107 Friday Quotes to Start Your Weekend Exactly Right
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Friday is finally here again.
The conclusion of the work week. And the start of the weekend.
It’s one of the nicest days of the week and in this article I’d like to present 107 of the most uplifting, pleasant and inspirational Friday quotes.
To help you complete the work week strong, rejoice that this week at school or at work is soon done and to set you up for a terrific, fun-filled and refreshing weekend.
And if you want even more inspiration for this weekend then check out this article with Saturday quotes this one full to the brim with Sunday quotations.
Inspiring Friday Quotes
”It's time to accept the wild gorgeous mess that you are because it's nearly the weekend.”
– Unknown
“It's finally Friday, I'm free again. I got my engine rolling for a crazy weekend.”
— George Jones
Friday Quotations 1
“I don't care whether Monday's blue, Tuesday's gloomy and Wednesday too. Thursday I don't care about you. It's Friday, I'm in love.”
– The Cure
“I feel that it is an obligatory Law of the Universe that on Fridays, you have to do something a little fun.”
– Hanna Rhoades
“Music usually sounds better on Friday.”
— Lou Brutus
“Friday brightens my day with optimism and happiness.”
— Anthony T. Hincks
“Think about how you may convey happy thoughts to the folks at work or at school on this wonderful Friday.”
– Unknown
“Don’t wait all week for Friday so you can enjoy life. Choose a profession you love so you may enjoy every day of the week.”
— Catherine Pulsifer
“Happiness, not in another location but this place… not for another hour, but this hour.”
— Walt Whitman
“Make each day of the week like Friday and your life will take on fresh enthusiasm.”
— Byron Pulsifer
Friday Quotes 2 \s“Cozy + scent of pancakes – alarm clock = weekend” \s– Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Friday Quotes to Celebrate the End of the Work Week
“Happy Friday! Here's to those of us who got it through another week of faking adulthood.”
— Nanea Hoffman
“It's 4:58 on Friday afternoon. Do you know where your margarita is?”
— Amy Neftzger
“Friday afternoon seems like heaven.”
- El Fuego
“Friday. The golden child of the weekdays. The superhero of the workweek. The welcome wagon to the weekend.”
– Unknown
“I am suddenly 70% nicer after 3 pm on Friday. If my supervisor realized how unproductive I am on Fridays, he wouldn't want me here either.”
— James Johnson
“Every Friday, I like to high five myself for getting through another week on nothing more than coffee, willpower, and inappropriate humor.”
— Nanea Hoffman
“When he worked, he really worked. But when he performed, he truly played.”
— Dr. Seuss
Friday Quotations 3
“A wild and crazy weekend entails sitting on the front porch, smoking a cigar, reading a book.”
— Robert M. Gates
“Not for nothing is their slogan TGIF - ‘Thank God It's Friday.' They live for the weekends, when they can go do what they truly want to do.”
— Richard Nelson Bolles
“Work begins on Monday. Life starts on Friday.”
- Ozama Yasin
“Happy Friday Evening! Let go of your tension. Shed your anxieties. And spend the next three days simply recharging with love and fun.”
— Jessie Anthony
“When you start to pursue the things that you genuinely love, it wouldn’t matter if it is Monday or Friday; you would be so happy to get up each morning to concentrate on your passions.”
— Edmond Mbiaka
“The aim of life is to live it, to taste experience to the maximum, to reach out joyfully and without fear for fresh and greater experience.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
“Live and work but do not forget to play, to have pleasure in life and genuinely enjoy it.”
– Eileen Caddy
“Friday afternoon seems strange. It’s my favorite hour on my favorite day of the week. The weekend is nearly here and I feel free and excited to go explore the world around me.”
— Elias Timbough
“Friday sees more smiles than any other day of the workweek!”
— Kate Summers
Happy Friday Quotes for a Wonderful Weekend
“I never watch anything live, I record all my shows and have a huge binge on a Friday night and watch them all.”
— Katie Piper
“People are amazed at how down-to-earth I am. I prefer to remain home on Friday evenings and listen to ‘The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama.”
— Carmen Electra
“You know you're doing what you love when Sunday evenings feel the same as Friday nights.”
— Donny Deutsch
“I have never in my life found myself in a circumstance where I've stopped work and exclaimed, ‘Thank God it's Friday.' Yet weekends are great even if your schedule is all over the place. Something tells you the weekend is here and you can enjoy yourself a bit.”
– Helen Mirren
“Oh! It's Friday again. Share the love that was missed over the week. In a worthy moment of calm and bliss.”
— S. O'Sade
“When Friday comes, allow yourself to relax a little and to prepare for a nice evening. It’s crucial to have something to look forward to re-energize yourself.”
– Unknown
“The primary duty of man is to live, not to exist. I will not spend my days in attempting to lengthen them. I will spend my time.”
— Jack London
“Weekends invite fighters for social fun that begins on Friday.”
— David Chiles
“The pleasure which we most infrequently encounter provides us most delight.”
— Epictetus
“It’s a weird thing about life, once you begin to take notice of the things you are thankful for, you tend to lose sight of the things that you lack.”
— Germany Kent
“It’s Friday! Time to go develop tales for Monday.”
– Unknown
“God bless you and have a good weekend! Make today a nice Friday filled with compassion and whatever your heart wishes will be yours in time.”
— Eva Donnelly
“We don’t laugh because we’re happy — we’re happy because we laugh.”
— William James
“It’s not that we spend five days looking forward to only two. It’s that most people do what they like most on those two days. Imagine living a life where every day is your Saturdays and Sundays. Make every day your weekend. Make every day a play-day…”
— James A. Murphy
“Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.”
— Dr. Seuss
“On a Friday night, I want to go out because my buddies, who have been working regular hours, simply want to let go after a tough week at work.”
— Douglas Booth
Inspiring Friday Quotes to End Your Work Week Strong
“This Friday, do your task and be done. Look forward to the weekend and have some fun!”
— Kate Summers
“Let’s finish strong and then enjoy a replenishing and wonderful weekend rest.”
– Unknown
“Getting up on Friday morning comes easily because you know the fun and relaxed weekend is only hours away.”
— Jim Harris
“It's Friday morning, humanity! Nice mood, don't frown and let the monster see you smile!”
— Napz Cherub Pellazo
“Make a Friday a day to celebrate job well done that you can be proud of knowing that you simply didn't put in time to the next paycheck.”
— Byron Pulsifer
“Don't count the days. Make the days count.”
- Muhammad Ali
“Do your best today and you’ll be able to better and more completely enjoy your fantastic weekend rest.”
– Unknown
“Every day may not be good… but there’s something nice in every day.”
— Alice Morse Earle
“Positive thinking is more than simply a slogan. That alters the way we act. And I really think that when I am optimistic, it not only makes myself better, but it also makes others around me better.”
— Harvey Mackay
“How you start your Friday will likely set the tone for the entire day. So concentrate on happiness, compassion and on relaxing instead of stressing.”
— Rip Miller
“Friday is a day to complete your objectives for the week. It is a day to celebrate that which you set out to achieve at the beginning of the week.”
— Byron Pulsifer
“Positivity always wins… always.”
— Gary Vaynerchuk
“This Friday: end strong but also set aside some time to analyze the stumbling blocks of the last week. Use that to see how you can do things better next week and make the most out of the amazing things waiting for you there.”
– Unknown
“People prefer to be around individuals that give forth good energy.”
— Erin Heatherton
“Either you run the day or the day runs you.”
— Jim Rohn
Insightful Friday Quotes
“Although I realize that all days are equal with 24 hours each, most of us believe that Friday is the longest day of the week and Sunday the shortest!”
— D.S. Mixell
“The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.”
— Chuck Palahniuk
“When you leave work on Friday, quit work. Don't let technology follow you throughout your weekend (answering text messages and emails) (answering text messages and emails). Take a rest; you will be more rejuvenated to begin the workweek if you have taken a break.”
— Catherine Pulsifer
“Youth is like a lengthy weekend on Friday night. Middle age is like a lengthy weekend on Monday afternoon.”
— Richard Nelson Bolles
“I never have written every day. While I'm writing a book, I write Monday through Friday. I usually try to grab Saturday and pretend to have some sanity.”
— Maya Angelou
“Time you love squandering is not squandered time.”
— Marthe Troly-Curtin
“Friday and the weekend may be a terrific time to unwind and to shift your viewpoint. To let go of all the difficulties, all the pain, all the negativity and simply be. To set your mental burden down by the side of the path and keep going but in a lighter manner, with your eyes towards the future.”
— Rip Miller
“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that matter. It’s the life in your years.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“Always incorporate some of the pleasure, excitement, freedom and wonder of the weekend into your week and your work.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“We’re so busy looking out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to appreciate where we are.”
— Bill Watterson
“You tend to receive what you give therefore if you want to make your Friday and weekend shine brighter and with love you typically have to provide it to other people first.”
— Maura Miles
“No weekend, all weakened.”
- Toba Beta
“Most individuals would rather be certain they’re sad, than chance being happy.”
— Robert Anthony
“Fridays are the worst in some ways: you’re so close to freedom.”
— Lauren Oliver
“If every day at work seems like a Friday, then you are doing what you were supposed to do.”
— Alan W. Kennedy
Short Friday Quotes
“It's Friday night. Time to be a hero and rescue some wine locked in a bottle.”
– Unknown
“Making food is a lovely way to spend a Friday night.”
— Chrissy Teigen
“Who cares about Thursday's happy hour when Friday is upon us?”
– Unknown
“But it’s Friday” is a legitimate excuse for virtually anything today.”
— William Anderson
“It's always tough to keep Fridays restricted inside themselves…
they tend to pour over…”
— Parag Tipnis
“Thursday, which is ‘Friday Eve' in Optimisian.”
– Unknown
“Ah Friday… second fave f word.”
– Unknown
“Any normal guy would know better than schedule meetings for Friday afternoon.”
— Romila Okaidu
“Here’s the welcome wagon to your very own weekend and days off from work. Turn them into what you want them to be.”
– Unknown
“You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anyplace and do nothing.”
— Derek Jeter
“It’s been a great week. An fantastic week even. So I’m pleased the weekend is come now because I’m happy but also dead tired.”
— Tim Wallins
“People wait all week for Friday, all year for summer, all life for happiness.”
— Raimonda B.
“May this be the Fridayest Friday that ever Fridayed.”
– Unknown
“You know what rhythms with Friday? Wine.”
— Jack Davis
“Friday's a free day. A woman's day .”
— Neil Gaiman
“Without the weekend, where would the week be?”
— Anthony T. Hincks
“You're only granted a small spark of crazy. You mustn't lose it.”
— Robin Williams
“Slow down and realize this: Most things make no difference.”
- Tim Ferriss
“Life shrinks or grows in proportion to one's courage.”
— Anais Nin
“Focus on an ocean of positives, not a puddle of negatives.”
— Kevin Ansbro
“If you must have incentive, think about your salary on Friday.”
— Noel Coward
Additional Friday Quotes and Sayings
“Friday: The day following Thursday and before Saturday according to Rebecca Black. Also the most unpleasant day of the week now.”
— Aaron Peckham
“Can we take a lunch break on Friday and come back the following Friday?”
– Unknown
“On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain grew sleepy, so I chose to watch some television instead.”
— Stephen Chbosky
“Life is like Friday in a soap opera. That gives you the sense that everything is going to wrap up, and then the same old sh*t begins again on Monday.”
— Stephen King
“Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Workers are at their happiest on Fridays.”
- Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Who cares about Thursday's happy hour when Friday is upon us?”
– Unknown
“Hands up if you’re ready to do something you’ll regret this weekend. Go forward! You have my blessing.”
— Florence Welch
“For most Americans , Friday afternoons are filled with optimistic anticipation of the weekend. In Washington, it's where government officials dump news they wish to bury.”
— John Sununu
“Thursday doesn't really qualify as a day; it's simply the object that's obstructing Friday.”
– Unknown
“Life must be dreadful for working people, since they spend every Friday night enjoying a two-day holiday from it.”
— Robert Black
“I prefer going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.”
- Charlie Kaufman
“On Monday morning, I look forward bravely to Friday's eve.”
— Ellen Wittlinger
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Want extra incentive for next week? Also check out this post with motivating Monday quotes, this one with Tuesday quotes and this one with Wednesday quotes to help you through hump day. Additionally, this article with Thursday quotations to give you a jolt of enthusiasm.
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