100 Fall Quotes: Famous, Short, Cozy & Inspirational Autumn Sayings

These fall quotes capture everything we love about autumn — golden light, crisp air, cozy evenings and the quiet beauty of letting go. Below are 100 fall quotes: famous lines from writers like Albert Camus, L.M. Montgomery and F. Scott Fitzgerald, plus short, inspirational, cozy, funny and faith-filled autumn quotes for captions, cards, letter boards and journals.

Famous Fall Quotes

• “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” – Albert Camus
• “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” – L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
• “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
• “Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” – George Eliot
• “Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.” – Emily Brontë
• “Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.” – Jim Bishop
• “There is a harmony in autumn, and a lustre in its sky.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
• “Wild is the music of autumnal winds amongst the faded woods.” – William Wordsworth
• “Notice that autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
• “The year’s last, loveliest smile.” – William Cullen Bryant, on autumn

Short Fall Quotes

• “Hello, fall.”
• “Sweater weather is better weather.”
• “Fall in love with autumn.”
• “Leaves are falling, autumn is calling.”
• “Happy fall, y’all.”
• “Cozy season is here.”
• “Crisp air, full hearts.”
• “Golden days ahead.”
• “Pumpkin spice and everything nice.”
• “Let it fall.”

Inspirational Fall Quotes

• “Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go.”
• “The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to change.”
• “Like the leaves, let go of what no longer serves you.”
• “Every season has its beauty; this one teaches us to release.”
• “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.”
• “Be like autumn: bold, colorful and unafraid of change.”
• “You can’t grow new leaves while clinging to the old ones.”
• “Fall is proof that endings can be beautiful.”

Cozy Fall Quotes

• “Blankets, books and bonfires.”
• “Warm drinks, soft sweaters and slow evenings.”
• “Home is where the candles smell like pumpkin pie.”
• “Fuzzy socks and falling leaves.”
• “Happiness is a warm cup of cider on a cold day.”
• “Rainy fall days were made for reading.”
• “Hot cocoa, cozy nights and cuddles.”
• “Let’s stay in and watch the leaves fall.”

Funny Fall Quotes

• “I’m not addicted to pumpkin spice. I’m committed.”
• “Autumn: the season when your hoodie finally makes sense.”
• “Raking leaves is my cardio.”
• “My favorite color is October.”
• “Fall: when you wear a sweater in the morning and regret it by lunch.”
• “I’m just here for the pie.”
• “Sweater weather means I can hide my snacks in my sleeves.”
• “Leaf me alone, I’m having a pumpkin moment.”

Faith-Filled Fall Quotes

• “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” – Ecclesiastes 3:1 (KJV)
• “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest… shall not cease.” – Genesis 8:22 (KJV)
• “Grateful for every season, especially this one.”
• “The leaves change, but God’s love does not.”
• “Harvest the blessings, plant the kindness.”

Find more scripture in our short bible verses and start your mornings with our good morning fall quotes.

Fall Love Quotes

• “I fell for you like autumn leaves – slowly, then all at once.”
• “You’re the pumpkin to my spice.”
• “Every season with you is my favorite, but autumn is close.”
• “Hold my hand and let’s walk through the leaves.”
• “You warm me up like a cup of cider in October.”

More romance: our love quotes.

Fall Quotes for Kids and Classrooms

• “Jump in the leaves!”
• “Be kind like a warm sweater.”
• “Grow where you are planted.”
• “Thankful, grateful, blessed.”
• “Learning is a harvest you can keep forever.”

How to Use These Fall Quotes

• Instagram captions for leaf-peeping and pumpkin-patch photos – see also our fall captions.
• Letter boards and chalkboards in the kitchen or porch – see our fall porch decor ideas.
• Cards and notes tucked into a lunchbox or gift.
• Journals – pick one quote a week as a writing prompt.

Fall Quotes FAQ

What is the most famous fall quote?

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower” by Albert Camus is one of the best known.

What is a short fall quote?

“Hello, fall,” “Sweater weather is better weather” and “Let it fall” are short favorites.

What does Anne of Green Gables say about October?

Anne says, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”

Read L.M. Montgomery’s novel free at Project Gutenberg.