Out Like a Light—We've Got the Best 125 Sleep Quotes Before You Go Catch Some Z's!
Napping, getting some shut-eye, nodding off, hitting the hay, turning in for the night—there are numerous ways to refer to sleep. And there are plenty of things to say about sleep as well! So, before closing your eyes and crashing into bed, forget counting sheep—enjoy these 125 sleep quotes instead!
For many of us, the Sandman is a myth in more than one sense, as insomnia, tossing and turning, work, and/or anxiety may keep us from getting a full night's sleep. There's a reason "don't lose sleep over it" is such a popular comment, after all (even though that's much easier said than done). However, that doesn't mean sleeping like a log is impossible!
There are a lot of tips available for powering down before bed and combating exhaustion, like taking melatonin, getting advice from sleep-focused podcasts, and eating the right snooze-inducing foods. And the benefits of prioritizing a good night of deep sleep are seemingly endless! Whether you go to bed early, let yourself sleep in late, or take a catnap (or two!) during the day, this form of self-care should positively impact your health, mood, motivation, memory, and more.
Tuck yourself in and get re-inspired to rest—here are 125 of the best quotes about sleep that might just help you catch some z's.
125 Sleep Quotes
1. "There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it.” ― Mindy Kaling
2. "People say, 'I'm going to sleep now,' as if it were nothing. But it's really a bizarre activity. 'For the next several hours, while the sun is gone, I'm going to become unconscious, temporarily losing command over everything I know and understand. When the sun returns, I will resume my life.'" — George Carlin
3. "Man is a genius when he is dreaming.” ― Akira Kurosawa
4. "I've always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up in a steamer trunk at the foot of the bed.” ― David Benioff
5. "She used to say she could taste sleep and that it was as delicious as a BLT on fresh French bread.” ― Rebecca Wells
6. "Of all the things a man may do, sleep probably contributes most to keeping him sane. It puts brackets about each day. If you do something foolish or painful today, you get irritated if somebody mentions it, today. If it happened yesterday, though, you can nod or chuckle, as the case may be. You've crossed through nothingness or dream to another island in Time.” ― Roger Zelazny
7. "There is renewal in rest.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
8. "Having peace, happiness and healthiness is my definition of beauty. And you can't have any of that without sleep." — Beyonce
9. "I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use. Pleasant because one is in the best possible company and safe because sleep is the consummate protection against the unseemliness that is the invariable consequence of being awake. What you don't know won't hurt you.” ― Fran Lebowitz
10. "My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better." — Marlo Thomas
11. "Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death." — Arthur Schopenhauer
12. "Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it." — Rod McKuen
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13. "I crave the sweet surrender of sleep and my dreams' uncensored communication: no tiresome small talk, sucking up to impress, or tiptoeing around charged topics. Dreams are the naked truth; get ready for it.” ― Judith Orloff
14. "I had a dream I was awake, and I woke up to find myself asleep." — Stan Laurel
15. "Sleep is the best meditation." — Dalai Lama
16. "In an era when Fear of Missing Out has its own universally understood acronym, recuperative rest and relaxation are not always regarded as the intensely worthwhile pursuits that they are. Instead, we are harassed into believing that we must be constantly available to be of value, that peak productivity and performance are directly related to presenteeism, and that to snooze is to lose. This couldn't be more wrong.” ― Michelle Ogundehin
17. "Once you wake up and smell the coffee, it's hard to go back to sleep." — Fran Drescher
18. "A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them." — Victor Hugo
19. "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
20. "If you were not to set an alarm clock, would you sleep past it? If the answer is yes, then there is clearly more sleep that is needed." — Matthew Walker
21. "No wonder Sleeping Beauty looked so good...she took long naps, never got old, and didn't have to do anything but snore to get her Prince Charming.” ― Olive Green
22. "When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument." — Zsa Zsa Gabor
23. "Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after." — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
24. "At the end of the day, you go to sleep with the people you love, you wake up with the people you love, and you spend your time with the people you love." — Tyga
25. "Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night." — St. Jerome
26. "I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?” ― Ernest Hemingway
27. "I like to embrace natural beauty. I try to get at least 8 hours of sleep, drinking a lot of water and exercising." — Tia Mowry
28. "Nothing makes you feel better than when you get into a hotel bed, and the sheets feel so good. Why shouldn't you wake up like that every day? Spend money on your mattress and bedding because these things make a difference on your sleep and, ultimately, your happiness." — Bobby Berk
29. "I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream." — Bill Walton
30. "The moment the alarm goes off is the first test; it sets the tone for the rest of the day. The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win - you pass the test." — Jocko Willink
31. "There's a reason they call it 'beauty sleep.' Getting 7 to 9 hours of sleep a night can actually improve your appearance." — Lauren Conrad
32. "Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night.” ― Charles Fisher
33. "We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep." — William Shakespeare
34. "Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them." — Cam Newton
35. "Eat well and sleep well. That will feed your nervous system and your psyche. As you get older, you look how you feel." — Francesca Annis
36. "It was that sort of sleep in which you wake every hour and think to yourself that you have not been sleeping at all; you can remember dreams that are like reflections, daytime thinking slightly warped.” ― Kim Stanley Robinson
37. "Listen, I love babies. I love children. And I melt when I'm around them. I also love my freedom and I love that I can sleep at night." — Ellen DeGeneres
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38. "How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams." — Bram Stoker