Happy February. It's the season of love! But the shortest month of the year is not all about hearts and chocolates. It's also a month for snow, African Americans, and many more. To summarize this unique month, we have prepared a collection of February quotes below.
Aside from Valentine's Day, the Japanese observe a fascinating tradition one month after February 14, when women give men valentine's candy and chocolate. On March 14, White Day, men who received sweets last month return the favor.
Carry on reading to learn more interesting facts about February alongside our curated February quotes.
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February is added to the Gregorian calendar together with January to reach the number of days of the solar year. Instead of a god, the second month is named after a Roman festival called Februa, a purification ritual. Other old names for February are Solmonath, mud month, and Kalemonath, cabbage month. In modern times, we associate it with love.
Whatever this shortest month of the year represents for you, you can relate to our best February quotes below.
"The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within."
"Cold and snowy February does seem slow and trying, very. Still, a month made gay by Cupid never could be wholly stupid."
"In February there is everything to hope for and nothing to regret."
"If January is the month of change, February is the month of lasting change. January is for dreamers. February is for doers."
"February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer."
February blossoms not only love but also cold air and snow. Depending on the region in the USA, the snowiest month of the year can be from October to April.
The east coast snowstorms bring the most snow in February to New York, Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, and many more states. And based on the National Centers for Environmental Information (NOAA) records, the city with the most snow is Rochester. New York gets an average of 23 inches of snow in February.
For more about the seasonal weather, you might also like our winter quotes and snow quotes.
Keep your loved ones warm as snowy February creeps on while reading the following February quotes below.
"In the coldest February, as in every other month in every other year, the best thing to hold on to in this world is each other."
"Terrible, dreepy, dark February weather I remember, and the worst, most frightened days of my life."
"Why, what's the matter, That you have such a February face, So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?"
"Late February, and the air's so balmy snowdrops and crocuses might be fooled into early blooming. Then, the inevitable blizzard will come, blighting our harbingers of spring, and the numbed yards will go back undercover."
"The day and time itself: late afternoon in early February, was there a moment of the year better suited for despair?"
"February is a suitable month for dying. Everything around is dead, the trees black and frozen so that the appearance of green shoots two months hence seems preposterous, the ground hard and cold, the snow dirty, the winter hateful, hanging on too long."
"When God was making the months I think February was a mistake, like a burp. There it was, small, dark, and prickly. It had absolutely no redeeming qualities."
Late February days; and now, at last, Might you have thought that winter's woe was past; So fair the sky was and so soft the air.
~ William Morris
February, a form pale-vestured, wildly fair. One of the North Wind's daughters with icicles in her hair.
~ Edgar Fawcett
A small bird twitters on a leafless spray, across the snow-waste, breaks a gleam of gold. What token can I give my friend today? But February blossoms, pure and cold? Frail gifts from Nature's half-reluctant hand. I see the signs of spring about the land. These chill snowdrops, fresh from wintry bowers are the forerunners of a world of flowers.
~ Sarah Doudney
January cold and desolate; February dripping wet.
~ Christina Giorgina Rossetti
Late February days; and now, at last, Might you have thought that winter's woe was past; So fair the sky was and so soft the air.
~ William Morris
Do so many February lovers surround you? Without Valentine's day, February would not be the same as we know it. It's a suitable month to confess or reaffirm your love for your special someone.
Even though valentine’s history about saints and prisoners is murky, it survived time and became a well-known annual occasion. We give gifts and valentine's chocolates to our special someone. According to the National Retail Foundation, almost half of the US consumers planned to celebrate Valentine's day in 2022. And their average spending for gifts is $175.41 per person.
Think of a special present for your partner and pray for February sunshine as you read the following February quotes below. Or click on our selection of rose quotes to get you in the mood!
"Though, February is short, it is filled with lots of love and sweet surprises."
"Without Valentine’s Day, February would be well, January."
"February is the month of love. I can make your whole life like February!"
"In the best of all possible worlds, February 14 is a pleasant and sentimental opportunity to lavish your partner with attention or move your relationship to the next level."
"The only bubble in the flat champagne of February is Valentine’s Day. It was no accident that our ancestors pinned Valentine’s Day on February’s shirt: he or she lucky enough to have a lover in frigid, antsy February has cause for celebration, indeed."
"While reflecting on past relationships and learning from them can be helpful, February isn't the best time to try and gain insight."
"One of the major dangers of being alone in February is the tendency to dwell on past relationships. Whether you're daydreaming about that ‘one that got away,' or you're recalling the fairy tale date you went on last Valentine's Day, romanticizing the past isn't helpful – nor accurate."
"February days are a marketing gimmick; love happens every day."
Groundhog found fog. New snows and blue toes. Fine and dandy for Valentine candy. Snow spittin'; if you're not mitten-smitten, you'll be frostbitten! By jing-y feels spring-y.”
~ The Old Farmer's Almanac
The number of days in February makes it unique from the other months. Because of superstition, astrology, and politics, Romans only assigned 28 February days.
For them, even numbers are unlucky, but since it's a month for purification, they let it slide. Furthermore, due to the excess quarter of a day each solar year, we add one day to the second month every four years, which will be called a leap year. Here's a short, fun video by PBS Digital Studios that explains the evolution of this month. Will you choose February as your favorite month?
Read the February quotes below to discover people's responses to this unique month.
"February is short and very sweet."
"Even though February was the shortest month of the year, sometimes it seemed like the longest."
"A strange amazing day that comes only once every four years. A day of temporal tune up."
"Your birthday happens each year on exactly the same day. It is a solid thing, a dependable thing, a measure of your life broken down into 365 subunits. For a Leaper, it is a bit different. For us, the basic assumption is shattered from the beginning."
"Every leap year I like to jump. It’s a good way to get my exercise in every four years."
"I had it figured out that the reason God made February short a few days was because he knew that by the time people came to the end of it they would die if they had to stand one more blasted day."
Aside from love and chocolates, Americans dedicate February to the African-Americans' struggles and victories throughout history. In 1926, Carter Woodson, the father of Black history, created the predecessor of Black History Month, Negro History Week. He chose the second week as it coincides with the birthday of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, who fought to end slavery.
Aside from Black History Month, read the following February quotes that show other insights and February sayings that explore the month's activities.
Related: February - Awareness Months, Days & Observances.
"We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation’s greatness."
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
"Black History Month must be more than just a month of remembrance; it should be a tribute to our history and reminder of the work that lies in the months and years ahead."
"No one's ever achieved financial fitness with a January resolution that's abandoned by February."
"There is always in February some one day, at least, when one smells the yet distant, but surely coming summer."
"While it is February one can taste the full joys of anticipation. Spring stands at the gate with her finger on the latch."
"My life in February becomes amazing, no date, no valentines, no spouse, no bae, just discounted chocolates and me."
"February is the uncertain month, neither black nor white but all shades between by turns. Nothing is sure."
"Why does February feel like one big Tuesday?"
February came like this. She's marching with her friend called April. May you never look like it June and July, oh mama.
~ Unknown
Even for the shortest month of the year, there are many reasons to celebrate February.
Concerning the heart, we celebrate marriages and organ donation. There's also a day to commemorate the freedom Americans enjoy, and the whole month is also dedicated to human relations.
Referring to our health, we should raise awareness about cancer all month long and autism on the second Sunday. How can we observe all of these? Social media! It is a powerful tool we can use to disseminate the importance of these occasions.
Here are the rest of our hello February quotes and sayings that give you an idea of what to post on Social Media. Enjoy these final quotes for February, and have a great month!
"Goodbye January, Welcome February with all my heart and soul."
"Can February march? No, but April may."
"February makes a bridge and March breaks it."
"May you see love all around you this February."
"Thick February mists cling heavily to the dead earth and to each leafless tree."
"February brings the rain, Thaws the frozen lake again."
"February is the border between winter and spring."
"The great grey beast February had eaten Harvey Swick alive."
Isabela is a determined millennial passionate about continuously seeking out ways to make an impact. With a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering with honors, Isabela’s research expertise and interest in artistic works, coupled with a creative mindset, offers readers a fresh take on different environmental, social, and personal development topics.
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