67 September Quotes to Welcome Fall
September is a season of transition, where summer slowly fades and autumn begins to take over.
These September quotes inspire reflection, growth, and fresh starts, reminding us that every ending brings new opportunities.
Perfect for journaling, social media captions, or finding motivation during this shift of seasons.
Short September Quotes
“By all these lovely tokens September days are here, with summer’s best of weather and autumn’s best of cheer.” — Helen Hunt Jackson
“September tries its best to have us forget summer.” — Bernard Williams
“Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.” — J.K. Rowling
“Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul.” — Peggy Toney Horton
“September is the month of maturity; the heaped basket and the garnered sheaf.” — Patience Strong
“September days have the warmth of summer in their briefer hours, but in their lengthening evenings a prophetic breath of autumn.” — Rowland E. Robinson
“The windows are open, admitting the September breeze: it’s beautiful outside.” — Holly Black
“September was invented to remind us to pay attention to where we’re standing.” — Wayne Dyer
“The first day of September is like walking into a golden forest.”
“September is the month that says, ‘Let’s get back to work.’”
“The breezes taste of apple peel. The air is full of smells to feel—ripe fruit, old footballs, burning brush, new books, erasers, chalk, and such. The bee, his hive, well-honeyed hum, and Mother cuts chrysanthemums.” — John Updike
“September: it was the most beautiful of words, he’d always felt, evoking orange-flowers, swallows, and regret.” — Alexander Theroux
“September was a thirty-day long goodbye to summer.” — Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” — Albert Camus
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
“September is for remembering.”
“Wake me up when September ends.” — Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
“September’s sun is taking with it the joys of summer.”
“There comes a day each September when you wake up and know the summer is over and fall has arrived. The slant of the sun looks different and something is in the air—a coolness, a hint of frosty mornings to follow.” — Ann Rinaldi
“Let’s all be nice to September.” — Nitya Prakash
“That old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air … Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning, as if last year’s mistakes had been wiped clean by summer.” — Wallace Stegner
“Outside the leaves on the trees constricted slightly; they were the deep done green of the beginning of autumn. It was a Sunday in September. There would only be four. The clouds were high and the swallows would be here for another month or so before they left for the south before they returned again next summer.” — Ali Smith
“The roses hung their heads and dreamed under the still September clouds, and the water plashed and murmured softly among the pebbles of the shore.” — E.L. Voynich
“In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to school, work piles up after the summer’s dog days, and Thanksgiving is suddenly upon us.” — Brené Brown
“Hello, September! Now, the days are going to be hotter and the nights even longer.”
“Goodbye August, and a big hello to September.”
“Hello September, please be kind and less happening. I am not in the mood to go through a lot of excitement this month.”
“Hello, September! Let fall begin.”
“Hello, September! Be a month of peace and love.”
“Hello September, I know you are going to be a great month for me.”
“Goodbye August. It’s a new month with new hope and a new spirit. Hello September! Please, be good to me.”
“Hello September, please be a good month that brings smiles and happiness to our lives.”
“The summer ends and we wonder if autumn will answer the questions its beauty prompts.”
“September days are here, bringing us nearer to autumn.”
“September mornings are crisp and clear, promising colorful days ahead.”
“September, I’ve been waiting for you.”
“I love the harvest of September.”
“And then the sun took a step back, the leaves lulled themselves to sleep, and Autumn was awakened.” — Raquel Franco
“September comes with a subtle change. The crisp breeze that wasn’t there before.”
“There is a time in late September when summer and autumn stumble across each other.”
“The scent of September: apples, bonfires, and the promise of new beginnings.”
“September brings more gold than any other month.” — Jim Bishop
“Let’s remember September for new beginnings as well as endings.”
“September is not the end; it is a start to better things.”
“Happily we bask in this warm September sun.” — Henry David Thoreau
“September’s promise: cooler winds and golden light.”
“In September, the days come short and the nights sweet with longing.”
“Every year, September reminds me to cherish the last rays of summer.”
“September teaches us that change can be beautiful.”
“September: where summer gives its last graceful bow.”
“September is the month of the harvest and of things coming to fruition.”
“My favorite color is September.”
“September is a time for reflection, for letting go, and for gathering in.”
“September, you are a painting of warm shades and gentle transitions.”
“September rain is just the summer’s tears saying goodbye.”
“The garden is lonely except for the September rain.”
“September comes with a sense of nostalgia and a hope for new chapters.”
“September is a gentle reminder that life is always changing.”
“The world wears a golden veil in September.”
“When the days start to shorten, September gives us a reason to look forward.”
“May the winds of September refresh your soul.”
“As September unfolds, let us be open to growth and gratitude.”
“With every falling leaf in September, may you find a reason to smile.”
“September is sweet with memories and the sweetness of beginnings.”
“September inspires patience as we wait for the next adventure.”
“Let the spirit of September fill you with peace and purpose.”
“September: between the sun’s farewell and the moon’s hello.”
