There’s something about fall. The changing of the seasons. The cool, crisp air. The brilliant colors of the leaves. Everything and everyone preparing in anticipation for the coming winter. It’s a wonderful time of year!
But far too often, it’s easy to let opportunities and seasons pass us by.
Don’t let this fall slip by without taking a few moments to revel in the beauty of this season!
Here are 33 inspiring fall quotes to get you in the mood to really revel in this glorious season!

A fallen leaf is nothing more than a summer’s wave goodbye.
–Unknown
How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
–John Burrows
Autumn leaves don’t fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.
-Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
–Emily Brontë
Spring is beautiful, and summer is perfect for vacations, but autumn brings a longing to get away from the unreal things of life, out into the forest at night with a campfire and the rustling leaves.
–Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.
-L.M. Montgomery, Anna of Green Gables

I loved autumn, the one season of the year that God seemed to have put there just for the beauty of it.
–Leah Maynard
Swinging on delicate hinges the autumn leaf almost off the stem.
–Jack Kerouac
Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go.
–Unknown
How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
–John Burroughs
It’s the first day of autumn! A time of hot chocolatey mornings, and toasty marshmallow evenings, and, best of all, leaping into leaves!
Winnie the Pooh, Pooh’s Grand Adventure
A fallen leaf is nothing more than a summer’s wave goodbye.
–Unknown
Autumn… the year’s last, loveliest smile.
-William Cullent Bryant
Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead has never watched them dancing on a windy day.
–Shira Tamir
Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.
Nora Ephron

Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves,
We have had our summer evenings, not for October Eves!
–Humbert Wolfe
There is something incredibly nostalgic and significant about the annual cascade of autumn leaves.
-Joe L Wheeler
Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.
–Elizabeth Lawrence
Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower.
–Albert Camus
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
–William Butler Yeats
No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.
-John Donne
I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.
-Nathaniel Hawthorne
For as long as she could remember, she had thought that autumn air went well with books, that the two both somehow belonged with blankets, comfortable armchairs, and big cups of coffee or tea.
–Katarina Bivald

There is something so special in the early leaves drifting from the trees – as if we are all to be allowed a change to peel, to refresh, to start again.
–Ruth Ahmed
The fallen leaves in the forest seemed to make even the ground glow and burn with light.
–Malcolm Lowry
It was one of those perfect fall days when the air is cool enough to wake you up but the sun is also kissing your face.
–Anita Diamant
It’s a beautiful fall day. Gentle wind teases stubborn autumn leaves. Some defy the gentle wind and sway. A taunting dance. Come with me and look at the magnificence of the last dance.
–Fidelis O. Mkparu
Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.
–J.K. Rowling
Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.
-F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.
–Lauren DeStefano
It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.
–Sarah Addison Allen
I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
–Henry David Thoreau
Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.
-Jim Bishop
Additional Resources:
- Fun Fall Activities to Enjoy with Your Family
- 30 Inspiring Quotes to Get You in the Mood for Fall
- 10 Fun and Fabulous Activities to Inspire Imagination: No Screens Required
- 10 Easy Crafts You Can Do with What You Have

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