50 Beautiful Good Night Quotes for the Sweetest Dreams

These good night quotes provide the perfect messages, whether you need inspiring words for yourself or sweet sayings for loved ones.

Good night quotes for everyone in your life

There’s nothing like hitting the hay after a long day. Turning in for the night allows us to relax, think about tomorrow’s hopes, and even reflect on the relationships that mean the most to us. It’s a lot to think about and put into words, but luckily, there are plenty of good night quotes that sum up what we’re thinking and how we’re feeling.

Much like miss you quotes and good morning quotes, good night quotes have a way of perfectly capturing a moment in time and thought. If you’re at a loss for words, don’t worry; this list of good night quotes will do the trick, whether you need uplifting quotes about tomorrow or romantic love quotes to wish your sweetheart sweet dreams.

Good night quotes for you

1. “The woods are lovely, dark, and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.”—Robert Frost

2. “Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand new day.”—Zig Ziglar

3. “Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.”—David Bowie

4. “Tired minds don’t plan well. Sleep first, plan later.”—Walter Reisch

5. “Don’t make things too complicated. Try to relax, enjoy every moment, get used to everything.”—Angelique Kerber

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6. “How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?”—Dr. Seuss

7. “Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.”—Thomas de Quincey

8. “After all, tomorrow is another day!”—Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

9. “Every moment is a fresh beginning.”—T.S. Eliot

10. “‘Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, you have waked me too soon, I must slumber again.”—Isaac Watts

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11. “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.”—Lyndon B. Johnson

12. “The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.”—Paul Valery

13. “Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.”—Dylan Thomas

14. “You can’t have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.”—Charles Kettering

15. “There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night’s sleep.”—E. W. Howe

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16. “Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer.”—Maya Angelou

17. “Nothing happens unless first we dream.”—Carl Sandburg

18. “Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.”—Brad Paisley

19. “Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, and I’m going to be happy in it.”—Groucho Marx

20. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”—Eleanor Roosevelt

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21. “Learn from yesterday, live for today, look to tomorrow, rest this afternoon.”—Charles M. Schulz

22. “Sleep is the best time to repair, but it’s hard to get a good night’s rest when we don’t dial the inner chatter down.”—Kris Carr

23. “The future will be better tomorrow.”—Dan Quayle

24. “Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made.”—Tyler Kent White

25. “Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”—L.M. Montgomery

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By the way—don’t miss these gratitude quotes that make you feel truly blessed.

Good night quotes for others

26. “I just want to say, good night, sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”—Harry Dean Stanton

27. “I didn’t want to kiss you goodbye—that was the trouble—I wanted to kiss you good night—and there’s a lot of difference.”—Ernest Hemingway

28. “Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow; That I shall say good night till it be morrow.”—William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

29. “Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true, here is the place where I love you.”—Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

30. “Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”—William Butler Yeats

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31. “Like all sweet dreams, it will be brief, but brevity makes sweetness, doesn’t it?”—Stephen King, 11/22/63

32. “Could you visit me in dreams? That would cheer me. Sweet to see friends in the night, however short the time.”—Anne Carson, Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides

33. “I’ll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours.”—Bob Dylan

34. “I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night I softly say. A silent prayer, like dreamers do, then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you.”—Roy Orbison

35. “O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.”—Christopher Marlowe

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36. “We only part to meet again.”—John Gay

37. “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”—Dr. Seuss

38. “Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.”–Charles Dickens

39. “I wish I could do everything on Earth with you.”—F. Scott Fitzgerald

40. “My soul will find yours.”—Jude Deveraux, A Knight in Shining Armor

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41. “A boy is holding a girl so very tight in his arms tonight.”—Edward VIII

42. “When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.”—William Makepeace Thackeray

43. “Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you; Tomorrow I’ll miss you.”—Paul McCartney

44. “I have tried to let you go and I cannot. I cannot stop thinking of you. I cannot stop dreaming about you.”—Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

45. “Whatever happens tomorrow, we had today; and I’ll always remember it.”—David Nicholls, One Day

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46. “Good night. May you fall asleep in the arms of a dream so beautiful you’ll cry when you awake.”—Michael Faudet

47. “Even when we’re apart tomorrow, I’ll be with you every step of the way. And every step after—wherever that may be.”—Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

48. “Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep.”—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

49. “Dream happy dreams. You are the only one who has ever touched my heart. It will always be yours. Sleep, my only love.”—Stephenie Meyer

50. “Good night, and good luck.”—Edward R. Murrow

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Next, read these Monday motivation quotes that will help you start the week off right.

Kelly Kuehn
Kelly Kuehn is a former editor for Reader’s Digest who covered entertainment, trivia and history. When she’s not working you can find her watching the latest and greatest movies, listening to a true-crime podcast (or two), blasting ‘90s music and hiking with her dog, Ryker, throughout the Finger Lakes.