55 Friday Quotes To Bring In The Weekend

Jump into the weekend with this collection of quotes that encompasses what we are feeling: TGIF!

Dolly Parton may have us all working 9-5, but nothing sounds better than a Friday afternoon. Friday kicks off the start of everyone's favorite time: the weekend. While the work week can sometimes feel like a slog, it's nothing a dose of positivity from a quote can't fix.

Whether you are counting down the hours on the clock on Friday afternoon or already looking forward to the weekend on a Monday morning, this collection of inspiring and funny Friday quotes is the perfect antidote for weekday blues.

Short Friday Quotes

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

• “It’s 4:58 on Friday afternoon. Do you know where your margarita is?” — Amy Neftzge

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

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

• “Work starts on Monday. Life begins on Friday.” — Ozama Yasin

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

• “Without the weekend, where would the week be?” — Anthony T. Hincks

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

• "Friday afternoon feels like heaven." — El Fuego

• "Friday sees more smiles than any other day of the workweek." — Kate Summers

• "You know you're doing what you love when Sunday nights feel the same as Friday nights." — Donny Deutsch

Funny Friday Quotes

• “Happy Friday! Here’s to all of us who made it through another week of faking adulthood.” — Nanea Hoffman

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

• “Why is Monday so far away from Friday but Friday is so close to Monday?” — Unknown

• “If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.” — Noel Coward

• “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

• “I believe that it is a mandatory Law of the Universe that on Fridays, you have to do something a little fun.” — Hanna Rhoades

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

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

• “The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.” — Chuck Palahniuk

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

• “There’s just one legitimate synonym for Friday: Boom Shakalaka.” — Unknown

• "Every Friday, I like to high five myself for getting through another week on little more than caffeine, will power, and inappropriate humor." — Nanea Hoffman

• “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

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

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

• “It’s Friday. Any plan of being a productive member of society is officially thrown out the window.” — Ronald Wilson

• "Life is like Friday on a soap opera. It gives you the illusion that everything is going to wrap up, and then the same old shit starts up on Monday." — Stephen King

• "Its always difficult to keep Fridays confined within themselves - they tend to spill over." — Parag Tipnis

Inspiring Friday Quotes

• “People wait all week for Friday, all year for summer, all life for happiness.” — Abhysheq Shukla

• “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

• “When you start to do the things that you truly love, it wouldn’t matter whether it is Monday or Friday; you would be so excited to wake up each morning to work on your passions.” — Edmond Mbiaka

• "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

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

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

• "Friday. The golden child of the weekdays. The superhero of the workweek. The welcome wagon to the weekend." — Unknown

• “Weekends welcome warriors for social fun that starts on Friday.” — David Chiles

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

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

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

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

• "If every day at work feels like a Friday, then you are doing what you were meant to do." — Alan W. Kennedy

• "On Monday morning, I look forward fearlessly to Friday’s eve." — Ellen Wittlinger

• "For people who don’t like what they do, Friday is the best day. For those who love what they do, Monday is the best day. For people who have found their passion, each day is the best." — Hrishikesh Kamat

• “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

Friday Quotes From Songs

• “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, Friday I'm In Love

• "It's Aloha Friday, no work 'til Monday." — Kimo Kahoano & Paul Natto, It's Aloha Friday

• “‘Cause here comes that familiar feelin’ that Friday’s famous for.” — Cee Lo Green, Bright Lights Bigger City

• "Gotta get down on Friday. Everybody's lookin' forward to the weekend." — Rebecca Black, Friday

• "Friday night and the lights are low. Looking out for a place to go. Where they play the right music, getting in the swing...You come to look for a king," — ABBA, Dancing Queen

• "I got a feeling...That tonight's gonna be a good night." — Black Eyed Peas, I Gotta Feeling

• "Oh, angel sent from up above, you know you make my world light up. When I was down, when I was hurt, you came to lift me up." — Coldplay, Hymn For The Weekend

• “It’s Friday night, and it won’t be long, gotta do my hair, put my make-up on.” — Sia, Cheap Thrills

• “Hello, Friday, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time..." — Flo Rida, Hello Friday

• “Pretend like it’s the weekend …We could pretend it all the time.” —Jack Johnson, Banana Pancakes
  

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