Raise your hand if you believe weekends should be at least 3-4 days long!
One moment it’s Friday, and the next thing you know is that it’s actually Saturday evening and that’s it! Weekend is gone.
Because of that, many of you may lose motivation to do anything productive on the weekends. Why bother, anyway…
However, since you’re reading this article, I guess you’re willing to take your weekends to the next level and make the most out of them!
So, buckle up and get ready to explore my unique list of the very best weekend motivational quotes I gathered from various online sources!
Let’s go!
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10 Best Weekend Motivational Quotes
1. “The weekends are too short for sleep!” ― Bryant A. Loney
2. “I told myself that I was going to live the rest of my life as if it were Saturday.” ― Chip Gaines
3. “I think Saturday may be Latin for “stay in pajamas til noon then eventually motivate yourself to shower and get ready for bed that night.” ― Bart Millard
4. “Don’t use the weekends as an excuse to give up on your goals.” ― Unknown
5. “Weekends are about replenishment and rejuvenation.” ― Neil Morrissey
6. “I always wake up early Saturday morning, and I have a little bit more time.” ― Ehud Olmert
7. “I never just do nothing. A weekend off? Let’s go somewhere. Let’s fly somewhere.” ― Toni Garrn
8. “Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed?” — Marilyn Vos Savant
9. “I have been known to hang out and party back in the day. I had a weekend that lasted a few years.” — Vanilla Ice
10. “Cozy+smell of pancakes-alarm clock = weekend.” ― Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Motivational Quotes For The Weekend
1. “Typically, a weekend retreat for the heart, soul, and palate, brunch is the perfect way to unwind and reconnect.” — Marcela Valladolid
2. “Waking up early on Saturday gives me an edge in finishing my work with a very relaxed state of mind. There is a feeling of time pressure on weekdays that aren’t there on weekends. If I wake up early in the morning before anybody else, I can plan the day or at least my activities with relaxed mind.” — Oprah Winfrey
3. “Nature is a big part of my weekend. Whenever possible, I take Friday and Monday off and spend four days outdoors. We should remind ourselves that there was something here before us, a force more powerful than us.” — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
4. “Why not try to relax your troubled mind by taking a walk in the park, or going on a weekend hiking trip with family or friends and enjoy the view? It can surely do wonders for a tired mind and soul.” — E.L. Herndon
5. “My perfect weekend… anything to do with nature.” — Paul Walker
6. “I believe that it is a mandatory Law of the Universe that on Fridays, you have to do something a little fun.” — Hanna Rhoades
7. “Does your life have a purpose? Are you contributing anything useful to this world, or just shuffling papers, banging on a keyboard, and coming home to a drunken existence on the weekends?” — Tim Ferris
8. “Happiness is a hot bath on a Sunday afternoon.” — A.D. Posey
9. “Happy Saturday! When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.” — Tecumseh
See also: 250 Saturday Affirmations For A Joyful And Blessed Weekend
10. “This weekend, remember that your smile alone can save a sad soul or heal a broken spirit. Share your kindness with others and remember to have a blessed weekend.” — Unknown
11. “To have a productive long weekend you need to remember to wake up early, get some fresh air, set a schedule for yourself, and be goal-oriented.” — Unknown
12. “Wherever you go on this beautiful, relaxing weekend, make sure that you always remember to bring the happiness of your own sunshine with you, so that you may spread that happiness to all of the people that you encounter.” — Unknown
13. “Have a wonderful weekend! Do what makes you smile and be happy!” — Unknown
14. “Let’s just try to have a marvelous time this weekend. I mean not try to analyze everything to death for once, if possible. Especially me. I love you.” — J. D. Salinger
15. “This weekend don’t think about Monday, it will come soon enough.” — Robert Rivers
16. “When you’re young, you should live out every weekend. Even if you look like a scarecrow, you just gotta go!” — Jonathan Brandis
17. “Have a simple weekend. Be yourself in a world that asks you to just be like everyone else, and you will already have accomplished a lot with your day.” — Unknown
18. “It’s weekend. Do something that your future self will thank you for.” — Unknown
19. “This weekend, remember that the Lord is with you at all times, guiding you through every moment of your life. Where you are right now is exactly where you are supposed to be.” — Unknown
20. “On your deathbed, will you wish you’d spent more prime weekend hours grocery shopping or walking in the woods with your kids?” — Hal Borland
21. “It’s weekend. Take it slow and give your soul a chance to catch up with your body.” — Unknown
22. “At the end of the day or week or month what really matters is that you & your loved ones are safe & well, you have done your best & are grateful for being who you are & touching the world with your presence.” ― Rajesh Goyal
23. “A Sunday well spent brings a week of content.” — proverb
24. “Yesterday ended last night, today is a brand-new day. And it’s yours.” — Zig Ziglar
25. “Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.” — Aung San Suu Kyi
26. “… Enjoy yourself. You work hard every day; you deserve to turn up on the weekends with your friends.” — Logic
27. “The future depends on what you do today.” — Mahatma Gandhi
28. “The weekend is here and you deserve a medal for getting through this week.” — Anthony T. Hincks
29. “Saturday is a day for the spa. Relax, indulge, enjoy, and love yourself, too.” — Ana Monnar
30. “Seeing the family is a very important part of my weekend.” — Susannah York
31. “Be in love with the weekend and let this affection be mutual.” — Unknown
32. “No matter how stressful the week has been, the weekend has come, so let the good things happen.” — Unknown
33. “Forget about all the bad things that happened to you this week and just have a great weekend.” — Unknown
34. “I’m mostly pretty quiet on the weekends. I either read or visit friends or go hiking or something like that.” — Troian Bellisario
35. “What can be better than to get out a book on Saturday afternoon and thrust all mundane considerations away till next week.” — C. S. Lewis
36. “My work is like my vacation, so in a way every day is like Saturday.” — Ludacris
37. “Honestly, I never really understood the glorification of Fridays & weekends. I don’t want to build a life and career, where I spent five days a week waiting for the weekend. No! I want to enjoy my life, and don’t wish any weekday away. I want each day to matter to me, in some way, even if it’s a small tiny way. I love my life. Everyday. That’s the spirit we should convey all around us.”— Akilnathan Logeswaran
38. “If you had to work 14 hour days, Mondays to Fridays, then you have to keep Saturdays and Sundays sacred.” — Nicole Ari Parker
39. “Different cocktails for different Saturday nights.” — Drew Barrymore
40. “Saturday – a day to sleep past my normal waking hour. A day to relish, enjoy and celebrate the goodness that I have been blessed with.” — Byron Pulsifer
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Inspirational Quotes For The Weekend
1. “I live, I live, I live for the weekend.” — Triumph
2. “It’s okay if every weekend doesn’t lead to big moments and campfires and laughter that carries on for hours and hours. Some weekends might be quiet, still, with plenty of room to contemplate. And in that contemplation room, there is room to grow.” — Morgan Harper Nichols
3. “I’m learning the power of going away for the weekend and keeping myself company.” — Zoe Saldana
4. “Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.” — Bo Bennett
5. “Take the time to do what you love to do this weekend.” — Catherine Pulsifer
6. “I try to treat each evening and weekend as little slices of retirement because no one is guaranteed a lengthy one at the end of their career.” — Mike Hammar
7. “I’d be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment.” — Audrey Hepburn
See also: 140 Best Good Morning Saturday Blessings To Lift You Up
8. “Always strive to excel, but only on weekends.” — Richard Rorty
9. “The weekend is a time for nos – no alarm clock, no rushing, no urgent phone calls, no working nights!” — Catherine Puslifer
10. “Weekends welcome warriors for social fun that starts on Friday.” — David Chiles
11. “If you find you are stressed out during the week, then it is even more important that you focus on what you want to do for the weekend, don’t bring work home.” — Kate Summers
12. “There are 365 days and 52 weekends in a year. Even if you are short on time off, you can still take weekend getaways. Does that count as a vacation? Of course it does.” — Anita Kaltenbaugh
13. “Weekends are sacred for me. They’re the perfect time to relax and spend time with family and friends.” — Unknown
14. “Music always sounds better on Friday.” — Lou Brutus
15. “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” ― Ferris Bueller
16. “I have never in my life found myself in a situation where I’ve stopped work and said, ‘Thank God it’s Friday.’ But weekends are special even if your schedule is all over the place. Something tells you the weekend has arrived and you can indulge yourself a bit.” — Helen Mirren
17. “Oh, I just want what we all want: a comfortable couch, a nice beverage, a weekend of no distractions and a book that will stop time, lift me out of my quotidian existence and alter my thinking forever.” — Elizabeth Gilbert
18. “Sunday! A family day with a touch of weekend thrown in for good measure.” — Anthony T. Hincks
19. “The rhythm of the weekend, with its birth, its planned gaieties, and its announced end, followed the rhythm of life and was a substitute for it.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
20. “No weekend, all weakened.” ― Toba Beta
21. “It’s not that we spend five days looking forward to just two. It’s that most people do what they enjoy 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
22. “They live for the weekends when they can go do what they really want to do.” ― Richard Nelson Bolles
23. “The sun shines brightest on Fridays because it knows that the weekend is here.” ― Anthony T. Hincks
24. “I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend and be entertained.” ― Michael Moore
25. “It’s weekend. Remember to count your rainbows instead of your thunderstorms.” ― Unknown
26. “Every day is a gift. But some days are packaged better.” — Sanhita Baruah
27. “Sunday would be lost without Saturday, and I would be lost without you.” ― Anthony T. Hincks
28. “On a lazy Saturday morning when you’re lying in bed, drifting in and out of sleep, there is a space where fantasy and reality become one.” ― Lynn Johnston
29. “We need the spirit of Sunday carried over to Monday and continued until Saturday.” ― Edward McKendree Bounds
30. “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a while including you.” ― Anne Lemott
See also: 90 Sunday Motivation Quotes For A Relaxed Weekend
Funny Motivational Weekend Quotes
1. “You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.” — Derek Jeter
2. “I am always happy to meet my friend, and my friend is my weekend.” — Debasish Mridha
3. “Hands up if you’re ready to do something you’ll regret this weekend. Go forth! You have my blessing.” — Florence Welch
4. “The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.” — Chuck Palahniuk
5. “A wild and crazy weekend involves sitting on the front porch, smoking a cigar, reading a book.” — Robert M. Gates
6. “Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.” — John Shirley
7. “Give a man a fish and he has food for a day; teach him how to fish and you can get rid of him for the entire weekend.” — Zenna Schaffer
8. “Weekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.” — Bill Watterson
9. “Better days are coming. They are called Saturday and Sunday.” — Unknown
10. “There aren’t enough days in the weekend.” — Rod Schmidt
Happy Weekend Motivational Quotes
1. “Whenever I have the slightest opportunity, I just take off somewhere, be it a road trip or just going away for the weekend.” — Zareen Khan
2. “Grateful for small things, big things, and everything in between. Happy Weekend!” — Unknown
3. “With your smile you make every day a weekend of happiness.” ― Anthony T. Hincks
4. “Today is Saturday, which means that the only decision that you should be making is whether to have a bottle or a glass of wine.” — Unknown
5. “Without the weekend, where would the week be?” — Anthony T. Hincks
6. “May your weekend be full of adventure and cheer, and may the beginning of the next week be far away.” — Unknown
7. “Have a nice weekend! Remember that a few hours on the beach can fix everything, so take a cocktail and forget about everything.” — Unknown
8. “The weekend is here and you deserve a medal for getting through this week. May your weekend feel longer than the working week.” — Unknown
9. “Happy weekend! Life is short, grab a friend and do whatever excites your spirit.” — Unknown
10. “There is little chance that meteorologists can solve the mysteries of weather until they gain an understanding of the mutual attraction of rain and weekends.” — Arnot Sheppard
11. “Happiness is not having to set the alarm for the next morning. Happy weekend!” – Unknown
12. “Happy weekend. May this weekend be relaxing enough to let go of all your worries.” — Unknown
13. “Don’t worry about yesterday or last month. Today is a new day, so renew your mind this morning. Be positive and start fresh. Happy Weekend!” — Unknown
14. “We need the spirit of Sunday carried over to Monday and continued until Saturday.” — Edward McKendree Bounds
15. “When you are unemployed, weekends are seven days long.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
16. “I love Saturday nights with my best friend and a big bowl of pasta, wanting a good scare, something that will say, ‘Listen, your life is not as bad as this. Your life can be so much worse.’” — Vera Farmiga
17. “Love me like Saturday night, like three glasses of champagne, like the room is spinning, like you’re drunk on my love.” — C.J. Carlyon
18. “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Lower the bar. Actually spending ten minutes clearing off one shelf is better than fantasizing about spending a weekend cleaning out the basement.” — Gretchen Rubin
19. “Sundays are like confetti floating in the air…you hope a bit of wind could blow…so they could fly a bit longer.” ― Alain Bremond-Torrent
20. “My perfect weekend is going for a walk with my family in the park…” — Anne Wojcicki
See also: 180 Happy Weekend Quotes To Enjoy Your Deserved Break
21. “I’m an old man. A big weekend for me is Home Depot and a Caesar salad.” — Valee
22. “I grew up in a family where everybody had a good time and we were at the lake every weekend and going to the beach and living a good life. It’s been the way we always lived, and my wife’s the same way – enjoy every day and have fun.” — Luke Bryan
23. “A weekend wasted is no wasted weekend at all.” — Unknown
24. “Calories don’t count on the weekend.” — Unknown
25. “The feeling of Sunday is the same everywhere…” — Jean Rhys
26. “Don’t waste your weekends lying in bed. Get up and make it brighter with your activeness!” — Unknown
27. “Welcome to a brand-new weekend where you can shine bright. Happy weekend!” — Unknown
28. “Weekend cheers you up no matter how disappointed and tired you are. Happy weekend!” — Unknown
29. “Every day in life teaches you how to deal with your problems. Make sure to keep on learning. Happy weekend!” — Unknown
30. “Life is short. And the weekends are even shorter. Make sure to live them to the fullest!” — Unknown
Wrapping It Up
What an inspiring list, right?
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Have a great weekend!
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