75 Inspiring Sunset Captions for those beautiful Instagram pics

Watching the sunset has the power to completely lift your day. We try to catch it as often as we possibly can, whether that’s in a beautiful spot or just from the car window driving home. No matter what’s going on at the time, you can always appreciate the magic of a spectacular sunset.

We’ve put these sunset quotes together to inspire you to get out and watch a sunset or help you caption those dreamy Instagram pics.


The best sunset captions and quotes for Instagram

“A sunset will colour your dreams.”

- Anthony T. Hincks

Sunset Captions - Anthony Hincks "A sunset will colour your dreams"


“Every sunset is an opportunity to reset.”

- Richie Norton



“Every one of a hundred thousand cities around the world had its own special sunset and it was worth going there, just once, if only to see the sun go down.”

- Ryu Murakami



“The more clouds you have in your sky, the more colourful sunset it will be.”

- Sajal Sazzad

Sunset Captions - Anthony Hincks "A sunset will colour your dreams"


“Sunset is the opening music of the night.”

- Mehmet Murat ildan


“The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.”

- Craig D. Lounsbrough


“Whether sunrise or sunset, it heralds a new opportunity to dream...”

- Virginia Alison

Sunset Captions - Virginia Alison "Whether Sunrise or Sunset, it heralds a new opportunity to dream"

“If you are in a beautiful place where you can enjoy sunrise and sunset, then you are living like a lord.”

- Nathan Phillips


“Thank you is what each and everyone of us should say when we see either a sunrise or sunset. And when we do that, maybe, just maybe the world will start to become a better place.”

- Anthony T. Hincks

“There’s always a sunrise and always a sunset and it’s up to you to choose to be there for it…Put yourself in the way of beauty.”

- Cheryl Strayed

Sunset Quotes - Charlotte Strayed

“Sunsets are proof that no matter what happens, every day can end beautifully.”

- Kristen Butler



“A sunrise or sunset can be ablaze with brilliance and arouse all the passion, all the yearning, in the soul of the beholder.”

- Mary Balogh


“That was her magic - she could still see the sunset, even on the darkest days.”

- Atticus

Sunset Captions - Atticus "That was her magic - she could still see the sunset, even on the darkest days"


“It was sunsets that taught me that beauty sometimes only lasts for a couple of moments, and it was sunrises that showed me that all it takes it patience to experience it all over again.”

- A.J. Lawless


“See the beauty of sunset to enjoy the passion of life.”

- Debasish Mridha

“Believe in yourself and you can change a sunset into a new dawn.”

- Anthony T. Hincks

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“At every sunset, the sky is a different shade. No cloud is ever in the same place. Each day is a new masterpiece. A new wonder. A new memory.”

- Sanober Khan


“I like that time is marked by each sunrise and sunset whether or not you actually see it.”

- Catherine Opie



“Don’t forget: beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies.”

- Paulo Coelho

Sunset Cpations - Paulo Coelho "Don't forget: Beautiful Sunsets need a cloud sky"

“It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream”

- Bernard Williams


“Life does not come with instructions on how to live, but it does come with trees, sunsets, smiles and laughter, so enjoy your day”

- Debbie Shapiro



“Are you dreaming? Stop dreaming; come and watch the sunset, it is better than all the dreams!”

- Mehmet Murat ildan

Mehmet Murat Ildan - Sunset Quotes

“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.”

- Jo Walton




“Sunrise is the start of something beautiful: the day. Sunset is the start of something beautiful: the night.”

- Juansen Dizon

“Sunsets are proof that endings can often be beautiful too.”

- Beau Taplin

Sunset Captions - "Sunsets are proof that endings can often be beautiful too"

“When the sun is setting, leave whatever you are going and watch it.”

- Mehmet Murat ildan

“May every sunrise hold more promise and every sunset hold more peace.”

- Umair Siddiqui



“Never waste any amount of time doing anything important when there is a sunset outside that you should be sitting under!”

- C.Joybell C.

C Joybell C Sunset Quotes

"Sunset shows that life is too beautiful to hold on to the past, so move on to the present."

- Jennifer Aquillo



“Life is all about enjoying every sunset and looking forward to the next sunrise.”

- Sandeep Shergill



“With every sunset a new hope is born, and an old expectation dies.”

- Noor Unnahar

Noor Unnahar Sunset Caption


“You have to travel far and wide to see a lot of the world’s wonders, but sunsets can be appreciated in every corner of the earth.”

- Kimmie Conner




“A day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.”

- Nicholas Sparks




“Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of heaven.”

- John Lubbock

Sunset Captions John Lubbock

“Sunset is so marvellous that even the sun itself watches it every day in the reflections of the infinite oceans!”

- Mehmet Murat ildan


“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”

- Rabindranath Tagore


“Sunset is still my favourite colour, rainbow is second.”

- Mattie Stepanek

Sunset is my favourite colour - Stepanek Sunset Captions


“Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset…not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.”

- Sharon Draper




“Sunset is a wonderful opportunity for us to appreciate all the great things the sun gives us!”

- Mehmet Murat ildan




“You want proof there’s a God? Look outside, watch a sunset.”

- Frank E. Peretti

Anthony Hincks - Sunset Captions


“Sunsets are my escape into the reality I want to continuously live.”

- Rachel Roy




“Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.”

- Richard Paul Evans



“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don’t find myself saying, “Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner.” I don’t try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.”

- Carl Rogers



“A sunset paints the sky as if there were no tomorrow.”

- Anthony T. Hincks

Anthony Hincks - Sunset Captions


"Watching sunset makes you feel stronger."

- Anamika Mishra



“I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.”

- John McCain




"When your world moves too fast, and you lose yourself in the chaos, introduce yourself to each color of the sunset."

- Christy Ann Martine




"My joy is the golden sunset giving thanks for another day."

- Jonathan Lockwood

John Lockwood - My joy is the golden sunset giving thanks for another day


“The charm of golden sunrise and sunset does not depend on you, it reflects on you…only if you allow it. So does fleeting moments of joy”

- Val Uchendu




“The first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color - oranges, pearly pinks, vibrant purples…”

- Anna Godbersen




“Allow failure to teach you a supreme lesson: Each sunset is the beginning of a very, very bright and powerful sunrise.”

- Sri Chinmoy




“A sunset is the sun’s fiery kiss to the night.”

- Crystal Woods

Crystal Woods - A sunset is the sun's fiery kiss to the night


“When your life is moving too fast and you find yourself in chaos, introduce yourself to each color of the sunset.”

- Christy Ann Martine




“Admire the efforts of a failure like you admire the beauty of a sunset.”

- Amit Kalantri



“No sun outlasts its sunset, but will rise again and bring the dawn.”

- Maya Angelou

No sun outlasts its sunset, but it will rise again and bring the dawn - Maya Angelou

“When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.”

- Mahatma Gandhi


“There is nothing more musical than a sunset.”

- Claude Debussy



“Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty, if only we have the eyes to see them.”

- John Ruskin


“To watch a sunset is to connect with the Divine.”

- Gina De Gorna

Sunset Captions - Gina De Gorna


“The most beautiful sunset is when you have it with your beloved one and the most beautiful sunrise is quite the same.”

- Galina Nelson



“Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun going to his rest.”

- Thomas de Quincey



“You just gotta use the sunset as a reset button and start over in the morning with every chance you get to open your eyes.”

- Victoria Monet

Victoria Monet - Sunset Captions


“Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them.”

- Aldo Leopold



“Every sunset is a journey, a journey to remember the memories of the past!”

- Mehmet Murat ildan


“The sunsets you see will always be better than the ones you don’t.”

- Karen Joy Fowler

Karen Fowler - The Sunsets you see will always be better than the ones you don't


“Sunsets in themselves are generally superior to sunrises; but with the sunset we appreciate images drawn from departed peace and faded glory.”

- George Stillman Hillard


“As far as sunsets go, I think they are one of the most beautiful natural phenomena that absolutely everyone can enjoy. You have to travel far and wide to see a lot of the world’s wonders, but sunsets can be appreciated in every corner of the earth.”

- Kimmie Conner



“Each time I see a beautiful sunset or sunrise, I have to pinch myself because I can’t believe that I’m awake and not dreaming.”

- Anthony T. Hincks

Hincks - Sunset Captions


“The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the colour that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again.”

- Ram Charan




“We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us.”

- Khalil Gibran


“For one minute, walk outside, stand there, in silence, look up at the sky, and contemplate how amazing life is.”

- Rhonda Byrne

Rhonda Byrne - Sunset Captions


”O, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.”

- Roman Payne


“The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.”

- Pamela Hansford Johnson


“Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there’s something good about feeling both.”

- Amy Grant