March is a time of fresh beginnings, marked by the arrival of spring, strong winds, and celebrations like Women's Month. Since it is the transition month between winter and spring, a mish-mash of snow and mud fills the land. But even if the weather is unpredictable, our outlook on life keeps improving as the flowers start to bloom. We hope you enjoy our collection of March quotes below that can boost encouragement and optimism despite March's windy reputation.
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March is the third month of the Gregorian calendar but based on the Roman and Julian calendar, it is the first month.
The Romans named March from the Latin word Martius or the Roman god of war, Mars. Most probably because March is the continuation of military campaigns after being interrupted by winter.
On the other hand, the Anglo-Saxon's Old English name for March is Hrēðmonath, based on the pagan fertility goddess Hreða, or Rheda. They must have chosen the goddess to commemorate the start of spring, wherein flowers blossom and animals mate.
After reading the march quotes below, check out our January quotes to discover how January became the new first month of the calendar.
"March is an example of how beautiful new beginnings can be."
"March, when days are getting long, Let thy growing hours be strong to set right some wintry wrong."
"Only those with tenacity can march forward in March."
"March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb."
"Every cold and dark phase ends and hence begins a beautiful phase of warmth and vibrance. Don’t believe? Just notice March."
"Winds of March, we welcome you, there is work for you to do. Work and play and blow all day, blow the winter wind away."
"A windy March is lucky. Every pint of March dust brings a peck of September corn, and a pound of October cotton."
March is one of the windiest and most unpredictable months of the year. The battle of the cold and warm air mass has caused varying weather events, from the Storm of the Century in 1993 to the anomalous heat wave in 2012.
Although in different states, March holds the record for the hottest and coldest temperature. So pack your umbrellas and wear your coat as you experience the erratic windy March weather.
Before updating your wardrobe with sustainable outdoor clothing, go through our March quotes first.
"March was an unpredictable month when it was never clear what might happen. Warm days raised hopes until ice and grey skies shut over the town again."
"March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers."
"Our life is March weather, savage and serene in one hour."
"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade."
"The stormy March has come at last, With winds and clouds and changing skies; I hear the rushing of the blast That through the snowy valley flies."
"This is the perfume of March: rain, loam, feathers, mint."
"Poor March. It is the homeliest month of the year. Most of it is mud, Every Imaginable form of mud and what isn't mud in March is ugly late-season snow falling onto the ground in filthy muddy heaps that look like piles of dirty laundry."
"It was March. The days of March creeping gustily on like something that man couldn’t hinder and God wouldn’t hurry."
"If you want to see a fistfight between Winter and Spring then take a look at March!"
"March is a month of considerable frustration it is so near spring and yet across a great deal of the country, the weather is still so violent and changeable that outdoor activity in our yards seems light-years away."
Spring is in full bloom! It officially begins on March 20, when the sun moves into the northern hemisphere and brings longer days, warmer temperatures, and blossoming flowers.
The temperature during March ranges between 44-72 degrees Fahrenheit and the daylight averages around 12 hours. March's birth flower, the daffodil, also perfectly symbolizes the month since it blooms in late winter or early spring. The cheerful yellow flowers represent new beginnings that coincide with the coming beauty of the season.
If you can't get enough of spring after reading the march quotes below, visit our list of spring quotes and bloom quotes.
"In March winter is holding back and spring is pulling forward. Something holds and something pulls inside of us too."
"March is a celebration of the dead season ending and life beginning!"
"Flowers and colours everywhere, I am so glad that March is here."
"March brings breezes loud and shrill, Stirs the dancing daffodil."
"One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring."
"Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn."
"March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine."
"As through the poplar’s gusty spire, the March wind sweeps and sings, I sit beside the hollow fire, and dream familiar things; Old memories wake, faint echoes make a murmur of dead Springs."
"You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming."
"To welcome her the Spring breath’s forth Elysian sweets; March strews the Earth With violets and posies."
"A perfect spring day! Enjoy it while it lasts because you don’t know what’s coming."
"Now when the primrose makes a splendid show, And lilies face the March-winds in full blow, And humbler growths as moved with one desire; Put on, to welcome spring, their best attire."
Not only is March a time for welcoming warmer weather, but it's also a month for celebrating women. We can join in discussions about women's empowerment and gender equality issues or simply acknowledge the strong women in our lives.
Even before women in the USA had the right to vote through the 19th Amendment, the first National Woman's Day (NWD) was observed across the United States in 1909. Eventually, the United Nations recognized the occasion in 1975, and it became International Women's Day. They started annual themes in 1996, with the first one entitled "Celebrating the past, Planning for the Future."
In 2023, the theme is to #EmbraceEquity. To be part of this great cause, pose by hugging yourself, post the image with the hashtag, and participate in the official events organized by the International Women's Day organization. For more on the theme, you might also like our equality and diversity quotes.
Additionally, world wildlife day is on the 3rd of March, and across the world, people wear green to celebrate St Patrick’s day and everything Irish on the 17th of March.
Related: March - Awareness Months, Days & Observances.
"We will continue to organize. You have seen consistent organizing since the Women's March on Washington in every corner of this country."
"As we celebrate Women's History Month this March, it's important to remember the key role women have played in promoting a better understanding and relationships between our country and the rest of the world."
"A charming woman doesn’t follow the crowd; she is herself."
"The world needs strong women who will lift and build others. Who will love and be loved. Women who live bravely, both tender and fierce; women of indomitable will."
"Whether it's St. Patrick's Day or not, everyone has a little luck o' the Irish in them."
"Be sure to wear green on March seventeen, or else Irish leprechauns pinch your bones clean!"
"It will not change the world if you will save one animal but it will certainly change the world for that one animal. Happy World Wildlife Day!"
"The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will."
"It would be absolutely useless for any of us to work to save wildlife without working to educate the next generation of conservationists."
"March Madness is an incredible three weeks. I firmly believe it’s the greatest three weeks in sports. You have the Super Bowl; you have the World Series."
"March is here. It reminds me of sports day at school, 3rd March, full day on the field."
"I like college football, but I’m a huge college basketball fan. I could sit and watch every game of March Madness and be happy. That could be a vacation."
The last month of the first quarter is already here. What are the New Year's resolutions you set last January? Did you make progress? Goal setting can be exciting, but it takes science to do it effectively.
First, we have to understand that goal setting is a way to restructure our brain, which has an ability called neuroplasticity. Based on a meta-analysis of research, most studies concluded that specific and challenging goals lead to higher performance1. The stronger emotion we attach to our targets we have better attention, persistence, and motivation to reach it.
After reading the rest of our March quotes, dream bigger dreams as you finish the first quarter.
"A cloud comes over the sunlit arch, a wind comes off a frozen peak, and you’re two months back in the middle of March."
"March 4th, the only day that’s also a sentence."
"By March, the worst of the winter would be over. The snow would thaw, the rivers begin to run and the world would wake into itself again."
"March is a month of expectation."
"It was March. The days of March creeping gustily on like something that man couldn’t hinder and God wouldn’t hurry."
"In March the soft rains continued, and each storm waited courteously until its predecessor sunk beneath the ground."
"When March goes on forever, And April’s twice as long, Who gives a damn if spring has come, As long as winter’s gone."
"An optimist is the human personification of spring."
"After a certain age, time just drizzles down upon your head like rain in the month of March: you're always surprised at how much of it can accumulate, and how fast."
1 | Locke, E. A., Shaw, K. N., Saari, L. M., & Latham, G. P. (1981). Goal setting and task performance: 1969–1980. Psychological Bulletin, 90(1), 125–152. |
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