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Inspire sound sleep with sweet good night quotes.

The last wisp of warmth has faded from the horizon. You made it. The day is done and night is here, but instead of satisfied, you feel weary. You’re left with the temblor of night’s uncertainty.

Good night quotes shine like stars through the darkness. Each is a brilliant thought that can light your way to sound sleep when you need it.

Maybe you’re awake thinking of someone you wish was there with you. It might be a partner, or it might be a friend. In the still of the night, you find solace wishing them good night before you drift off.

You can put children to sleep with these sweet good night quotes, too. Special good night quotes calm the mind so we can finally rest. They celebrate the peace of night and can leave you feeling inspired for tomorrow.

Whether you’re looking to caption a photo in a collage or wish someone pleasant dreams, choose your favorite good night quotes and let Adobe Express help you use them in cards, letters, messages, and more—no experience required.

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Overall best good night quotes worthy of the Sandman.

Whether you’re a light sleeper or routinely out like a light, the overall best good night quotes capture the wonder of nodding off. They pack the power of sleep into memorable sayings that have transcended time, including some from hundreds of years ago.

We hit the hay and think nothing of it most days, but special occasions call for these good night quotes. Perhaps you want to caption a collage of a sleeping babe you adore. Maybe you’re writing a letter to someone back home you miss most come night. Or perhaps you feel compelled to use one of these quotes on a poster to stare at in the bedroom.

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Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.”

Heraclitus

If it’s hard for you to prioritize sleep, this can be a useful quote to put on a poster. Without getting too deep into the science of it, your sleeping body undergoes physiological processes that count as important work, too, just like the work you do in waking hours.

Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber.”
William Shakespeare , Julius Caesar
Sleep is the best meditation.”

Dalai Lama

Most things look different in the light of day and after a night of sleep. Is it refreshed perspective? Or, as the Dalai Lama put it, is it because of a kind of meditation that takes place while we slumber?

Night is always darker before the dawn and life is the same, the hard times will pass, everything will get better and sun will shine brighter than ever.”
Ernest Hemingway
Touch your heart and shut your eyes, dream sweet dreams and sleep tight.”

Nilam Roy

This good night quote captures what we really want for people when we wish them pleasant dreams.

Man is a genius when he is dreaming.”

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa is a celebrated Japanese film director. Read this quote again. Can you picture a cinema-inspired poster or flyer it could go on?

Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer.”
Maya Angelou
I like the night. Without the dark, we’d never see the stars.”
Stephanie Meyer
Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.”

Napoleon Bonaparte

At first read, this sweet citation could work well with other good night quotes for her. Who was Napoleon talking about, though? Popular opinion says this quote was actually about China.

I love the silent hour of night, For blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.”
Anne Brontë
Good night. May you fall asleep in the arms of a dream so beautiful you’ll cry when you awake.”

Michael Faudet

The imagery that this good night quote conjures is extraordinary. If those you care for can’t fall asleep in your arms when you miss them most, this good night wish sends an incredible sentiment.

Take a look out your window now. Although we may be apart at the moment we can both gaze up at the same moon. Good night.”
Sid Mohanty
You know that place between sleep and awake, the place where you can still remember dreaming? That’s where I will always love you.”

J.M. Barrie

Some of these wishes are special good night quotes best for uncommon circumstances. This one, for example, could be sent as a heartfelt good night quote for someone you’re separated from permanently.

There's nothing good about goodnight when it means goodbye.”
Jeff Thomas
You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

Dr. Seuss

This sweet good night quote is among the overall best good night quotes because of how tender and idealistic it is.

I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night.”
Harry (Billy Crystal), When Harry Met Sally
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Heart touching good night quotes for the one you want to hold tight.

Good night love quotes are the heart-warming ones you can pack in a short message to someone you adore. This curated list of good night quotes was collected from poetry, song lyrics, Shakespeare, and every imaginable source where history’s greats have put good night love quotes into words.

When you’re away from the one person you want to hold tight come night, what do you do? Sometimes, you might find yourself lying awake, wondering if that special person is looking out at the same moon and thinking of you, too.

These heart-touching good night quotes shine through the gloom and send beautiful and memorable messages of pleasant dreams—with no shortage of affection.

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Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.”
William Shakespeare , Romeo and Juliet
I love you. I am at rest with you. I have come home.”

Dorothy L. Sayers

This heart-touching good night quote works when you’re apart, when you’re together, and even in collage captions or the interior of a card.

When I want you in my arms, when I want you and all your charms, whenever I want you, all I gotta do is dream.”

The Everly Brothers, “All I Have to Do Is Dream”

Whether you have the singing voice to send this message in song or not, this good night quote is best when accompanied with its sweet melody.

I just want to say, good night, sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”

Harry Dean Stanton

Find the perfect goodnight quotes for him, like this sweet message to your “prince.” This quote can work for a partner or a son you adore.

I can’t close my eyes without you in my dreams.”

Luke Bryan

So much feeling is packed into this short quote. If you ever had an occasion for a good night banner, this quote would fit perfectly.

Good night, my angel. Time to close your eyes.”

Billy Joel, “Lullaby”

This is another good night quote that’s hard not to sing out loud.

I miss you in waves, and tonight I am drowning.”
Denice Envall
The moon is full, the night is deep, nature is alive—the only thing missing is you, next to me as we sleep.”
Nicholas Staniszewski
You are my blue crayon—the one I never have enough of—the one I use to color my sky.”
A.R. Rasher
Sleep, my love, dream happy dreams. You are the only one who has ever touched my heart. It will forever be yours.”

Stephanie Meyer

Send this quote in a message to that special someone before you drift off to sleep. In the deepest reaches of the night, this thought anchors us to what we have instead of the darkness.

For thousands of nights, I dreamed of making love to you. No man on Earth has ever hated sunrise as I do.”
Lisa Kleypas , Again the Magic
And there followed a strange, elongated couple of minutes. The kind in which two people know they have to part, and don't want to. And while neither can acknowledge it, each believes the other feels it too.”
Jojo Moyes , The Giver of Stars
I wonder how well you sleep at night, and what kind of dreams you have. I wish I could step into them as you step into mine. Goodnight, my beautiful.”

Fred Parquet

When you’re in the throes of new love, this good night quote bottles up the excitement that keeps us awake at night. Our minds whir and we can’t stop thinking of that special person.

Your hand touching mine … this is how galaxies collide.”
Sanober Khan
And I start sleeping and dreaming and I think I’ll dream about you all through the night.”
John Mayer , “Typical Day”
Let the night take you. Let the stars evaporate into your dreams. Let sleep be the only comfort for you to believe.”

Anthony Liccione

Wish this kind of sleep upon those you hold closest.

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Positive good night quotes for the brightest tomorrow.

Nighttime is dark in more than the literal sense. After dusk, especially when we lie in bed, we’re left only with our thoughts. Some suffer from insomnia as a result, and others suffer from anxiety that piques the gloom.

We all know what it feels like to “wake up on the wrong side of the bed,” but can we position ourselves to wake up on the “right” side? Can we leave ourselves with constructive thoughts that help us sleep tight and wake up feeling as bright as the morning sun?

Sweet good night quotes (with positive thinking at their core) are the kinds of quotes you can use as mantras. Choose your favorites and imagine how you can use them in posters, flyers, or collages to help shape your sleep.

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May tonight be a lovely and serene bridge that will lead you to a wonderful tomorrow.”

E. Joseph Cossman

It’s easy to forget that there is a tomorrow when we’re stuck in the anxiety of the day. This quote is helpful to use to build a forward-facing mindset.

Good night, sleep tight. Now the sun turns out his light. Now the sun turns out his light; good night, sleep tight.”
The Beatles , “Good Night”
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”

Sarah Williams

The images or drawings that could accompany this quote in a poster could be vast and breathtaking.

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.”
John Steinbeck
As the night gets dark, let your worries fade. Sleep peacefully knowing you’ve done all you can do for today.”

Roald Dahl

Can you find comfort knowing that the day has finished, and there’s nothing left to be done?

It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright.”
Stephen King
Life always offers you a second chance. It's called tomorrow.”
Dylan Thomas
A fair good night and pleasant dreams and slumbers light.”

Sir Walter Scott

You can wish yourself pleasant dreams, too. This quote gives you a sweet and memorable way to say it.

The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep.”
E. Joseph Cossman
The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen.”

Shannon L. Adler

What a great metaphor, don’t you think? There are some things—lessons, pleasures, experiences—that can only be seen with the contrast of something dark (or unpleasant) around them.

Always end the day with a positive thought. No matter how hard things were, tomorrow’s a fresh opportunity to make it better.”
Harry Dean Stanton
Slow down your thoughts. Focus on your breaths. Get rid of the clutter in your mind. Prepare your body for rest. It’s time to sleep and wake up refreshed and rejuvenated in the morning. Good night.”

J. Bastianich

Use this positive good night quote to help relax and meditate when it’s time to go to sleep.

Day is over, night has come. Today is gone, what’s done is done. Embrace your dreams, through the night. Tomorrow comes with a whole new light.”
George Orwell
The stars and moon arrive just to wish you a good night. Let the light of the moon guide your dreams as you pass the night away.”

Piquanter Ganapathy

Think of the stars and moon as silent friends that shine to accompany you. Nighttime doesn’t have to leave you feeling alone.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.”

Napoleon Bonaparte

Who would have thought that Napoleon Bonaparte would be the source of such a positive good night quote? Where could you put this to keep it in sight and top of mind?

Good night, sleep tight, awake full of joy at the morning light.”
Theodore Higgingsworth
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Friend good night quotes for those you want to support.

How many situations can you imagine when you might send a friend a good night quote? If your friends are having trouble sleeping or have a big day ahead, your support and wish for “pleasant dreams” can leave them feeling calm and connected.

We also have those friends who mean so much to us that we regularly think of them before drifting off. It’s with genuine affection that we want to send them off to sweet dreams.

Choose your favorites of these friend good night quotes and let Adobe Express help you easily use them in messages or cards you can share.

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Good night dear friend! I say good night to thee. Across the moonbeams, tremulous and white, bridging all space between us.”
Hester A. Benedict
Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.”

Rumi

Give a close friend a good night message that can help the mind relax.

May you dream of lovely things and wake to find them real.”

J.J. Heller

When a friend is going through something rough and there’s nothing left to do but hope, this good night quote sends the positive message that everything could still turn out for the best.

Goodnight. Let the stars light the way to where your dreams can be found awaiting your arrival.”
Anthony T. Hincks
I love the silent hour of night, For blissful dreams may then arise, Revealing to my charmed sight What may not bless my waking eyes.”
Anne Brontë
Good night, and good luck.”

Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn),

Good Night, and Good Luck

Send this quote in a message when you know a friend has a big day ahead.

You’ll be the last thing I think of before I fall asleep and the first thing I think of when I wake up.”

A.G. Henley

When a friend is going through hard times, this good night quote is especially meaningful.

This is the end of the day, but soon there will be a new day.”
Bernard Williams
There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.”

Homer

We all have that friend who doesn’t get enough sleep. Think about how you could send this good night quote in a card or a letter to help.

Love you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will.”
Elaine Davis
Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking, loving, and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of words that have been spoken during the day takes on a new and deeper meaning.”
Elie Wiesel
Before you fall asleep every day, say something positive to yourself.”

Enid Bagnold

This is a great practice we can all benefit from. Where could you use this quote to keep it top-of-mind before you drift off to sleep?

Take a look out your window now. Although we may be apart at the moment we can both gaze up at the same moon. Good night.”

Sid Mohanty

Show some solidarity to a friend who needs it with this memorable quote that says, “I’m here, too...and I’m here for you.”

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”
Oprah Winfrey
I wish for you a good night of sleep, sweet dreams, and a smiling morning.”

Debasish Mridha

It doesn’t hurt to follow up with another message in the morning in addition to this one, especially if you have a funny meme ready that you know will make your friend smile.

Please turn on your magic beam. Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream.”
The Chordettes , "Mr. Sandman"
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Cute good night quotes that can lull anyone to sweet dreams.

Cute good night quotes are great for kids and can send a sweet and playful message to adults, too. Most of the best cute good night quotes are also short, which works well for banners and cards. With the delightful rhymes and metaphors they use, they’ll lull anyone fast to sleep.

Choose your favorite cute good night quotes to conjure fanciful dreams and sound sleep. The stars twinkle a little brighter with these sweet quotes at the ready.

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The day is over, it’s time for rest. Sleep well, my dear, you did your best.”
Catherine Pulsifer
I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?”

Ernest Hemingway

If you’re looking for a funny way to sign off for the night, this Hemingway quote does the trick.

Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.”

Margaret Wise Brown

When tucking a wee one in, what else can you think of to say “good night” to? Make a collage with your child of all the things to say “good night” to at bedtime.

May the good memories of today lull you to sleep.”
Kate Summer
Sleep awaits those of us who dare to dream.”
Anthony T. Hincks
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.”

William Charles Dement

Can you picture what a poster bearing this quote would look like?

I wish for you a good night of sleep, sweet dreams, and a smiling morning.”
Debasish Mridha
Don’t fight with the pillow, but lay down your head and kick every worriment out of the bed.”

Edmund Vance Cooke

This personification of “worriment” makes it easier to turn the brain off at bedtime.

How did it get so late so soon?”

Dr. Seuss

There are occasions for reluctant “good nights,” too, like on the evenings when time escapes you for all the fun you’re having.

Your future depends on your dreams, so go to sleep.”
Mesut Barazany
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.”

Irish Proverb

Proverbs like this one go well on banners at big events.

Dreaming of you is my greatest escape.”
Perry Poetry
Good night my dearest love and have pleasant dreams. Here’s to hope that tomorrow will be as sunny and bright as you are.”

Anthony T. Hincks

After a bedtime book, this quote could be the last thing you say to your child before turning out the lights.

My night has become a sunny dawn because of you.”
Ibn Abbad
The day is over, the night is here, know that I love you today and forever, my dear.”

Catherine Pulsifer

Cute good night quotes from children’s books and poems often feature rhymes, like this one. That makes its rhythm easy to repeat, like so many counted sheep before drifting off to sleep.

You’re nothing short of my everything.”
Ralph Block
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Inspirational good night quotes to sleep better and wake up happier.

It’s a challenge to prioritize good sleep when life gets busy, because it requires more than blocking off seven to eight hours. You have to unwind before bed, train your brain to “turn-off,” ensure comfort with the right bedding and thermostat settings, and eliminate distractions.

Those who suffer from insomnia have a harder time prioritizing good sleep. Lying awake in bed with nothing but your worst thoughts to accompany you is a special kind of torture.

Inspirational good night quotes hold relatable truisms and useful mantras to shape your thinking about sleep—and to help you hit the pillow in the best conditions. Beautiful quotes like these tap into what our body tells us: good sleep is critical. Use these special good night quotes in posters, cards, collages, or anywhere else they can help someone who needs them.

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As night falls, every joy glows brighter.”

Mason Cooley

Think about this quote for a moment. In the darkness of our worst moments, the things that bring us joy shine brighter.

Take a deep breath. Inhale peace. Exhale happiness.”
A. D. Posey
When I go to bed and cannot sleep, I don’t waste time by counting sheep; I count all my blessings, one by one. Good night.”

Eldred Herbert

Practicing gratitude every day is beneficial, but never so much as it is at night. You drift off thinking of the things most precious to you and then feel secure, grounded, and relaxed.

Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.”
Rumi
Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.”
Thomas Dekker
A well-spent day brings happy sleep.”

Leonardo da Vinci

This Da Vinci quote goes well on motivational posters and flyers.

The night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.”
Vincent van Gogh
The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night.”

Haruki Murakami

Look at the shrouded night sky as something beautiful, not formidable. What other details of the night can you describe as though they were part of a painting?

Night is the wonderful opportunity to take rest, to forgive, to smile, to get ready for all the battles that you have to fight tomorrow.”
Allen Ginsberg
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.”

Mahatma Gandhi

This thought-provoking quote has less to do with sleep and more to do with the opportunities that await us every morning. Gandhi was saying that every day is a new horizon.

The night is longer than a day for those who dream, and day is longer than night for those who make their dreams comes true.”

Jack Kerouac

Say this one out loud. How does it make you feel? How would you represent it in a collage or poster?

Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made.”
Tyler Kent
Old dreams come in the still twilight to kiss goodnight.”
Frank L. Stanton
Let your mind weave into your subconscious. Your dreams will be filled with the beautiful castles your mind creates.”

Isaac M.C.

Our capacity to dream is the most wondrous thing about sleep. The images our brains weave together create a tapestry unlike anything we could think up during waking hours.

Good night now, and rest. Today was a test. You passed it, you’re past it. Now breathe ‘til unstressed.”

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Inspirational good night quotes can be used for meditation, too. Use this quote to relax and breathe deeply before you drift off.

There is something to be said for the night. The darkness holds a sense of promise, as if anything could happen.”
Meg Collett
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Tips to use good night quotes—including in unlikely places.

We expect to see most people sleeping in beds, and we expect good night quotes to appear only in children’s books or in text messages between loved ones. They aren’t the kind of shareable quotes you see on social media, like inspirational quotes.

We do see the occasional traveler sleeping in an airport, though, or envy the companion who manages to take a cat nap in the back of a car. That’s someone sleeping outside of their regular beds.

Good night quotes can make appearances outside of children’s books and text messages, too.

Perhaps you want to put the cutest good night quote onto a banner for a child’s bedroom. Or maybe you want to use a quote in a flyer for a sleep study. Good night quotes, it turns out, can be as versatile as you make them.

Exercise: Craft your own good night wishes.

Good night quotes are recorded sayings from famous people.

Sometimes, though, the message you want to send is more intimate. It doesn’t always feel right to send a quote when you want to say something from the heart.

This list of good night quotes is especially useful when making your own genuine good night wishes, because each quote is a spring pad you can jump freely from. Take your favorite good night quotes and decide how you would “remix” them to be more meaningful for someone you care about.

You can also make your own good night wishes from scratch by writing about:

Adobe Express can help.

Adobe Express has templates and customization tools to put your favorite good night quotes to work. If you want to use good night quotes in cards, letters, posters, banners, collages, flyers, or other creative projects, Adobe Express makes it as simple as picking a template and personalizing it, or making your own idea with easy-to-use tools. Whatever message you want to transmit, Adobe Express brings it to life, no experience required.

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