There are few things guaranteed to inspire awe like staring up at the full moon on a clear night. It gives a feeling of calm that has inspired writers and poets throughout the centuries, and often helps you put things into perspective.
So whether you’re looking for that perfect instagram caption, or simply want to read something uplifting, you’ll find it here in our 50 favourite quotes about the moon.
50 Inspiring Moon Quotes
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars."
- Les Brown
“The moon is the first milestone on the road to the stars.”
- Arthur C. Clarke
“The Moon was so beautiful that the ocean held up a mirror.”
- Ani DiFranco
"If you strive for the moon, maybe you'll get over the fence."
- James Woods
“That’s the thing about the moon… the closer she gets to you, the rougher the seas. Unless, of course, you are the sun.”
- Erin Van Vuren
“The moon stared at me through sprinkled nighttime stardust and I alone smile.”
- Jay Long
"I always look up at the moon and see it as the single most romantic place within the cosmos."
- Tom Hanks
“It is no secret that the Moon has no light of her own but is, as it were, a mirror, receiving brightness from the influence of the Sun.”
- Vitruvius
"Always remember we are under the same sky, looking at the same moon."
- Maxine Lee
"The moon is too close. I want to go further."
- Shirley MacLaine
“Stay wild, moon child.”
- Riitta Klint
“The wisdom of the Moon is greater than the wisdom of the Earth because the Moon sees the universe better than the Earth can see it.”
- Mehmet Murat Ildan
"Drag me to the moon, to catch a star and seize its brilliance as I'm swept up in amorphous dust."
- Bradley Chicho
“The moon, like a flower in heaven’s high bower, With silent delight sits and smiles on the night.”
- William Blake
"Be both soft and wild. Just like the moon. Or the storm. Or the sea."
- Victoria Erickson
"I am not a person who reaches for the moon as long as I have the stars."
- Gertrude Ederle
"Go slowly, my lovely moon, go slowly."
- Khaled Hosseini
“I’m in no hurry: the sun and the moon aren’t, either. Nobody goes faster than the legs they have. If where I want to go is far away, I’m not there in an instant.”
- Alberto Caeiro
"With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon who could not be happy?"
- Oscar Wilde
“The Moon is the reflection of your heart, and moonlight is the twinkle of your love.”
- Debasish Mridha
"I'm as old as the moon and the stars, and as young as the trees and the lakes."
- Afrika Bambaataa
“He could well imagine what the moon had given her: pure solitude and tranquility. That was the best thing the moon could give a person.”
- Haruki Murakami
"Don't worry if you're making waves just by being yourself. The moon does it all the time."
- Scott Stabile
“I like to think that the moon is there, even if I am not looking at it.”
- Albert Einstein
“The moon fascinates us in her simplicity.”
- Avijeet Das
"I will never be a morning person, for the moon and I are much too in love."
- Christopher Poindexter
"Don't tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon."
- Paul Brandt
"The sun loves the moon so much that he dies every night to let her breathe, and in return, she reflects his love."
- Jeffrey Fry
“You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.”
- Gary Allan
“The moon is beautiful only when the mind is seeking beauty and the heart is loving.
- Debasish Mridha
"The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen."
- Shannon L. Alder
“She’s lost under the spell of the moon again and doesn’t want to be found.”
- Daniel Mercury
“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”
- Mark Twain
“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien
"So imagine that the lovely moon is playing just for you - everything makes music if you really want it to."
- Giles Andreae
“The moon is friend for the lonesome to talk to.”
- Carl Sandburg
“But even when the moon looks like it’s waning…it’s actually never changing shape. Don’t ever forget that.”
- Ai Yazawa
“I still say, ‘Shoot for the moon; you might get there.”
- Buzz Aldrin
“This is what I am talking about: the bewitching power of moonlight. Moonlight incites dark passions like a cold flame, making hearts burning with the intensity of phosphorus.”
– Rampo Edogawa
“Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.”
- Gautama Buddha
“She used to tell me that a full moon was when mysterious things happen and wishes come true.”
- Shannon A. Thompson
“The moon was reigning over their world, glowing its full splendour to all those willing to look up.”
- Irina Serban
“There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it’s all dark.”
- Pink Floyd
"Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see as they look up to them, though they are ever so far away from us, and each other."
- Sojourner Truth
"I feel like the moon is a very beautiful woman. She's in control."
- Ravyn Lenae
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