There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” – John Ruskin
“A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.” – Markus Zusak
“The smallest snowstorm on record took place an hour ago in my back yard. It was approximately two flakes. I waited for more to fall, but that was it.” – Richard Brautigan
“Every mile is two in the winter.” – George Herbert
“Winter, I wrote, was akin to living inside a refrigerator.” – Okey Ndibe
“Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.” – Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
“When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels.” – unknown
“Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation.” – Sinclair Lewis
“The problem with winter sports is that – follow me closely here – they generally take place in winter.” – Dave Barry
“The snow doesn’t give a soft white damn whom it touches.” – E.E. Cummings
“They say that there can never be two snowflakes that are exactly alike, but has anyone checked lately?” – Terry Pratchett
“I can’t get out of bed on days when the temperature is less than my age.” – unknown
“Winter is nature’s way of saying, ‘Up yours.’” – Robert Byrne
“I think the perfect gift to give anyone in the winter is a heated toilet seat.” – unknown
Winter love quotes
Create a romantic vibe with these quotes on winter love.
“The first snow is like the first love.” – Lara Biyuts
“The heart can get really cold if all you’ve known is winter.” – Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“If you think my winter is too cold, you don’t deserve my spring.” – Erin Hanson
“Dear winter, I’m breaking up with you. I think it’s time I start seeing other seasons. Summer is hotter than you.” – unknown
“You are ice and fire, the touch of you burns my hands like snow.” – Amy Lowell
Winter nights quotes
Cosy up on the sofa with these winter night quotes.
“If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.” – Lucy Larcom
“Soon comes the cold, and the night that never ends.” – George R. R. Martin
“Winter is not a season, it’s a celebration.” – Anamika Mishra
“Never are voices so beautiful as on a winter’s evening.” – Virginia Woolf
“Let the storm rage on. The cold never bothered me anyway.” – Elsa, “Frozen’”
“In winter’s tedious nights sit by the fire, With good old folks and let them tell thee tales, Of woeful ages, long ago betid” – William Shakespeare, Richard II
Short winter quotes
Only need a few words? These short quotes about winter will keep it simple.
“You can’t get too much winter in the winter.” – Robert Frost
“The truth is, in winter, the earth rejects us.” – Ruth Ellen Kocher
“There’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.” – Sir Ranulph Fiennes
“Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.” – Victor Hugo
“Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories.” – Deborah Kerr
“I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.” – T. S. Eliot
“We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.” – Walter Scott
“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Melancholy were the sounds on a winter’s night.” – Virginia Woolf
Winter is coming quotes
We couldn’t make a list of winter quotes without a nod to Game of Thrones!
“For they are the knights of summer, and winter is coming.” – George R. R. Martin
“It is always winter now.” – George R.R. Martin
“My old grandmother always used to say, summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.” – George R.R. Martin
“Nothing burns like the cold.” – George R. R. Martin
“For winter was coming. The days were shorter, and frost crawled up the window panes at night. Soon the snow would come. Then the log house would be almost buried in snowdrifts, and the lake and the stream would freeze.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder
Winter snow quotes
Whether you’re enjoying a snow day, or wishing the snow would fall, winter snow quotes definitely set the scene.
“When snow falls, nature listens.” – Antoinette Van Kleeff
“There’s just something beautiful about walking on snow that nobody else has walked on. It makes you believe you’re special.” – Carol Rifka Brunt
“The snow was endless, a heavy blanket on the outdoors; it had a way about it. A beauty. But I knew that, like many things, beauty could be deceiving.” – Cambria Hebert
“They watched the snow fall and fall and fall until they thought that they were the ones falling.” – Ann Patchett
“It was the kind of snow that brought children running out their doors, made them turn their faces skyward, and spin in circles with their arms outstretched.” – Eowyn Ivey
“The very fact of snow is such an amazement.” – Roger Ebert
“The world was furred with late spring snow. It was the soft, thick stuff that excites you unless you are driving or half dead, packing snow already falling in caterpillars off the greening branches.” – Marian Engel
“Snow is the truth only when it’s snowing.” – Marty Rubin
“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be unnecessary freezing of water.” – Carl Reiner
“Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder – no matter how old you became and how much you’d seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.” – Candace Bushnell
“Snowfall rouses your inner child to dream and play once more.” – Angie Weiland-Crosby
“A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder.” – Susan Orlean
“Snow flurries began to fall and they swirled around people’s legs like house cats. It was magical, this snow globe world.” – Sarah Addison Allen
“Snow brings a special quality with it – the power to stop life as you know it dead in its tracks.” – Nancy Hatch Woodward
“Sometimes I would like to be a child again, and other times a woman made of snow.” – Deirdre Sullivan
“The snow began to fall again, drifting against the windows, politely begging entrance and then falling with disappointment to the ground.” – Jamie McGuire
“Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person.” – Sylvia Plath
Cute winter quotes
How about some cute winter quotes to make everyone smile?
“When life gives you too much snow – make snow angels.” – unknown
“January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow.” – Sara Coleridge
“Eat, drink, and be cosy.” – unknown
“You are not a special snowflake.” – Sophia Amoruso
“Dear winter. I’m just using you to get to summer.” – unknown
“And since we’ve no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.” – Sammy Cahn
“Take some advice from winter and chill out.” – unknown
Winter morning quotes
Start the day on a positive note with some quotes on winter morning glory.
“Morning. Strawberry sky dusted with white winter powder sugar sun. And nobody to munch on it with.” – Francesca Lia Block
“There is something strange in the silence of a winter view: Something seems to happen, but nothing happens, as if all reality is frozen!” – Mehmet Murat ildan
“I’m a cold winter morning, y’all summer’s eve.” – Ka
“Happiness is the feeling of warm sunlight hitting you on a cold winter’s day.” – unknown
“Love should feel like a hand-sewn quilt made by grandma, wrapping you up on a cold winter morning.” – Carroll Bryant
“Welcome, winter. Your late dawns and chilled breath make me lazy, but I love you nonetheless.” – Terri Guillemets
“It’s a beautiful day to go outside and remind myself why I stay inside.” – unknown
Winter solstice quotes
Celebrate the longest night of the year with some winter solstice quotes.
“The winter solstice is the time of ending and beginning, a powerful time – a time to contemplate your immortality.” ― Frederick Lenz
“At the winter solstice, the wind is cold, trees are bare and all lies in stillness beneath blankets of snow.” – Gary Zukav
“Now, near the winter solstice, it is good to light candles. All the nice meanings of bringing light to the world can be beautiful.” – Ralph Levy
“At the darkest time of year, Lord Yule laid down his beard of snow and cloak of frost and ice to illuminate the gloom.” – Stewart Stafford
“This is the night when you can trust that any direction you go, you will be walking toward the dawn.” – Jan Richardson
Winter quotes by William Shakespeare
Here’s a selection of winter quotes from the bard himself.
“When great leaves fall, the winter is at hand.” – Richard III
“Thou knowest, winter tames man, woman, and beast.” – The Taming of the Shrew
“Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind, As man’s ingratitude.” – As You Like It
“Now is the winter of our discontent” – Richard III
“Winter’s not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that way.” – King Lear
“My age is as a lusty winter, frosty but kindly.” – As You Like It
More winter season quotes
A few more winter quotes for a seasonal celebration.
“Winter is the time of promise because there is so little to do – or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury of thinking so.” – Stanley Crawford
“There’s no such thing as bad weather – only unsuitable clothing.” – Alfred Wainwright
“I like these cold, grey winter days. Days like these let you savour a bad mood.” – Bill Watterson
“Winter has a concentrated and nutty kernel, if you know where to look for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Advice is like the snow. The softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon and the deeper it sinks into the mind.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.” – John Burroughs
Winter proverbs
“One kind word can warm three winter months.” – Japanese Proverb
“They who sing through summer must dance in the winter.” – Italian Proverb
“The fire is winter’s fruit.” – Arabian Proverb
“True friendship does not freeze in the winter.” – German proverb
“It is never winter in the land of hope.” – Russian proverb
“Just because men do not like the cold, heaven will not stop the winter.” – Chinese proverb
“Winter either bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail.” – Montenegro proverb
“An old man in love is like a flower in winter.” – Portuguese proverb
“There is no winter without snow, no spring without sunshine, and no happiness without companions.” – Korean Proverb
“He that would be healthy must wear his winter clothes in summer.” – Spanish proverb
Winter puns
Let’s round things off with some silly winter puns!
How very rude-olph
Let’s chill!
Heart and solstice
It’s a winterful life
The snuggle is real
Freeze the day
It’s un-brrr-lievably cold
I glove you
Ice to meet you
Love at frost sight
Snow excited
I love you snow much
Tis the ski-son
Up to snow good
Snow place like home
Winter? Snow thanks!
What are your favourite winter quotes?
Hopefully this selection of winter quotes and winter captions has inspired you and given you lots of winter quotes for instagram and social media posts. Do share your favourite winter quote in the comments if it’s not on this list ❄️
More seasons quotes and nature quotes to enjoy
If you’d like more quotes about seasons, we’ve got great lists of spring quotes, summer quotes and autumn quotes and fall sayings to explore.
For more inspiration on a nature theme, take a look at our lists of Earth Day quotes, nature quotes, flower quotes, tree quotes, waterfall quotes, sunflower quotes, and garden quotes.
And finally, bookmark our Halloween quotes for next spooky season!
More winter inspiration
Here are a few winter resources to help you enjoy the chilly season.
Winter nature crafts to keep kids busy.
Ice puns and jokes and winter jokes for chilly giggles.
Free printable winter bucket list for outdoor family fun.
Winter plants for pots and hanging baskets to keep the garden looking good.
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