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Good morning Monday quotes that put you in the driver seat.

If you have a job you love, or you start the week energized after a workout, Monday mornings are opportunities just waiting to happen.

If you hit “snooze” more than once, though, or you have a hard time finding your rhythm at work or school, don’t blame Monday. All you need are the right Monday quotes to transition from the weekend to the week.

Monday quotes help you face the day, and they shape Monday as the keystone of your whole week. Some of these Monday quotes give you a paddle shock of motivation. Others pull you out of the well of the Monday blues.

Whether you want to use Monday quotes in cards or letters to friends, a banner or poster for work, or a collage of motivation for yourself, choose your favorites from this list and let Adobe Express help you put them to use—no experience required.

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Positive Monday

Monday Motivation Quotes

Monday Quotes for Work

Monday Workout Quotes

Monday Blues Quotes to Help Reframe the Day

Monday Sarcasm Quotes

Monday Quotes for Kids

Positive Monday quotes to start the day.

There are Mondays that begin with a sigh of resignation. We have an appointment we can’t miss, or we have a meeting we have to be on our best behavior for.

Most Mondays, though, we just want to be happy. For some of us, that’s easier said than done. Some of these positive Monday quotes nurture mindfulness and others are Monday spiritual quotes. You have every option to find the one that resonates with you.

These Monday quotes are each unique paths to the same mountaintop, with the summit being a positive outlook that can change your Monday and the whole week ahead.

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Either you run the day or the day runs you.”

Jim Rohn

This is, perhaps, the quintessential Monday quote. Its message is short and clear: you choose.

It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventure In Wonderland
The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”
Michael Altshuler
You have to be where you are to get where you need to go.”

Amy Poehler, Yes Please

Mindset Monday quotes often focus on keeping your mind in the moment. If you aren’t stressed about tomorrow or dwelling on yesterday, Monday doesn’t seem so bad.

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.”
Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

Maria Robinson

Any hurdles you face on a Monday seem higher and harder to jump. Monday is better than a new day, though. It’s a new week. This is a fresh opportunity to make your own ending.

Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don’t rent them out to tomorrow.”
Jerry Spinelli, Love, Stargirl
Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.”

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

This inspiring quote doesn’t just apply to Mondays, but it’s extra helpful at the start of the week. Get started with your day and focus on progress.

Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.”
Will Rogers
Don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”
Ella Fitzgerald
There is something about the present which we would not exchange, though we were offered a choice of all past ages to live in.”

Virginia Woolf

Let this sink in. If you wouldn’t erase the last days, or weeks, or months to “reset” as an old you, that must mean there are things about today that you do feel good about.

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.”

Emily Dickinson

It’s easier to stay positive if you start with the wonder that you’re here to live another day.

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Monday motivation quotes to get into gear.

Even if you love Mondays, Monday morning is a cold start. All cylinders of the engine—your body, your emotional well-being, your sense of organization—have to fire at once in order to get going.

Monday motivation quotes serve you a cup of can-do. Some of history’s greats have left us with quotes that turn Monday morning into the sparkling opportunity you’ve been waiting for.

Choose your favorite Monday inspirational quotes and imagine what they can do in a collage or poster for your own motivation, or in a banner or flyer at school or work.

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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays and Addresses
Every morning you have two choices: continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger

This celebrated actor and former governor of the state of California knows a thing or two about making dreams happen. He makes a good point and uses a memorable metaphor.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.”

Madeleine Albright

Apply this wherever you need motivation. If it took a long time to get where you are at work, or in your fitness journey, or in your relationship, don’t quit now.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
Norman Vincent Peale
If Joan of Arc could turn the tide of an entire war before her eighteenth birthday, you can get out of bed.”

E. Jean Carroll

What other inspirational figures could you use on a poster to stay motivated?

Action is the foundational key to all success.”
Pablo Picasso
Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.”
Henry David Thoreau
Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”

Napoleon Hill

If your reason not to do something is, “because it’s Monday,” remember this quote. Send it out in a flyer or memo at work to anyone else who needs to see this, too.

Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

If you see people struggling to get started, think about starting aletter with this quote. What else does it inspire you to write?

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Forever is composed of nows.”

Emily Dickinson

What will you do with this “now,” and with the next one, and the next one?

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”
Theodore Roosevelt
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Monday quotes for work that make the office better for everybody.

The office for you might be a physical place, a virtual space, or a hybrid. Even if you’re spread across time zones, Monday rolls over all of us like dominoes.

The good news is that everyone is in it together. The bad news is that too many people with a case of the Mondays create a slow-moving and unpleasant work environment.

Good morning Monday quotes go beyond niceties. Instead, they inspire in relatable ways. Choose your favorite Monday quotes for work and share them in cards, posters, banners, and flyers. These are worthy messages to get out to the whole team, because the office vibe will change with the right quote to start the week.

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Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.”

Lou Holtz

What could you do to call out those words, “talent,” “motivation,” and “attitude,” on a poster?

If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.”
Olin Miller
Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strangle confidence.”
Bruce Lee
Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.”

Bryant McGill,

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

It can be detestable when someone tells you to “relax” dismissively, but in this context, you can remember that choosing to relax is in your power.

I believe in hard work. It keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and the spirit.”
Helena Rubenstein
All you need is the plan, the road map and the courage to press on to your destination.”

Earl Nightingale

When a project at work seems never-ending, this quote helps you feel the progress even if it’s hard to see.

I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.”
Estée Lauder
Done is better than perfect.”

Sheryl Sandberg,

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

This is a useful quote to help people pick up speed on Monday morning. Just get things done. No meeting needs to drag on.

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.”

Ralph Marston

If you don’t do everything you can on Monday to make Tuesday a better day, you’ll be chasing down the lost time all week.

When you start to do the things that you truly love, it wouldn’t matter whether it’s Monday or Friday; you would be so excited to wake up each morning to work on your passions.”
Edmond Mbiaka
The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it’s all we’ll need.”

Ann Richards

The power of “playing it right” as a team can make it a great day for everyone. If your Monday starts with an important meeting or an upcoming deadline, start the day with this message on a flyer to share with everyone.

Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier and healthier life.”
Germany Kent
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Monday workout quotes to lift spirits as well as your heart rate.

Whether you prefer to work out in the morning or at night, the first workout of the week is usually the hardest. Your mind is filled with things you have to do, the weekend lingers in your body, and the gym suddenly feels like a huge commitment.

If your first excuse not to work out is “because it’s Monday,” or you feel the pressure of Monday to-dos wrap tightly around you, read these Monday workout quotes first. There are mindset Monday quotes to help you get through the stress and Monday vibe quotes to pump you up. You’ll go to bed satisfied after these Monday workout quotes work their magic.

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Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.”

Willie Nelson

Write down all the negative thoughts you have about going to the gym in a letter to yourself. “I’m tired. I don’t have time. I don’t want to.” Then, write a new positive statement to replace each.

Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.”
Toni Morrison, Beloved
Believe on Monday the way you believe on Sunday.”
Rita Schiano
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”

Arthur Ashe

Even if you can’t get in the workout you had planned, lace up or get to the gym anyway. Do something, and you’ll feel far better than if you do nothing at all.

Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.”
Ken Poirot
A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at.”

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee spent plenty of time at the gym, himself. He knew a lot about goals. He offers an interesting perspective on meeting goals versus the importance of having something to aim for.

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.”

Ruth Gordon

Courage is a muscle that has to be strengthened, and so is accountability. Instead of “leg day,” maybe today is “get it done” day to exercise your fortitude.

When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.”
Carol Burnett
You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”

Zig Ziglar

One of the places where we sometimes feel most self-conscious and discouraged is at the gym when we compare ourselves to others. Allow yourself to simply start; you’ll become great in time.

You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.”
George Lorimer
What starts on Monday should carry through to Friday; that is, enthusiasm.”
Byron Pulsifer
Monday is for people with a mission.”

Cristina Imre

Monday vibe quotes like this one remind you to articulate—and rearticulate—your mission. Why are you committed to doing this?

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Monday blues quotes to help reframe the day.

When the Monday blues set in, it’s hard to imagine pulling yourself out. Like a bog of exhaustion and overwhelm, the week stretches ahead of you, and it seems endless.

Monday blues quotes help you shift your focus. You can’t write off all stress and gloom, but you can view the week ahead through a different lens. These powerful Monday quotes can become mantras if you let them. Choose your favorites and start imagining where you can put them to soak up their power all day long.

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You do not find the happy life. You make it.”

Camilla Eyring Kimball

Sometimes, what we need to pull ourselves out of sadness is a little accountability for our feelings.

If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain.”
Dolly Parton
However, the Sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.”
Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop
Every day brings new choices.”

Martha Beck

Monday mindful quotes like this one help us look at every choice as an opportunity to shape our day, mood, and mind.

There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
Amanda Gorman
I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present.”

Mahatma Gandhi

When the Monday blues are focused on anxiety or stress around something coming up, use this quote. Put it on a poster where you see it every day.

You don’t need a New Year to make a change. All you need is a Monday.”

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Could you make “Monday resolutions” each week instead of “New Year’s resolutions” once a year?

Every day, think as you wake up: Today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.”
Dalai Lama
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

Melody Beattie

This is a go-to exercise to help when you’re blue: Write a letter (to yourself or a friend or loved one) listing out things you’re grateful for.

You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.”
Mary Pickford
Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.”

John Wooden

Mondays are better for people who choose to make them better.

Hey, I know it’s Monday. But it’s also a new day and a new week. And in that lies a new opportunity for something special to happen.”
Michael Ely
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Monday sarcasm quotes to turn a case of “the Mondays” into a good joke.

It’s hard to find anything funny about Mondays. You can take its unpleasantness, however, and turn it into funny Monday quotes that start the day with a laugh—for you and everyone around you.

Laughter is a pleasure that lingers from your chest to your cheeks. That wonderful feeling comes from the release of natural painkillers and stress relievers in your brain. Laughing also increases your intake of oxygen, which improves circulation. You end up more awake and happier. Why not start this Monday with a laugh?

You can use these Monday sarcasm quotes in cards and letters to friends, on posters and banners for the office, and in flyers and collages to make something fun of another Monday. You spread the laughs around, and suddenly your whole world seems a bit brighter.

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So. Monday. We meet again. We will never be friends—but maybe we can move past our mutual enmity toward a more-positive partnership.”
Julio-Alexi Genao
Mondays are the potholes in the road of life.”

Tom Wilson

Go on—remix this with your own idea of how awful Mondays are. The more over-the-top or sarcastic it gets, the funnier. Make fun of Monday all you want.

Monday is great if I can spend it in bed. I’m a man of simple pleasures, really.”

Arthur Darvill

This is a funny reply to anyone who professes their love of Mondays.

On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks.”
H. Allen Smith
May your coffee be strong and your Mondays be short.”

Napz Cherub Pellazo

Monday coffee quotes are a classic. This one is perfect to use on a poster for work.

OK, it’s Monday but who said Mondays have to suck? Be a rebel and have a great day anyway.”
Kimberly Jimenez
Mondays are the start of the work week which offer new beginnings 52 times a year!”
David Dweck
If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”

Jim Rohn

A similar quote by Farrah Gray says, “Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” Choose the one you like best and use it in a card for someone who needs motivation on Monday morning.

If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.”

Dolly Parton

If you don’t like Mondays, do something you like this Monday to make it a good day anyway.

What do sharks do on Monday mornings? They get up and start biting. That’s me.”
Gemma Collins
Candy is nature’s way of making up for Mondays.”

Rebecca Gober

Maybe a bag of something sweet would make Monday more bearable this week.

It’s Monday? I woke up on the wrong side of the week.”
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Monday quotes for kids to start the week right.

Send the kids off to school with more than a sack lunch and backpack. Send them with the memorable Monday quotes for kids that garner smiles before they start their day. Cute Monday quotes perfect for children include short and sweet metaphors from the likes of Maya Angelou, all the way to dreamy Walt Disney quotes.

It’s extraordinary how sponge-like kids are—they hear what we say, they soak up what we transmit, and they imitate what we do. Monday quotes for kids send the right message to break the cycle of the Monday blues for the next generation. Choose your favorites and imagine how you could make a craft project of using them in collages, posters, flyers, and more with the kids.

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Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.”
Dr. Sukhraj Dhillon
Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.”

Maya Angelou

This is inspiration for Monday morning and for every morning. Imagine how it would look next to a beautiful rainbow drawing on aposter for your child’s room.

This should be the spirit every Monday. Know that something good will always happen.”
Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

Albert Einstein

What’s the implied metaphor here? Monday is the moment you start peddling. It’s OK to feel off-kilter at the start, but once you get going, it’s easy to keep momentum through the rest of the week.

The future depends on what you do today.”
Mahatma Gandhi
The beginning is always today.”

Mary Shelley

You can ask your kids, “what will Monday be the beginning of this week?” See what they picture their week bringing, then help them take the first step.

Don’t count the days. Make the days count.”

Muhammad Ali

This quote is so short that it can fit easily onto banners.

All our dreams can come true—if we have the courage to pursue them.”
Walt Disney
Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”

Theodore Roosevelt

A good question for the kids every Monday is, “What do you believe you can do?”

Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.”
Sukhraj S. Dhillon
Yesterday is ashes, tomorrow wood. Only today does the fire burn brightly.”
Old Eskimo Proverb
You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”

Maya Angelou

Creativity is fun to express in posters, collages, and flyers that you make with your kids. This quote can drive those projects home.

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Tips when using Monday quotes.

The golden rule when using Monday quotes: know your audience.

Not everyone loves Mondays. If you come to the office with all the positive Monday quotes you can find, people will get tired of your aphorisms pretty early in the day.

Not everyone hates Mondays, either. If you come in with only the sarcastic Monday quotes, the underlying negativity might ruin someone else’s mood.

Most of the time, you can pick up on someone’s Monday vibe easily. When in doubt, try to mix things up. Put a positive Monday quote on a poster or banner, then send a funny Monday quote in a social media graphic or on a flyer to start a Monday morning meeting with a laugh.

For some added introspection, you can even take the quiz to the right to see what kind of Monday person you really are.

Exercise: What’s your Monday personality?

Take this quick quiz to discover what kind of Monday person you really are. This will help you choose the perfect Monday quotes for you.

Ask yourself:

  1. How do you feel when you wake up on Monday? Choose from: excited or curious (A), exhausted (B), irritated (C), or determined (D).
  2. Which is closest to your morning routine? Choose from: jump out of bed (A), hit snooze several times (B), drag yourself grudgingly out of bed (C), or get right up and plan your day as you get ready (D).
  3. How do you approach Monday to-dos? Choose from: enthusiastically (A), slowly (B), bitterly (C), proactively (D).

These are your results:

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