Make the most of the final day of the work week with these quotes that will inspire you, guide you, and most importantly, make you laugh
34 Best Friday Quotes to Kick Off the Weekend Right
Updated on Jan. 29, 2025
Friday is possibly the most beloved day of the week. It marks the end of a long work (or school) week and the beginning of the weekend—a land of no deadlines, no alarm clocks, and sweet, sweet freedom. With Saturday on the horizon, it can be hard to find the motivation to roll out of bed and make the most of the last day of the week. Since the Monday motivation quotes have expired until Sunday evening, these Friday quotes will help get you through the day with a little inspiration, a dash of insightfulness, and a whole lot of humor.
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The best feel good Friday quotes
1. “You can always tell when it’s Friday. There’s an excitement specific to Fridays, coupled with relief that another week has passed.” — Robyn Schneider
2. “Friday is a purple-velvet-sofa day for some poor woman who’s finally reclaimed her life. A purple velvet sofa is a gal’s symbol of freedom.” — Beth Hoffman
3. “Why study or try to change the world on a Friday afternoon when you could be out enjoying the sun?” — Nicholas Sparks
4. “It’s finally Friday, I’m outta control. Forget the workin’ blues and let the good times roll” — George Jones
5. “Friday night too tired, Saturday night too drunk, Sunday night too far away.” — Anonymous
6. “Sometimes you want to have a very productive Saturday to feel that you are in control of your life, which of course you are not.” —Tina Fey
7. “Always try to bring some of the fun, play, freedom and wonder of the weekend into your week.” —Rasheed Ogunlaru
8. “We prefer Friday to Sunday because Friday brings with it the thrill of anticipating the weekend ahead. In contrast, on Sunday the only thing to look forward to is work on Monday.” — Tali Sharot
9. “It was late on a Friday afternoon, when the air is fertile, about to split and reveal its warm fruit—that gold nucleus of time, the weekend.” — Rebecca Lee
10. “I have to be alone very often. I’d be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That’s how I refuel.” — Audrey Hepburn
11. “Friday has always been the blessed child of Time. It’s admired, looked forward to, and savored with each occurrence.” — Drew Hayes
12. “Tonight’s forecast: 99% chance of wine.” —Anonymous
Inspirational Friday quotes
13. “Why is Monday so far away from Friday but Friday is so close to Monday?” —Unknown
14. “No weekend, all weakened.” —Toba Beta
15. “Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.” —Maya Angelou
16. “’I’m so sad it’s Friday. I wish it was Monday already,’ said no one in history, ever.” —Unknown
17. “[After some time] I found that I understood a lot more about Parisians’ attitude to work. Workdays become a mild irritant inserted between weekends. Friday afternoons were little more than a short period after lunch during which you checked the internet for traffic jams on the routes out of town.” —Stephen Clarke
18. “Man was made at the end of the week’s work when God was tired.” —Mark Twain
19. “I am instantly 70% nicer after 3 p.m. on Fridays.” —Anonymous
20. “Making food is a wonderful way to spend a Friday night.” —Chrissy Teigen
21. “Fridays are the hardest in some ways: you’re so close to freedom.” —Lauren Oliver
22. “Relax, Recharge and Reflect. Sometimes it’s OK to do nothing.” —Izey Victoria Odiase
23. “Music always sounds better on Friday.” —Lou Brutus
24. “You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.” —Derek Jeter
Funny Friday quotes
25. “Hello, Friday, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time…” —Flo Rida
26. “Your motivation is your pay packet on Friday. Now get on with it.” — Noel Coward
27. “Dear Friday, I’m so glad we are back together. I’m sorry you had to see me with Mon–Thurs, but I swear I was thinking of you the whole time.” —Anonymous
28. “I don’t care if Monday’s blue, Tuesday’s gray and Wednesday too. Thursday, I don’t care about you. It’s Friday I’m in love.” —The Cure
29. “When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really PLAYED.” ―Dr. Seuss
30. “Every Friday, I like to high-five myself for getting through another week on little more than caffeine, willpower, and inappropriate humor.” —Nanea Hoffman
31. “”Cozy + smell of pancakes − alarm clock = weekend.” —Amy Krouse Rosenthal
32. “Here comes that familiar feeling that Friday’s famous for…” — Cee Lo Green
33. “Anyone could see it all coming and no one could possibly stop it and that was the beautiful thing. Friday night was open wide and writ in stone.” — Jonathan Lethem
34. “Friday is my second favorite F word. Food is my first.” —Anonymous
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