April’s Beauty in Quotes and Words
As April arrives, the world awakens from its winter slumber. It’s a month of transformation, marked by changing seasons and the emergence of fresh starts.
In addition to its spirit of change, April is a time to reflect on personal and external growth. It fosters optimism, encourages introspection, and reminds us of the potential that comes with new opportunities.
April: Key Dates
- April Fool’s Day: Celebrated annually on April 1st, April Fool’s Day is a long-standing tradition of lighthearted pranks and jokes. People worldwide perform harmless tricks to celebrate the spirit of fun and mischief.
- World Health Day: Established by the World Health Organization (WHO) on April 7th, 1948, this day is “celebrated annually and each year draws attention to a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world.”
- Earth Day: First held on April 22nd, 1970, Earth Day is dedicated to environmental protection and raising awareness about the importance of preserving the planet.
- Famous Birthdays: Famous birthdays include poet and author Maya Angelou, playwright Samuel Beckett, artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci, actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin, playwright William Shakespeare, and philosophers Immanuel Kant and Ludwig Wittgenstein.
The beauty of April lies not only in nature’s revival but also in the inspiration it brings through words and wisdom, as captured in this collection of some of the best April quotes.
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, (Harcourt, Brace & World, ed. 1949), Page 3
Men are April when they woo, December when they wed; maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. William Shakespeare, As You Like It (1632)
April is the cruellest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain. T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land (1922), Page 9
]Spring has come again. The earth is like a child who knows poems by heart. Rainer Maria Rilke, Sonnets to Orpheus (1923)
April mixes silver rain and golden sun to suds, to wash the scarlet petticoats of the little maple buds.Frances Frost, The Little Whistler (ed. E. M. Hale, 1949), Page 12
Snow in April is abominable. Like a slap in the face when you expected a kiss. L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Ingleside (ed. Grosset & Dunlap, 1939), Page 134
April, April, laugh thy girlish laughter, and the moment after, Weep thy girlish tears, April.Angus Wilson, No Laughing Matter (ed. Secker & Warburg, 1967), Page 75
Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry (ed. Kessinger Publishing, 1812), Page 135
No Winter lasts forever, no Spring skips its turn. April is a promise that May is bound to keep. Hal Borland, Sundial of the Seasons (ed. J. B. Lippincott, 1964), Page 49
Our spring has come at last with the soft laughter of April suns and shadow of April showers.Byron Caldwell Smith, The Professor's Love-Life (ed. The Macmillan, 1919), Page 46
April, the angel of the months, the young love of the year.Vita Sackville-West, The Garden (ed. Frances Lincoln, 2004), Page 64
April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go.Christopher Morley, John Mistletoe (ed. Faber & Faber, 1931), Page 55
There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye: There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by.William Cullen Bryant, Studies in Bryant (ed. American Book, 1904), Page 83
Winter’s done, and April’s in the skies. Earth, look up with laughter in your eyes!Charles G. D. Roberts, The Book of the Native (ed. Lamson, Wolffe & Co., 1896), Page 19
April, dressed in all his trim, hath put a spirit of youth in everything.William Shakespeare, The Sonnet (ed. Signet Classic, 1999), Page 98
April brings the primrose sweet, scatters daisies at our feet.Sara Coleridge, Pretty Lessons in Verse for Good Children (ed. John W. Parker, 1839), Page 7
Were there no month of April, man would be a great deal more virtuous. The budding plants are a set of accomplices! Love is the thief, Spring the receiver. Victor Hugo, The Man Who Laughs (Estes and Lauriat, ed. 1869), Volume II, Page 63
O my delicious April, never cease to weep and smile at once!Alfred Austin, Savonarola: A Tragedy (ed. Macmillan, 1881), Page 265
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