TGIF! 50 Best 'Friday Quotes' to Kickstart a Happy Weekend

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The easiest way to make the most of your Friday is by putting your best foot forward the second you roll out of bed in the morning. I know it can be tough to find motivation when you’re craving a day off, but with the help of a good quote, you can be inspired to kick butt at the office or in class and reap the rewards of spending the weekend however you like. That's why these Friday quotes will provide the motivational and inspirational nudge you need.

Whether you’re looking forward to partying it up with pals, binging on your favorite TV show and carry out, or are ready to slay the weekend with some personal projects you’ve been waiting to get started on, read the 50 best Friday quotes to get you ready to rock a happy weekend.

50 Best Friday Quotes

1. “Friday afternoon feels like heaven.” —El Fuego

2. “If my boss knew how unproductive I am on Fridays, he wouldn’t want me here either.” —James Johnson

3. “It’s Friday morning mankind! Good vibe, don’t frown and let the monster see you smile!” —Napz Cherub Pellazo

4. “Friday sees more smiles than any other day of the workweek!”—Kate Summers

5. "It's Friday! Time to go make stories for Monday." —Anonymous

6. “Oh! It’s Friday again. Share the love that was missing during the week. In a worthy moment of peace and bliss.” —S. O’Sade

7. “Every Friday, I like to high five myself for getting through another week on little more than caffeine, willpower, and inappropriate humor.” —Nanea Hoffman

8. “Friday is a day to finish your goals for the week. It is a day to celebrate that which you set out to accomplish at the beginning of the week.” —Byron Pulsifer

9. "Friday is my second favorite F word. Food is my first" —Anonymous

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10. “I have never in my life found myself in a situation where I’ve stopped work and said, ‘Thank God it’s Friday.’ But weekends are special even if your schedule is all over the place. Something tells you the weekend has arrived and you can indulge yourself a bit.” —Helen Mirren

11. “Friday is about hanging out with friends, having fun.” —Rebecca Black

12. “When you leave work on Friday, leave work. Don’t let technology follow you throughout your weekend (answering text messages and emails) take a break you will be more refreshed to begin the workweek if you have had a break.” —Catherine Pulsifer

13. “Hands up if you’re ready to do something you’ll regret this weekend. Go forth! You have my blessing.” —Florence Welch

14. “Friday. The golden child of the weekdays. The superhero of the workweek. The welcome wagon to the weekend.” —Anonymous

15. “Making food is a wonderful way to spend a Friday night.” —Chrissy Teigen

16. “Change your way of thinking. Use your energy to accomplish more productive things. The choice is yours and it can be made today!” —Garrett Kingston

17. “Life is good, especially on a Friday.” —Anonymous

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18. “Fridays are the hardest in some ways: you’re so close to freedom.” —Lauren Oliver

19. “Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is yourer than you.” —Dr. Seuss

20. “On a Friday night, I like to go out because my friends, who have been working normal hours, just want to let go after a stressful week at work.” —Douglas Booth

21. “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

22. “This Friday, finish your work and be done. Look forward to the weekend and have some fun!” —Kate Summers

23. “Make a Friday a day to celebrate work well done that you can be proud of knowing that you just didn’t put in time to the next paycheck.” —Byron Pulsifer

24. “Don’t count the days. Make the days count.” —Muhammad Ali

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25. "It's Friday night. Time to be a hero and rescue some wine trapped in a bottle." —Anonymous

26. “Life is like a sewer… what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.” —Tom Lehrer

27. ”Rise up and attack the day with enthusiasm.” —Anonymous

28. ”It’s time to embrace the crazy beautiful mess that you are because it’s almost the weekend.” —Anonymous

29. “You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.” —Robin Williams

30. “Music always sounds better on Friday.” —Lou Brutus

31. “By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.” —Robert Frost

32. "Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Employees are at their happiest on Fridays." —Mokokoma Mokhonoana

33. "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced." —Soren Kierkegaard

34. “Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it." —Lou Holtz

35. "It's finally Friday, I'm free again. I got my motor running for a wild weekend." —George Jones

36. "I'll just stay home and eat a lot of gelato and write about how true love is nothing but a myth." —Blake Lively as Serena van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl

37. "Let's sit on a rooftop at 2am and talk about life." —Anonymous

38. “These are the things to live for.” —Anonymous

39. “You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.” —Derek Jeter

40. “A wild and crazy weekend involves sitting on the front porch, smoking a cigar, reading a book.” —Robert M. Gates

41. “The weekends are too short for sleep!” —Bryant A. Loney

42. “Weekends don’t pay as well as weekdays but at least there’s football.” —S.A. Sachs

43. “Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.” —Bo Bennett

44. “Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed?” —Marilyn vos Savant

45. “Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.” —John Shirley

46. “Although I understand that all days are equal with 24 hours each, most of us agree that Friday is the longest day of the week and Sunday the shortest.” —D.S. Mixel

47. “Pretend like it’s the weekend … We could pretend it all the time.” —Jack Johnson

48. “I have been known to hang out and party back in the day. I had a weekend that lasted a few years.” —Vanilla Ice

49. “I work mostly during the week, and on the weekend I get to hang out with friends, so it balances out pretty well.” —Jimmy Bennett

50. “It’s the weekend. Do something that your future self will thank you for.” —Anonymous

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