The holidays are over, the bills are rolling in and there’s nothing but winter for the foreseeable future.
If that’s not bad enough, it’s also Dry January, not to mention around the time when all the well-intended New Year’s resolutions you made on Jan. 1, have since fallen by the wayside.
It’s enough to make anyone feel blue, which is why the third Monday in January has earned the designation “Blue Monday.”
In honor of the unofficial January holiday, we've gathered a collection of our favorite Blue Monday quotes. These encouraging sentiments are meant to reassure you that when it comes to that mid-January funk, you aren't alone.
In fact, pretty much everyone feels a little down and out this time of year. So, take heart and use these inspirational messages to remind yourself that even though it might seem like it, the blues won't last forever.
Post one of these Blue Monday quotes on Instagram, share with friends and family or use them to reassure yourself that, much like you, pretty much everyone else hates Mondays and January in equal parts, too.
So, read on and remember, Tuesday is just a day away.
Blue Monday Quotes
- “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
- “There is no Monday which will not give its place to Tuesday.” — Anton Chekhov
- “Rather than turning the page, it’s much easier to just throw the book away.” — Anthony Liccione
- “New year — a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours.” — Alex Morritt
- “Don’t wait until February to start living in January.” ― Anthony T. Hincks
- “What a cold and rainy day, where on earth is the sun hid away?” — 10,000 Maniacs, “Like the Weather”
- “A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at.” — Bruce Lee
- “Don’t let the good days get to your head, and don’t let the bad days get to your heart.” — Caroline Ghosn
- “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” ― Michael Altshuler
- “The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.” — Josiyah Martin
- “Every day brings new choices.” — Martha Beck
- “Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” — Samuel Smiles
- “I’m not okay, but it’s all gonna be alright. It’s not okay, but we’re all gonna be alright.” — Jelly Roll, “I Am Not Okay”
- “You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is.” — Aly Raisman
- “Monday could not have arrived on a worse day. It could have been polite and waited until Tuesday or even Wednesday.” — Michael Scott Gallegos
- “Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.” — Christopher Morley
- “We need encouragement a lot more than we admit, even to ourselves.” — Orson Welles
- “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” — Maria Robinson
- “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” — Will Rogers
- “Bad days come in degrees. They are not all equally bad. And the really bad ones, though horrible to live through, are useful for later.” — Matt Haig, “Reasons to Stay Alive”
- “Saturday and Sunday’s Fun to sport around. But no use denying Monday’ll get you down.” — Langston Hughes
- “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.” — Sylvia Plath, “The Bell Jar”
- “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”
- “Love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.” ― Jack Layton
- “There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” — Amanda Gorman
- “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” — Jim Rohn
- “Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.” ― Dr. Sukhraj Dhillon
- “We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.” — Joseph Campbell
- “Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.” — Mark Twain
- “Bad days don’t always stay. Good times are ahead.” ― Ross Barkley
- “I’ve always hated Mondays, the whole lot of them. Too much whiplash, snapping the tired masses to attention.” ― Jonathan Hull, “Losing Julia”
- “Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me. Choke those little bad days. Choke ‘em down to nothing." ― Tom Waits, "Big Time"
- “Every man naturally persuades himself that he can keep his resolutions, nor is he convinced of his imbecility but by length of time and frequency of experiment.” ― Samuel Johnson
- “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul ― and sings the tunes without the words ― and never stops at all.” ― Emily Dickinson
- “Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.” ― Fred Rogers
