140 Best Sunflower Quotes and Sayings with Images

A powerful reminder to persevere in the face of today’s challenges can be found in the sunflower quotes. Sunflowers are consistently ranked among the most sought-after flowers all over the world. They are available in such a wide range of hues and styles that it is simple to find one that complements your individual characteristics.

Sunflowers are found in fields the vast majority of the time, and they typically make their appearance in the morning when the sun is out. Their allure serves as a gentle nudge to keep our attitudes in check and focus on the joys that life has to offer.

But sunflowers also have another, more cryptic meaning: they stand for optimism. You are welcome to read and enjoy any of the following quotations about sunflowers.

Most Famous Sunflower Quotes

♥ “Sunflower on the shoreline / Shining brightly underneath the moonlight / Caught me by surprise.” — Audio Medic

♥ “Some days you just have to create your own sunshine.” — Sam Sundquist

♥ “I chose a sunflower because when darkness descends they close up to regenerate.” — Halle Berry

♥ “Always look at the brighter side of life, just like the sunflower, which looks upon the sun, not the dark clouds.” — Unknown

♥ “I like to go with the sun-flow-er.” — Unknown

♥ “All flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that’s like women too.” — Miranda Kerr

♥ “Let a hundred flowers bloom.” — Mao Zedong

♥ “Who knows what may lie around the next corner? There may be a window somewhere ahead. It may look out on a field of sunflowers.” — Joe Hill

♥ “I don’t even know what beautiful means anymore. A rose that can make you bleed with pain or sunflower that makes you bleed with happiness.” — Unknown

♥ “If roses tried to be sunflowers, they would lose their beauty; and if sunflowers tried to be roses, they would lose their strength.” — Matshona Dhliwayo

♥ “Stand tall and face the sun.” — Unknown

♥ “Let us dance in the sun, wearing wildflowers in our hair.” — Susan Polis Schutz

♥ “The morning glories and the sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.” — Richard Rohr

♥ “I want to be like a sunflower so even on the darkest day I will stand tall and find the light.

♥ “I used to cover my windows in heavy curtains, never drawn. Now I danced in the sunlight on my hardwood floors.” — Kimberly Novosel

♥ “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.” — Robert Louis Stevensen

Best Quotes About Sunflower

♥ “Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.” — Jack Ma

♥ “Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

♥ “Smile to the world and smile to the people you love, as a sunflower smile at the sun.” — Remez Sasson

♥ “The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy.” — Thomas Bulfinch

♥ “I don’t think there’s anything on this planet that more trumpets life that the sunflower. For me that’s because of the reason behind its name. Not because it looks like the sun but because it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky. A satellite dish for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it. And that’s such an admirable thing. And such a lesson in life.” — Helen Mirren

♥ “Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” — Anthony J. D’Angelo

♥ “And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

♥ “Don’t let the tall weeds cast a shadow on the beautiful flowers in your garden.” — Steve Maraboli

♥ “Look at the sunny side of everything.” — Christian D. Larsen

♥ “Big doesn’t necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren’t better than violets.” — Edna Ferber

♥ “But once in a while, you pick the right thing, the exact best thing. Every day, the moment you open your eyes and pull off your blankets, that’s what you hope for. The sunshine on your face, warm enough to make you heart sing.” — Sarah Ockler

♥ “Perfecting my garden sunflower flower beds through a process of trowel and error.” — Unknown

♥ “It’s not about what you can see, but what you can’t.” — Priyanshu Singh

♥ “Sunflowers growing / Through a crack in the sidewalk / Have what it takes to survive / Tough times pass / The things people do / Just to stay alive.” — Bob Crewe

♥ “A rose can never be a sunflower, and a sunflower can never be a rose. All flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that’s like woman too.” — Unknown

♥ “What god does a sunflower believe in? That’s the god I believe in.” — Marty Rubin

♥ “Who knows what may lie around the next corner? There may be a window somewhere ahead. It may look out on a field of sunflowers.” — Joe Hill

♥ “I remember my first role as a sunflower at nine.” — Kay Kay Menon

♥ “To say goodbye, is to die a little. To say good morning, is a hope for a new sunshine in a cloudy winter.” — Nabil Toussi

Short Sunflower Quotes

♥ “Sunflowers in the tall grass, / we were born to thrive but not born to last, and / I’ve been sleeping the rainy months away.” — Andrew Capra

♥ “I am working with the enthusiasm of a man from Marseilles eating bouillabaisse, which shouldn’t come as a surprise to you because I am busy painting huge sunflowers.” — Vincent Van Gogh

♥ “He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine must quit the coolness of the shade.” — Samuel Johnson

♥ “The road to freedom is bordered with sunflowers.” — Martin Firrel

♥ “Advice from a sunflower. Be bright sunny and positive. Know your roots. Spread seeds of happiness. Rise, shine and hold your head up high. Keep on growing. Even on the darkest days, stand tall and find the sunlight.” — Unknown

♥ “Which way will the sunflower turn surrounded by millions of suns.” — Allen Ginsberg

♥ “Tomorrow it may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.” — The Beatles

♥ “Sometimes I drop sunflower seeds in my neighbour’s garden; it sows cheeky of me.” — Unknown

♥ “Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile some have a sad expression some are pensive and diffident others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and hollyhock.” — Henry Ward Beecher

♥ “You look beautiful as a sunflower and charming as a rose.” — Avijeet Das

♥ “Faith is the virtue of the storm, just as the happiness is the virtue of sunshine.” — Ruth Fulton Benedict

♥ “A sunflower teaches us so much about love.” — Samrah Ahmad

♥ “The head of all flower heads is one flower; the sunflower in the sky, that gives the others vivid color stemming from the inside.” — Curtis Tyrone Jones

♥ “Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes

♥ “Yellow is my favorite summer color – it makes me feel like a sunflower.” — Bria Vinaite

♥ “In the morning the sunflower blossoms due to the sun’s rays. This morning I just wanted to remind you that my heart blossoms with love for you every day I wake up and it is going to do that forever.” — Sheila Carey

♥ “Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun.” — Kahlil Gibran

♥ “If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.” — APJ Abdul Kalam

♥ “A long time ago in a kingdom by the sea there lived a princess as tall and bright as a sunflower.” — Jeanne Desy

♥ “Turn your face to the sun, and shadows follow behind you.” — Maori Proverb

Sunflower Quotes For Her

♥ “A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.” — Max Muller

♥ “A sunflower is always sun-kissed.” — Unknown

♥ “And the yellow sunflower by the brook, in autumn beauty stood.” — William Cullen Bryant

♥ “Hidden inside every flower are seeds of imagination, destiny, and future dreams.” — Sondra Faye

♥ “I took a photo of my sunflower, now it can photosynthesize.” — Unknown

♥ “Restless sunflower; cease to move.” — Pedro Calderon de la Barca

♥ “Sunflowers in spring, they’re just like you / Sunflower wipe away your tears / All your doubts and fears / You were born to fly, so high.” — Alice Peacock

♥ “I always assumed everybody shared my love for overcast skies. It came as a shock to find out that some people prefer sunshine.” — Glenn Gould

♥ “Light-enchanted sunflower, thou who gazest ever true and tender on the sun’s revolving splendor.” — Pedro Calderon de la Barca

♥ “Do you know where the sunflowers’ lights go when they die.” — Adriani Putri

♥ “Just living is not enough… One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” — Hans Christian Andersen

♥ “Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch.” — Walt Whitman

♥ “The sunflower is a living connection to the beauty of natural life.” — Priyanshu Singh

♥ “Then one by one they raised their faces to the sky. ‘Like a field of sunflowers.” — Fiona Valpy

♥ “Despite knowing they won’t be here for long, they still choose to live their brightest lives – sunflowers.” — Rupi Kaur

♥ “Sunflowers are not looking at the sun, instead they are turning their heads to follow the sun.” — Priyanshu Singh

♥ “A sunflower field is like a sky with a thousand suns.” — Corina Abdulahm-Negura

♥ “A good laugh is sunshine in the house.” — William Makepeace Thackeray

♥ “I was going to organize all my dried sunflowers; then I realized I had more pressing problems to deal with.” — Unknown

Sunflower Quotes For Him

♥ “It’s the artist’s business to create sunshine when the sun falls.” — Romain Rolland

♥ “The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days.” — Robert Leighton

♥ “Wherever the sun goes / The sunflower will follow / Through all of the pain / And all of the sorrow.” — Londrelle

♥ “I’m just a sunflower, waiting for you to give me light.” — Priyanshu Singh

♥ “And here the sunflower of the spring burns bright in the morning’s beam.” — Ebenezer Elliott

♥ “Like a single sunbeam on a warm summer day, there is an exuberance and brilliance in a sunflower.” — Unknown

♥ “Sunflowers are like people to me.” — Joan Mitchell

♥ “As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them.” — Henry Ward Beecher

♥ “Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.” — Robert Green Ingersoll

♥ “She is a sunflower! She brings hope to people.” — Avijeet Das

♥ “Wherever life plants you, bloom with grace.” — Old French Proverb

♥ “Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.” — Luther Burbank

♥ “We’re all golden sunflowers inside.” — Allen Ginsberg

♥ “Attention shifted to him like sunflowers turning to the sun.” — Khaled Hosseini

♥ “I want to be like a sunflower so that even on the darkest days I will stand tall and find the sunlight.” — Unknown

♥ “Sunflowers end up facing the sun, but they go through a lot of dirt to find their way there.” — J.R. Rim

♥ “Come with me into the field of sunflowers is a better line than anything you will find here, and the sunflowers themselves far more wonderful than any words about them.” — Mary Oliver

♥ “I faced the gaudy sunflower on her canvas bag – it looked hand-painted and at last my eyes fell into hers. I said, ‘Thanks for the card.’ Her smile put the sunflower to shame. She walked off.” — Jerry Spinelli

♥ “What a lonely place it would be to have a world without a wildflower.” — Roland R. Kemler

Sunflower Quotes For Instagram

♥ “Open the bloom of your heart and become a gift of beauty to the world.” — Bryant McGill

♥ “Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.” — James Matthew Barrie

♥ “Mom has a massive sunflower for a soul so big there’s hardly any room in her for organs.” — Jandy Nelson

♥ “Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.” — Mario Fernandez

♥ “Never look directly at the sun. Instead, look at the sunflower.” — Vera Nazarian

♥ “Space for the sunflower, bright with yellow glow, To court the sky.” — Unknown

♥ “Every friend is to the other a sun and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.” — Jean Paul

♥ “The sunflower was feeling lonely. He said he just wanted to get somebody to love.” — Unknown

♥ “Don’t confuse your path with your destination. Don’t confuse your path with your destination, just because it’s stormy now, doesn’t mean you aren’t headed for sunshine, just because it’s stormy now, doesn’t mean you aren’t headed for sunshine.” — Dr. Anthony Fernando

♥ “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It’s what sunflowers do.” — Helen Keller

Deep Sunflower Quotes & Saying

♥ “Does she realize she looks like a sunflower, ready to rain sunlight on all who look down upon her.” — Simone Elkeles

♥ “The sunflower is mine, in a way.” — Vincent Van Gogh

♥ “Bring me then the plant that points to those bright Lucidites swirling up from the earth, and life itself exhaling that central breath! Bring me the sunflower crazed with the love of light.” — Eugenio Montale

♥ “If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.” — Morris West

♥ “To just have one sunflower would make me happy.” — Unknown

♥ “True friends are like bright sunflowers that never fade away, even over distance and time.” — Marie Williams Johnstone