Rainbows never fail to bring a smile to your face and seeing one always makes it worth having those rainy days - which is pretty much a metaphor for life!
We’ve put together a list of the most inspiring quotes from musicians, authors and philosophers to cheer you up on a rainy day or to caption those beautiful Instagram photos.
Here are the very best rainbow quotes.
Inspirational Rainbow Quotes
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”
- Dolly Parton
“Be everything that you are unapologetically, most of you will find out that you are not just one color, you are a rainbow.”
- Mridula Singh
“Don’t seek to be happy; let everyone else chase after that rainbow. Seek to be kind, and you’ll find the rainbow follows you.”
- Richelle E. Goodrich
“Don’t turn around. Don’t look back. Keep moving forward. Keep pushing. The pot of gold is at the end of the rainbow, not the beginning.”
- Ziad K. Abdelnour
“It’s when you follow the rain clouds that you find out where the rainbows are hiding.”
- Anthony T. Hincks
“I’d rather see the world as a rainbow than endless shade of gray.”
- Amani Abbas
“Don’t fear the storm, for the rainbow’s never far behind.”
- Jamie Worthington
“Rainbows are made of small raindrops. Happy lives are made from acts of kindness.”
- Amit Ray
“Life throws challenges and every challenge comes with rainbows and lights to conquer it.”
- Amit Ray
“Follow every rainbow, till you find your dream”
- Stephanie Laurens
“In life, you either choose to sing a rainbow, or you don’t. Keep singing.”
- Kathleen Long
“Have faith in your dreams and someday your rainbow will come shining through. No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep believing, the dream that you wish will come true.”
- Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”
- Maya Angelou
“God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us – in the dreariest and most dreaded moments – can see a possibility of hope.”
- Maya Angelou
“There comes a point in your life when you realize your hardest times are your best times, too - you will see the rainbow of your life.”
- Roy Bennett
“Sunset is still my favourite color, and rainbow is second.”
- Mattie Stepanek
“Rainbows apologize for angry skies.”
- Sylvia A. Voirol
“If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.”
- Warren Wendel Wiersbe
“If you want to see a rainbow you have to learn to see the rain.”
- Paulo Coelho
“Still, when it looked like the sun wasn’t going to shine anymore, God put a rainbow in the clouds.”
- Maya Angelou
“Waterfalls are exciting because they have power, they have rainbows, they have songs, and they have boldness and craziness!”
- Mehmet Murat ildan
“Today’s teardrops are tomorrow’s rainbows.”
- Ricky Nelson
“When thunderstorms roll in, you make a choice to either succumb with tears to the gloomy downpour, or smile and look for rainbows.”
- Richelle E. Goodrich
“Know that rainbows and butterflies are God’s gift to your joy.”
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down.”
- Charlie Chaplin
“When I see a rainbow, I know that someone, somewhere loves me.”
- Anthony T. Hincks
“Happiness doesn’t always come in pink. Learn to appreciate the rainbow.”
- Richelle E. Goodrich
“It takes sunshine and rain to make a rainbow. There would be no rainbows without sunshine and rain.”
- Roy T. Bennett
“It’s when a rainbow smiles that sadness is banished from the land.”
- Anthony T. Hincks
“When beauty is seen through the windows of the soul - rainbows appear and everything is magical. It feels simply divine.”
- Angie Karan
“Rainbows reminds us that even after the darkest clouds and the fiercest winds there is still beauty.”
- Katrina Mayer
“You are the rainbow that adds color to my gray skies.”
- Avijeet Das
“Rainbows: The gift from heaven to us all.“
- Anthony T. Hincks
“Life without dreams is like a rainbow without colours.”
- Greyson Chance
“Every sacrifice is another colour of your Rainbow!”
- Cass van Krah
“To find the rainbow and life’s incredible beauties, learn to play with adversity.”
- Debasish Mridha
“When it rains look for rainbows, when it’s dark look for stars.”
- Oscar Wilde
“A heart of gold is where the rainbow begins.”
- Tammy L. Kubasko
“Rainbow of happiness is the byproduct of your inner sunshine, after the rain of sorrows.”
- Vikrmn
“If you only chase the pot of gold, you’ll miss the beauty of the rainbow along the way.”
- Jamie Worthington
“It’s greener on the other side, but it’s rainbows and gold on mine.”
- Kailin Gow
“Count your rainbows, not your thunderstorms.”
- Alyssa Knight
“Life can be a storm, but your hope is a rainbow and your friends and family are the gold.”
- Steve Maraboli
“Life's a choice: you can live in black and white, or you can live in color. I'll take every shade of the rainbow and the gazillion in between!“
- Karen Marie Moning
“The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.”
- John Vance Cheney
“Rainbows introduce us to reflections of different beautiful possibilities so we never forget that pain and grief are not the final options in life.”
- Aberjhani
“Each of us has the power and responsibility to become a rainbow in the clouds.”
- Maya Angelou
“Stay positive! Rainbows often appear when you least expect them and need them most.”
- Jamie Worthington
“Be proud of the incredible person that you are, and become a rainbow in someone’s cloudy day.”
- Nyki Mack
“Rainbows have a way of making the world seem right.”
- Anthony T. Hincks
“Let your happiness be known to the world like a stunning rainbow.”
- Somya Kedia
“An optimist sees rainbows when there is rain.”
- Debasish Mridha
“It’s when a rainbow smiles that sadness is banished from the land.”
- Anthony T. Hincks
“Life has a lot of grey and sadness, look for the rainbow and frame it. There is beauty in everything, sometimes you just have to look a little harder to see it.”
- Charlotte Kitley
“I kind of view everybody like a rainbow. Everybody on the planet has all the colors of the rainbow inside.”
- Alexia Fast
“Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.”
- E.Y. Harburg
“If you’re going on a journey take a rainbow with you because you never know who you are going to meet.”
- Anthony T. Hincks
“When there is love in the heart, there are rainbows in the eyes, which cover every black cloud with gorgeous hues.”
- Henry Ward Beecher
“At the end of the dream, on the other side of the rainbow, there’s only light.“
- Frederick Lenz
“All the best things in life are free: love, smiles, friends, family, pets & companions, thoughts, sunsets & sunrises and especially rainbows.”
- Anthony T. Hincks
“Draw a curve with your each smile & let your happiness be known to the world like a stunning rainbow!”
- Somya Kedia
“Every vision has its own rainbow; the day you realise your vision you'll see your rainbow.”
- Vikrmn
“Rainbow the blend of bliss of colours!”
- Lailah Gifty Akita
“Hope is a rainbow of thought.”
- Harley King
“Storm? Shine your light and make a rainbow.”
- Richie Norton
