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Day Quotes

Lines on routine, duty and the shape of an ordinary day.

These quotes span a wide range of daily experience: actors describing the grind of read-throughs and reshoots, and reflections on the discipline service members carry with them off duty as well as on. For more on the rhythm of daily life, see our Day-To-Day Life quotes.

I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.

Quotes by Webb Simpson

I'd be stupid not to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ because it was tough out there and I was nervous, and I felt his presence all day.

Quotes by Webb Simpson

In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.

Quotes by Weili Dai

I have a dream to provide every Chinese, especially children, sufficient milk each day.

Quotes by Wen Jiabao

I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods.

Quotes by Wendell Berry

These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.

Quotes by Wendell Berry

All right, every day ain't going to be the best day of your life, don't worry about that. If you stick to it you hold the possibility open that you will have better days.

Quotes by Wendell Berry

Our kids fear going to school in the morning, and their parents worry whether they will come home safely at the end of the day.

Quotes by Wayne Messam

When you look at a mayor, Americans see mayors favorably. We are at the front line of what Americans are dealing with every day.

Quotes by Wayne Messam

When we were kids, our parents would let us play outside all day, and there was a horse-drawn milk wagon that could become anything in my mind, like a spaceship or something.

Quotes by Wayne Shorter

During the day I'll work on music. I have a sampler and a drum machine out with me and I write new songs while we're on the road.

Quotes by Wayne Static

I always enjoyed writing music; things pop into my head every day.

Quotes by Wayne Static

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.

Quotes by Wayne Dyer

Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.

Quotes by Wayne Dyer

I become a first-time novelist and a senior citizen on the same day.

Quotes by Wayne Grady

Simply put, violent criminals break the law - any law - every day with impunity.

Quotes by Wayne LaPierre

Still to this day, I don't know when I write something whether it's good or not.

Quotes by Watt Key

The turkey has a destiny which ends on San Martino's day.

Quotes by Waverley Lewis Root

To let the people know there was life beyond Shirley Dean, we decided to focus on voter registration; each day I set up my card table somewhere in the district, signed people up, and passed out noses.

Quotes by Wavy Gravy

What Must-See T.V. was all about was one network, one night, for one decade. And a third of the country would come and watch Must-See T.V. And you didn't dare go to work the next day, because if you hadn't...

Quotes by Warren Littlefield

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the theme connecting the quotes on this Day page?
The quotes gathered here touch on daily life and routine from different angles - one speaker reflects on being held accountable "twenty-four hours a day," and another describes the routine of a scene-by-scene read-through happening the day before filming, giving the page a loose, everyday-life throughline. For quotes centered specifically on daily routines, see Day-To-Day Life.
Do these quotes come from a specific field or background?
They span a few different worlds - one is a personal reflection on skin and diet changes since college, another discusses accountability among those serving in Iraq, and two more describe the day-to-day realities of working on film and TV sets.
Is there a quote here about filmmaking routines specifically?
Yes, one entry describes not having "the luxury of rehearsal time on most films," explaining that a scene-by-scene read-through often happens just before shooting rather than well in advance.
What about quotes touching on imagination or escaping routine?
This page focuses more on grounded daily-life reflections, so if you're looking for quotes about mentally drifting away from the day-to-day, Daydream quotes might be a better fit.
How is this different from the Daybreak or Daylight pages?
This page's quotes are reflections tied to daily routine and experience in general, rather than the specific moment of morning or sunrise - for that, Daybreak and Daylight are the more focused pages.

Other related pages include our Daybreak quotes for morning-themed lines and Daydream quotes for something more imaginative.