Watching the sunset has the power to completely lift your day. We try to catch it as often as we possibly can, whether that’s in a beautiful spot or just from the car window driving home. No matter what’s going on at the time, you can always appreciate the magic of a spectacular sunset.
We’ve put these sunset quotes together to inspire you to get out and watch a sunset or help you caption those dreamy Instagram pics.
The best sunset captions and quotes for Instagram
“A sunset will colour your dreams.”
- Anthony T. Hincks
“Every sunset is an opportunity to reset.”
- Richie Norton
“Every one of a hundred thousand cities around the world had its own special sunset and it was worth going there, just once, if only to see the sun go down.”
- Ryu Murakami
“The more clouds you have in your sky, the more colourful sunset it will be.”
- Sajal Sazzad
“Sunset is the opening music of the night.”
- Mehmet Murat ildan
“The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.”
- Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Whether sunrise or sunset, it heralds a new opportunity to dream...”
- Virginia Alison
“If you are in a beautiful place where you can enjoy sunrise and sunset, then you are living like a lord.”
- Nathan Phillips
“Thank you is what each and everyone of us should say when we see either a sunrise or sunset. And when we do that, maybe, just maybe the world will start to become a better place.”
- Anthony T. Hincks
“There’s always a sunrise and always a sunset and it’s up to you to choose to be there for it…Put yourself in the way of beauty.”
- Cheryl Strayed
“Sunsets are proof that no matter what happens, every day can end beautifully.”
- Kristen Butler
“A sunrise or sunset can be ablaze with brilliance and arouse all the passion, all the yearning, in the soul of the beholder.”
- Mary Balogh
“That was her magic - she could still see the sunset, even on the darkest days.”
- Atticus
“It was sunsets that taught me that beauty sometimes only lasts for a couple of moments, and it was sunrises that showed me that all it takes it patience to experience it all over again.”
- A.J. Lawless
“See the beauty of sunset to enjoy the passion of life.”
- Debasish Mridha
“Believe in yourself and you can change a sunset into a new dawn.”
- Anthony T. Hincks
“At every sunset, the sky is a different shade. No cloud is ever in the same place. Each day is a new masterpiece. A new wonder. A new memory.”
- Sanober Khan
“I like that time is marked by each sunrise and sunset whether or not you actually see it.”
- Catherine Opie
“Don’t forget: beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies.”
- Paulo Coelho
“It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream”
- Bernard Williams
“Life does not come with instructions on how to live, but it does come with trees, sunsets, smiles and laughter, so enjoy your day”
- Debbie Shapiro
“Are you dreaming? Stop dreaming; come and watch the sunset, it is better than all the dreams!”
- Mehmet Murat ildan
“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.”
- Jo Walton
“Sunrise is the start of something beautiful: the day. Sunset is the start of something beautiful: the night.”
- Juansen Dizon
“Sunsets are proof that endings can often be beautiful too.”
- Beau Taplin
“When the sun is setting, leave whatever you are going and watch it.”
- Mehmet Murat ildan
“May every sunrise hold more promise and every sunset hold more peace.”
- Umair Siddiqui
“Never waste any amount of time doing anything important when there is a sunset outside that you should be sitting under!”
- C.Joybell C.
"Sunset shows that life is too beautiful to hold on to the past, so move on to the present."
- Jennifer Aquillo
“Life is all about enjoying every sunset and looking forward to the next sunrise.”
- Sandeep Shergill
“With every sunset a new hope is born, and an old expectation dies.”
- Noor Unnahar
“You have to travel far and wide to see a lot of the world’s wonders, but sunsets can be appreciated in every corner of the earth.”
- Kimmie Conner
“A day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.”
- Nicholas Sparks
“Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of heaven.”
- John Lubbock
“Sunset is so marvellous that even the sun itself watches it every day in the reflections of the infinite oceans!”
- Mehmet Murat ildan
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
- Rabindranath Tagore
“Sunset is still my favourite colour, rainbow is second.”
- Mattie Stepanek
“Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset…not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.”
- Sharon Draper
“Sunset is a wonderful opportunity for us to appreciate all the great things the sun gives us!”
- Mehmet Murat ildan
“You want proof there’s a God? Look outside, watch a sunset.”
- Frank E. Peretti
“Sunsets are my escape into the reality I want to continuously live.”
- Rachel Roy
“Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.”
- Richard Paul Evans
“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don’t find myself saying, “Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner.” I don’t try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.”
- Carl Rogers
“A sunset paints the sky as if there were no tomorrow.”
- Anthony T. Hincks
"Watching sunset makes you feel stronger."
- Anamika Mishra
“I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.”
- John McCain
"When your world moves too fast, and you lose yourself in the chaos, introduce yourself to each color of the sunset."
- Christy Ann Martine
"My joy is the golden sunset giving thanks for another day."
- Jonathan Lockwood
“The charm of golden sunrise and sunset does not depend on you, it reflects on you…only if you allow it. So does fleeting moments of joy”
- Val Uchendu
“The first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color - oranges, pearly pinks, vibrant purples…”
- Anna Godbersen
“Allow failure to teach you a supreme lesson: Each sunset is the beginning of a very, very bright and powerful sunrise.”
- Sri Chinmoy
“A sunset is the sun’s fiery kiss to the night.”
- Crystal Woods
“When your life is moving too fast and you find yourself in chaos, introduce yourself to each color of the sunset.”
- Christy Ann Martine
“Admire the efforts of a failure like you admire the beauty of a sunset.”
- Amit Kalantri
“No sun outlasts its sunset, but will rise again and bring the dawn.”
- Maya Angelou
“When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
“There is nothing more musical than a sunset.”
- Claude Debussy
“Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty, if only we have the eyes to see them.”
- John Ruskin
“To watch a sunset is to connect with the Divine.”
- Gina De Gorna
“The most beautiful sunset is when you have it with your beloved one and the most beautiful sunrise is quite the same.”
- Galina Nelson
“Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun going to his rest.”
- Thomas de Quincey
“You just gotta use the sunset as a reset button and start over in the morning with every chance you get to open your eyes.”
- Victoria Monet
“Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them.”
- Aldo Leopold
“Every sunset is a journey, a journey to remember the memories of the past!”
- Mehmet Murat ildan
“The sunsets you see will always be better than the ones you don’t.”
- Karen Joy Fowler
“Sunsets in themselves are generally superior to sunrises; but with the sunset we appreciate images drawn from departed peace and faded glory.”
- George Stillman Hillard
“As far as sunsets go, I think they are one of the most beautiful natural phenomena that absolutely everyone can enjoy. You have to travel far and wide to see a lot of the world’s wonders, but sunsets can be appreciated in every corner of the earth.”
- Kimmie Conner
“Each time I see a beautiful sunset or sunrise, I have to pinch myself because I can’t believe that I’m awake and not dreaming.”
- Anthony T. Hincks
“The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the colour that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again.”
- Ram Charan
“We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us.”
- Khalil Gibran
“For one minute, walk outside, stand there, in silence, look up at the sky, and contemplate how amazing life is.”
- Rhonda Byrne
”O, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.”
- Roman Payne
“The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.”
- Pamela Hansford Johnson
“Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there’s something good about feeling both.”
- Amy Grant
