For the month of August, I bring you a compilation of inspirational quotes about summer, friendship, and triumphs. The facts and events happening in August inspired this list of 31 motivational quotes.
What is August known for?
In the northern hemisphere, August is the last month of the summer. But it is the end of the cold months in the southern hemisphere.
According to history, August used to be the sixth month of the year. It became the eighth spot when Numa Pompilius inserted January and February into the Roman calendar.
Also, August initially had 29 days until Julius Caesar reformed the Julian calendar and added two days to it. So August is one of 7 months that have 31 days.
Not only was the number of days changed though. Being the sixth month, the original name of August was Sextilis but later on changed to August, after Augustus Caesar. Augustus chose this month after him because he had great triumphs at this time including the defeat of Egypt.
Other fun facts about August include the celebration of National Friendship Day every first Sunday of August.
Now, gathering from these fun facts, our collection of inspirational quotes for the month of August will center on summer, friendships, and our triumphs. Big or small.
10 Inspirational quotes about summer
Because August is the last month of summer, here are 10 fond and inspirational quotes that seem like an ode to summer fun.
“Summertime is always the best of what might be.” – Charles Bowden
“All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going — one of those summers which, in a fortunate combination of delightful weather, delightful friends and delightful doing, come as near to perfection as anything can come in this world.” – L.M. Montgomery
“One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.” – Jeannette Walls
“August is that last flicker of fun and heat before everything fades and dies. The final moments of fun before the freeze.” – Rasmenia Massoud
“Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne.” – Bryan Procter
“Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance, and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun.” – Kent Nerburn.
“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” – William Shakespeare
“…August still stretched before us – long and golden and reassuring, like an endless period of delicious sleep.” – Lauren Oliver.
“When summer opens, I see how fast it matures and fears it will be short; but after the heats of July and August, I am reconciled, like one who has had his swing, to the cool of autumn.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson.
“August creates as she slumbers, replete and satisfied.” – Joseph Wood Krutch
11 Inspirational quotes about friendships
So in keeping with the August celebration of National Friendship Day, here are 11 wonderful quotes about friendships to strengthen the bond between friends.
“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.” -David Tyson
“Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.” – Washington Irving
“A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.” – Unknown
“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” – Arnold H. Glasgow
“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” – Muhammad Ali
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
“If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.” – Zig Ziglar
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow T. Wilson
“In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.” – Anthony Robbins
“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” – Elisabeth Foley
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” – Anais Nin
10 Inspirational quotes about triumphs
Following the interesting fact that August was a time of many triumphs for Augustus Caesar. Let us also celebrate our triumphs, big or small. Enjoy this list of inspirational quotes on triumphs.
“The work of art is born of the intelligence’s refusal to reason the concrete. It marks the triumph of the carnal.” – Albert Camus
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” – Nelson Mandela
“We do not talk of women’s emancipation as an act of charity or out of a surge of human compassion. It is a basic necessity for the revolution to triumph. Women hold up the other half of the sky.” – Thomas Sankara
“Always seek the seed of triumph in every adversity.” – Og Mandino
“We all have inner demons to fight, we call these demons, fear and hatred and anger. If you do not conquer them then a life of one hundred years is a tragedy. If you do, then a life of a single day can be a triumph.” – Yip Man
“Great testimonies are the outcome of great tests. Great triumphs can only come out of great trials.” – Smith Wigglesworth
“Take the very hardest thing in your life – the place of difficulty, outward or inward, and expect God to triumph gloriously in that very spot. Just there He can bring your soul into blossom.” – Lilias Trotter
“To commit suicide is easy. To live without a god is more difficult. The drunkenness of triumph is greater than the drunkenness of sacrifice. – Anais Nin
“Never confuse your mistakes with your value as a human being. You are (a) perfectly valuable, creative, worthwhile person simply because you exist. And no amount of triumphs or tribulations can ever change that.” – Saint Francis de Sales
“It’s so reassuring to have a woman heroine who triumphs with more than just what she has on the outside who has more to offer the world than just a pretty picture.” – America Ferrera
Closing
So how did you find these inspirational quotes about summer, friendship, and triumphs? Please share your thoughts in the comments section, as well as your favorite inspirational quote.
If you enjoyed these quotes for August, you may also like my selection of inspirational quotes for the month of January, February, March, April, May, June, and July.
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