Rise and shine

There’s a belief in the culture that there are those who are “morning people” and those who are not. But this is another false binary: We are all morning people, in that we all (if we’re lucky!) experience the phenomenon of waking up to a new day and having to decide what to make of its first few hours. The divisiveness of the morning arises from the details—what time we wake up and how; whether we leap out of bed into an 8-mile run or stumble resentfully toward the espresso machine; if we groggily reach for our phones, our snuggle buddies, or the snooze button. These are all personal decisions, and yet many people carry around superiority or inferiority about their morning rituals, a sense that there are right and wrong ways to wake up. At the very least, the popular notion that “successful people do certain things before breakfast” proves we share a fascination with the potential contained in the initial hours after rising.

Awake—a pop-up blog in the mold of the Drift, Slate’s earlier look at sleep—will direct a bright, easterly sunbeam on those hours.

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”

There’s no better way to wake up in the morning than with a smile on your face. While a good night’s sleep and sweet dreams aren’t always the case, the one thing you can always count on is creating your own happiness. If you’re feeling down, need some motivation in 2022, or simply like to start your day on a high note, here are the top 150 Good Morning quotes that’ll put your mind at ease, provide words of encouragement and help you get started on a productive day.

“I get up every morning and it’s going to be a great day. You never know when it’s going to be over, so I refuse to have a bad day.”