75 Thursday Quotes to Get You Over the Midweek Hump and Coasting Toward the Weekend

If you find yourself trudging through the week and barely hanging on until the weekend, Thursday comes as a welcome relief. Finally, there's a little light at the end of the tunnel. You may even feel some of the weight slipping off your shoulders as you begin to make plans for your upcoming two-day break. You've made it over the midweek hump and now it's smooth sailing! (Kind of—you still need to stay in the game and finish the week strong.) Whether you need a little comic relief or some motivation to hang in there, these 75 Thursday quotes will help you to persevere.

Usually, you can feel pretty good about what you accomplished from Monday to Wednesday. Then, on Thursday, you can reflect on what you've already done and how you can finish well. With the weekend approaching quickly, Thursday really isn't a bad day. For some, it's even payday!

See what light-hearted and inspiring things some famous people have had to say about the day by browsing through these quotes about Thursday.

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75 Thursday Quotes

1. “One of the best things you can do on Thursday is to keep yourself held accountable for your goals.” — Byron Pulsifer

2. "Thursday is full of timeless thoughts and marshmallow dreams." — Anthony T. Hincks

3. “I’m glad tomorrow’s Thursday, ‘Cause with a bit of luck, As far as I remember, That’s the day they pass the buck.” — Pam Ayres

4. “How many things in your life do you do without realizing that they are a waste of time? Use Thursday to take the time to eliminate time-wasters.” — Byron Pulsifer

5. “Effort is what is required on Thursday to finish all that needs to be done.” – Kate Summers

6. "It was on a sweet Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday all had passed, Came the day I’d waited for at last."— Johnny Mathis

7. “In life you have to learn to count the good days. You have to tuck them in your pocket and carry them around with you. So I’m putting today in my pocket and I’m off to bed.”― Richard Osman

8. "Start your Thursday with an attitude of optimism. It's going to be a good day!" - Kate Summers

9. "People think that you have to do something huge, like go to Africa and build a school, but you can make a small change in a day. If you change Wednesday, then you change Thursday. Pretty soon it's a week, then a month, then a year. It's bite-size, as opposed to feeling like you have to turn your life inside out to make changes." - Hoda Kotb

10. "One small positive thought on this Thursday morning can change your whole day." - Tahnni Dupre

11. "The Thursday night game is by far the most difficult game to prepare for."- Matt Cassel

12. "By Thursday morning, we'd gotten over the worst of it." - William Scranton

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13. “Some people call it Thursday, I like to call it Friday Eve.”— Unknown

14. "Thursday is the future that I’ve been waiting to experience." - Anthony T. Hincks

15. "Happy Thursday! Greet your problems and decisions with peace and calm. Use your inner wisdom to evaluate and make smart decisions for yourself! You got this!" - Tracey Edmonds

16. "Thursday comes and the week’s gone." - George Herbert

17. "Thursday is a day of reflections and thoughts." - Anthony T. Hincks

18. “Lesson one in time travel, Thursday. First of all, we are all time travelers. The vast majority of us manage only one day per day.” — Jasper Fforde

19. “Thursday morning and the sun is early, Thursday morning and the trees are singing.” ― Giles, Giles & Fripp

20. “I was hoping to get a reception like this, I’d just hoped that it would be on Thursday night instead of Tuesday night.” — Howard Dean

21. “On Wednesday I could’ve walked away fine. Let you go tenderly from my mind. But when Thursday came to my surprise your dark brown curls came buzzing through my mind.” — Lauren Day

22. “It’s Thursday and it really feels like a Thursday. Sometimes things just work out.”— Demetri Martin

23. “Thursday, I forecast as mostly sunny. It’s a much-needed break.” – John Farley

24. "I wish you a tolerable Thursday. That's all any of us can hope for." - April Winchell

25. "On this Thursday take nothing for granted. Look around and show gratitude for your work, your family, and your friends." - Theodore W. Higginsworth

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Funny Thursday Quotes

26. “This must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays.” – Douglas Adams

27. "The best thing about Thursday is that no one calls it hump day.” – Dean Johnston

28. “Thursdays are the new Fridays… at least that’s what I keep telling myself.” - Unknown

29. "Nothing screws up your Friday like realizing it's Thursday." - Unknown

30. "Thursdays are just wannabes. They wannabe Friday but they're not." - Unknown

31. "Life is made out of Thursday afternoons. You just keep having them one after the other and let everything else take care of itself." - Tim Tharp

32. "I'm from Canada, so Thanksgiving to me is just Thursday with more food. And I'm thankful for that." - Howie Mandel

33. "Here’s why I did not go to work today. Thursday’s such a crazy, lazy day. Thursday has its own peculiar way of saying ‘hey.'" - Harry Nilsson

34. "Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way." - Jef Raskin

35. "We usually have margaritas on Thursdays but since it’s Tuesday I’ll make an exception." - Chelsea Handler

36. "Thursday, I accidentally spent some of my own money." - Bill Vaughan

37. "Christian said he’d call the next day, but in boy time that meant Thursday.” — Cher

38. “Be happy with what you have while working for what you want. Thursday is my favorite day to plan how I’m going to get out of the plans I already made for the weekend.” — Hellen Keller

39. “I’m so fortunate. I never have to check my calendar to know it’s Thursday because I always get ‘my honey-do list weekend list’ in my email on that day.” — Byron Pulsifer

40. “So I won’t wear makeup on Thursday ‘Cause who I am is enough.” ― Jess Glynne

41. “I carry a knife with me so I can cut images out of cardboard boxes. I’m always cutting cardboard. Especially every Thursday, which is recycling day.” — Micah Lexier

42. “My attitude toward progress has passed from antagonism to boredom. I have long ceased to argue with people who prefer Thursday to Wednesday because it is Thursday.” — Gilbert K. Chesterton

43. “What we’re really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?” — Erma Bombeck

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44. "Thursday, I forecast as mostly sunny. It’s a much-needed break."— John Farley

45. “I love the satisfaction of living in a world on a Wednesday where a song didn’t exist that you’re going to create on a Thursday that’s going to change somebody’s life, possibly, you’re creating that from nothing.” — Noel Gallagher

46. “I work out Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday; take Thursday off; then I work out Friday and Saturday. So sometimes I’ll eat whatever I want on Thursday, like a big breakfast of pancakes and bacon and eggs and stuff. You can eat a big, hearty breakfast because you’re going to burn off most of it during the day anyway.” ― Mark Wahlberg

47. “If I was Mayor of London, I would take the congestion charge off. I’d keep the bike lanes. And buses free on a Thursday.” ― Dereck Chisora

48. “Thursday night football should be illegal.” ― Doug Baldwin

49. “Elegance is like manners. You can’t be polite only on Wednesday or Thursday. If you are elegant, you should be every day of the week. If you are not, then it’s another matter.” — Aldo Gucci

50. “If I don’t die by Thursday, I’ll be roaring Friday night.” — Jimmy Buffett

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Motivating Thursday Quotes

51. "You can quit anything on a Thursday."— Bob Goff

52. “The best way to predict the future is to create it. Start shaping your future this Thursday.” – Peter Drucker

53. “Don’t count the days; make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali

54. “Challenges are what make life interesting. Embrace them this Thursday.” – Joshua J. Marine

55. "As the end of the week approaches, Thursday should be a day for persistence not inconsistence." - Byron Pulsifer

56. "Doing the games for the NFL Network on Thursday night on a short week, that's work." - Cris Collinsworth

57. "Do something today that your future self will thank you for." - Sean Patrick Flanery

58. "Thursday is the most dangerous day of the week." - Marty Stern

59. "Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." - Melody Beattie

60. "Make it your goal to make someone smile on this Thursday by a small act of kindness, you could change a person's life in a way you may not even realize." - Catherine Pulsifer

61. “People should know, understand that not all Thursdays are the same."― Percival Everett

62. “Compassion is a lifetime business. You can’t say something like, “I will have compassion on Monday, Thursdays and Fridays only. But for the rest, I will be cruel”. That is hypocrisy.” ― Israelmore Ayivor

63. “God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘Thank you?’” — William A. Ward

64. “When I was a kid and L.S.U. lost, you didn’t read the papers until, like, Thursday.” ― James Carville

65. "Wednesday can only dream of becoming a Thursday."— Anthony T. Hincks

66. "You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way." - Dr. Seuss

67. “Thursday is perhaps the worst day of the week. It's nothing in itself; it just reminds you that the week has been going on too long.”― Nicci French

68. “Thursday? Oh no, it can’t be! It’s too gruesome.” — Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's

69. “Thursday is practically Friday, and Friday is Friday.” — Malcolm Azania

Thursday Sayings

70. "The best weekend begins with Thursday."

71. "Thursday is a great day to be thankful and keep a positive attitude. The weekend is almost here!"

72. "The day after hump day starts the happy transition to the weekend."

73. "Hang in there, tomorrow is Friday!"

74. "On Thursday, it's easier to make a big push toward accomplishing your goals with the weekend on the horizon."

75. "Happy Thursday! It's a much better day than Monday!"

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