265 Magical GOLDEN HOUR Captions and Quotes for Instagram

1. “Bursts of gold on lavender melting into saffron. It’s the time of day when the sky looks like it has been spray-pained by a graffiti artist.” — Mia Kirshner

2. “You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.” — James M. Barrie

3. “It was dusk and the light had an ultra-violet quality to it, a final burst of pigmentation as night and day rushed at each other in a clash of colour prisms before darkness finally, inevitably won out.” — Karen Swan

4. “Golden hour, magic hour, l’heure bleue. Evenings when the beauty of the changing sky made us both go still and dreamy. Sunlight falling at an angle across the lawn so that it touched our elevated feet, then moved up our bodies like a long slow blessing.” — Sigrid Nunez

5. “The golden hour (is) that hour of sunshine where the world looks the way it looks in your dreams.” — Danny Wallace

6. “Mother Nature doesn’t need a filter.”

7. “I love the golden hour in the evening. Just as the sun is about to set and you get those lovely shadows and everything looks gold and yellow.” — Stacy London

8. “In the golden hour of magical light, the sky is alive.”

9. “Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.” — Horace Mann

10. “The golden hour didn’t disappoint last night! It was a lovely walk home from work. A true Colorado sunset. Much love and magic.” — Devin

11. “Invest the first hour of the day, the ‘Golden Hour,’ in yourself.” — Brian Tracy

12. “Meet me where the sky touches the sea.”

13. “A kind of golden hour one remembers for a lifetime… Everything was touched with magic.” — Margaret Bourke-White

14. “Golden hour of magical light the sky is alive.” — Tanish Kherotia

15. “Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of heaven.” — John Lubbock

16. “The golden trail was blazed and I was reminded of the eternal, of Mozart, of the stars. For an hour, I could breathe again and live and face existence.” —  Hermann Hesse

17. “In the golden hour, you can see magic in everything.”

18. “There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.” — Jo Walton

19. “Golden hours inspire us to live another day.”

20. “When everything looks dreamy, it’s the golden hour.”

21. “Golden hour of twilight sets the stage. It’s time for the silhouettes – the shadow puppets. A calmness in its clarity, all hued in orange and black. Masking the unwanted, the ethereal silhouettes.” — Sumathi

22. “It’s so hard to find words for how beautiful this world is.”

23. “Once in a golden hour, I cast to earth a seed, And up there grew a flower, That others called a weed.” — Alfred Tennyson

24. “The horizon is the fine line between the golden hour and blue hour.” — Destin Sparks

25. “Mother Nature says goodnight.”

26. “Golden hour of twilight, sets the stage. It’s time for the silhouettes – the shadow puppets. A calmness in its clarity, all hued in orange and black. Masking the unwanted, the ethereal silhouettes.” — Sumathi

27. “Golden hours can be best enjoyed at the beach.”

28. “There is a flower, a little flower With silver crest and golden eye that welcomes every changing hour, And weathers every sky.” — James Montgomery

29. “We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon.”

30. “You know that great pause that comes upon things before the dusk, even the breeze stops in the trees. To me there is always an air of expectation about that evening stillness.” — H.G. Wells

31. “A kind of golden hour one remembers for a lifetime.” — Margaret Bourke-White

32. “History teaches us these lessons for the interveners: leave your prejudices at home, keep your ambitions low, have enough resources to do the job, do not lose the golden hour, make security your first priority, involve the neighbours.” — Paddy Ashdown

33. “There is no eleventh hour with Cosmic Ordering, only the golden hour.” — Stephen Richards

34. “Don’t forget, beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies.” — Paulo Coelho

35. “I own this time of day – the golden hour belongs to me.”

36. “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storms but to add color to my sunset sky.” — Rabindranath Tagore

37. “The sky is on fire tonight – the world has never looked more beautiful than it does right now.”

38. “They always stayed at the beach to enjoy the golden hour, that hour when the sun sank low enough to spangle the water.” — Elin Hilderbrand

39. “My favorite color is sunset.

40. “I’ve got sunsets on the insides of my eyelids.” — Pete Wentz

41. “Stay golden.”

42. “Mother Nature working her magic.”

43. “Nature is truly incredible.”

44. “Riding off into the sunset.”

45. “Chasing the sun.”

46. “Golden hour = Perfect hour.”

47. “Live life in warm yellows.”

48. “The sunlight paints us gold.”

49. “The golden magic.”

50. “We are made of stardust.”

51. “Born to chase sunsets.”

52. “Golden hour is the best time of day.”

53. “Nothing lasts forever.”

54. “When everything looks dreamy, it’s the golden hour.”

55. “In the golden hour of magical light, the sky is alive.”

56. “Mother Nature says goodnight.”

57. “Take time to appreciate the beauty around you.”

58. “Meet me where the sky touches the sea.”

59. “The world is a beautiful place.”

60. “Golden hours can be best enjoyed at the beach.”

61. “Golden hour glow.”

62. “Praise the sun.”

63. “Golden hours set the tone for the rest of the day.”

64. “Celebrate the little things in life.”

65. “Soaking up this special time of day.”

66. “Golden hours inspire us to live another day.”

67. “Mother Nature doesn’t need a filter.”

68. “Wonderful things are happening every day.”

69. “Golden hours make everything feel magical.”

70. “There’s nothing better than a happy ending.”

71. “I’m at my best during the golden hour.”

72. “This is me being unbothered by negativity.”

73. “The world is more beautiful during the golden hour.”

74. “There’s nothing quite as magical as the golden hour.”

75. “This is what happiness looks like.”

76. “Feeling golden.”

77. “The sun is setting in a burnt orange sky; the cliffs are black silhouettes; the sea, liquid silver.” — Laura Treacy Bentley

78. “Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn.”

79. “A day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.” — Nicholas Sparks

80. “Sunsets make me realize that beauty is all around us. We just have to stop and look for it.”

81. “The sun was a fiery furnace of gold, but finally it set in the west and the cosmos glittered like a million burning embers…” — Rehan Khan

82. “I’m not one of those people who wakes up and thinks, ‘Bring on the day!’ I have to have about 7 pints of coffee before I’m even remotely awake. But I love the golden hour in the evening, as hokey as that sounds. Just as the sun is about to set and you get those lovely shadows and everything looks gold and yellow.” — Stacy London

83. “I’ll never get tired of watching the sunset.”

84. “I love the golden hour in the evening. Just as the sun is about to set and you get those lovely shadows and everything looks gold and yellow.” — Stacy London

85. “The sun just set on an ordinary day.”

86. “Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, Two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.” — Horace Mann

87. “The beginning of a beautiful evening.”

88. “Outside, the air filled with cricket noise, as the sun reddened in its descent.” — R.J. Lawrence

89. “It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.” — Bernard Williams

90. “A wonderful sunset with a wonderful person.”

91. “Sunsets are a reminder that no matter how bad things might seem at the moment, they’ll eventually get better.”

92. “I never met a sunset I didn’t like.”

93. “Don’t forget, beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies.” — Paulo Coelho

94. “Born to chase sunsets.”

95. “Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.” — Stephen King

96. “There’s nothing quite like a sunset.”

97. “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storms but to add color to my sunset sky.” — Rabindranath Tagore

98. “When you look at a sunset, it’s like looking into forever.”

99. “Sunsets are just little glimpses of the Golden streets of Heaven.”

100. “It is the quietening of the day that most appeals.” — Fennel Hudson

101. “Today’s forecast: sunny with a chance of sunset.”

102. “Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of heaven.” — John Lubbock

103. “They hike almost three miles without incident, and it’s amazing to watch the colors leach back into the desert after the day’s blanching. There’s a moment, Lydia realizes, or no, more than a moment – a span of perhaps fifteen minutes just at twilight – when the desert is the most perfect place that exists. The temperature, the light, the colors, all hang and linger at some unflawed precipice, like the cars of a roller coaster ticking ever so slowly over their apex before the crash. The light droops ever farther from the sky, and Lydia can smell the heat of the day wicking away from her skin.” — Jeanine Cummins

104. “Beautiful day for a beautiful sunset.”

105. “Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second.” — Mattie Stepanek

106. “Nothing is more beautiful than a sunset that’s meant for you.”

107. “Sunsets are proof that endings can be beautiful too.” — Beau Taplin

108. “They sipped until the sun, as golden as syrupy as the bourbon, slipped into the sea.” — Delia Owens

109. “My joy is the golden sunset giving thanks for another day.”

110. “Golden hour reminds me that no matter how bad things might seem, there’s always something beautiful waiting for me.”

111. “Nature unfolds her treasure at the first ray of sunrise.” — Kishore Bansal

112. “The sunrise, of course, doesn’t care if we watch it or not. It will keep on being beautiful, even if no one bothers to look at it.” — Gena Amole

113. “There’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.” — Carlos Santana

114. “Her smiles are like the morning sun that illuminates my world.” — Debasish Mridha

115. “The first fresh hour of every morning should be dedicated to the Lord, whose mercy gladens it with golden light.” — Charles Spurgeon

116. “We can only appreciate the miracle of a sunrise if we have waited in the darkness.” — Sapna Reddy

117. “Sunrise is the reminder that we can start new beginning all over again.” — Rupal Asodaria

118. “The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.” — Rumi

119. “Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday.” — Og Mandino

120. “We need to be reminded sometimes that a sunrise last but a few minutes. But its beauty can burn in our hearts eternally.” — R. A. Salvatore

121. “Invest the first hour of the day, the ‘Golden Hour,’ in yourself.” — Brian Tracy

122. “Every morning I wake up with an unknown, unexplainable joy of life. Then I get lost in the beauty of the morning sun and all of the magnificence that surrounds me.” — Debasish Mridha

123. “The sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches.” — Vera Nazarian

124. “The secret to a good morning is to watch the sunrise with an open heart.” —  Anthony T. Hincks

125. “Every morning you are handed 24 golden hours.”

126. “Lost – yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.” — Horace Mann

127. “Every morning you are handed twenty-four golden hours. They are one of the few things in this world that you get free of charge. If you had all the money in the world, you couldn’t buy an extra hour. What will you do with your priceless treasure? Remember, you must use it, as it is given only once. Once wasted, you cannot get it back.” — Billy Mills

128. “Dance when the sun comes up.” — A.D. Posey

129. “Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again.” — Og Mandino

130. “Every day a million miracles begin at sunrise.” — Eric Jerome Dickey

131. “Someone bring me the sun.”

132. “Sunsets and selfies are my two favorite things!”

133. “I’m killing it during golden hour.”

134. “My favorite thing about the golden hour? All of the other hours are in competition with it.”

135. “Golden hour selfies will never go out of style.”

136. “I’m watching more sunsets than Netflix.”

137. “It’s that time between day and night when the sky looks like it’s on fire and mosquitoes are on the hunt.” — Angie Thomas

138. “Some people grow up, I glow up.”

139. “I’m a golden girl from head to toe.”

140. “Golden Hour, you’ve done it again! Capturing my good side perfectly.”

141. “I can take about an hour on the tower of power, as long as I get a little golden shower.” — Frank Zappa

142. “When you take a selfie so good, you can’t believe it’s you.”

143. “This is my kind of light show.”

144. “Caressed by gold.”

145. “Thank you, golden hour, for making me look this good!”

146. “My glow is more real than ever in the golden hour.”

147. “It’s all in the lighting.”

148. “You are like golden hour, it all glows different when you’re here.” — Butterflies Rising

149. “Baby, don’t you know, that you’re my golden hour.”

150. “Her heart was made of liquid sunsets.” — Virginia Woolf

151. “A wonderful sunset with a wonderful person.”

152. “The golden hours on angel wings Flew o’er me and my dearie, For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary.” — Robert Burns

153. “She was in love with the sunset. No one else ever even stood a chance.”

154. “I felt the colors enter my veins: warm light-pink shining golden rays; if there was a hue for happiness, I’m sure I saw it with you then.” — Aditi Babel

155. “There’s nothing more special than feeling loved in the golden hour.”

156. “When I’m with you, time doesn’t exist.”

157. “Except those images weren’t exact captures of reality. No, the Camera Eye was also suffused with what photographers called the Golden Hour—the gilt-tinted hour following sunrise and preceding sunset when the world was awash with russet rays and even the meanest streets were aglow as if in an Arthurian legend. Every moment spent with John was like that, reality beyond reality. Richer, realer, rawer than reality. These were the moments she remembered most.” — Ray Smith

158. “Wish you were here.”

159. “All the wild sweetness of the flower Tangled against the wall. It was that magic, silent hour…. The branches grew so tall They twined themselves into a bower. The sun shown … and the fall Of yellow blossom on the grass! You feel that golden rain? Both of you could not hold, alas, (both of you tried, in vain) A memory, stranger. So I pass…. It will not come again.” — Katherine Mansfield

160. “Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” — Kahlil Gibran

161. “In every sunset, I’m falling in love all over again.”

162. “Love at first light.”

163. “Baby, don’t you know, that you’re my golden hour.”

164. “Neither the sunrise nor the sunset, you are the golden hour that would soon evanescent.” — Abhipsa Kanungo

165. “The sun may shine bright, but it’s never as warm as your smile.”

166. “I really look forward to that insane hour that we spend together. I really do.” — Colin Farrell

167. “You are the sunset to my day.”

168. “And please don’t tell me that I’m dreaming; When all I ever wanted was to dream another sunset with you.” — Mayday Parade 

169. “We are all just a little lost in the light of the sun.”

170. “Invest the golden hour in your selfie.”

171. “Find beauty in everything you see.”

173. “My favorite color is sunset.”

174. “A little bit of heaven right here on Earth.”

175. “A picture-perfect moment.”

176. “The sun is alone but it still shines.”

177. “Soak up every last bit of this amazing day.”

178. “What a wonderful world.”

179. “I love feeling beautiful in the golden light.”

180. “The sky is looking pretty tonight!”

181. “The morning sun is out and bright, forcing night sneak away without a fight.” — Richard L. Ratliff

182. “A little piece of heaven on Earth. Thank you for this moment.”

183. “Everything looks better in the golden light.”

184. “All that glitters really is gold.”

185. “I never met a sunset I didn’t like.”

186. “I find my happiness where the sun shines.”

187. “Enjoy the little things.”

188. “Red skies at night, sailor’s delight.”

189. “I’m grateful for every moment of the golden hour.”

190. “In the golden hour, anything is possible.”

191. “In moments like this, I’m reminded of how much beauty still exists in this world.”

192. “I’m in love with the world.”

193. “Sunset walk? Yes, please.”

194. “I will never stop loving this beautiful time of day.”

195. “Nature’s way of saying, ‘I love you’.”

196. “Golden hour selfies are always a good idea.”

197. “Magical moments happen during golden hour.”

198. “The horizon is the fine line between the golden hour and blue hour.” — Destin Sparks

199. “Because it’s getting to be the blue hour, and that’s the time when everything is revealed.” — John Rechy

200. “The light is amber, the air still; the daylilies have folded in on themselves. Soon, the hooded blue of dusk will fall, followed by the darkness of night and the sky writing of the stars, indecipherable to us mortals, despite our attempts to force narrative upon them.” — Elizabeth Berg

201. “There’s magic in the air.”

202. “The Lord is at His most merciful during the golden hours.”

203. “The light of the sun is a reminder that there’s always hope.”

204. “Gold runs in our blood.” — Virginia Woolf

205. “In a world full of darkness, there is always one time of day that brings light.”

205. “Don’t do small stuff early in your energy cycle or you’ll blow your ‘golden hours,’ but occasionally you have to do the ‘possible’ to develop the momentum for the killer task.” – Helen Gurley Brown

207. “There’s something about the golden hour that just makes me feel free.”

208. “The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties, the vexations, and the amusements of life, his companions behold him as one of themselves – the creature of habits and infirmities.” — Isaac D’Israeli

209. “Life is a journey, and the golden hour is where we meet along the way.”

210. “Every sunset is a reminder that no matter what might be happening in my life, I’m still here, and I still have time to make things right.”

211. “The sky is not the limit. There are infinite possibilities.”

212. “What golden hour of life, what glittering moment will ever equal the pain its loss can cause?” — Paul Valery

213. “I’m grateful for this moment of peace before night falls and the world starts spinning again.”

214. “I can spend hours watching and listening to Mother Nature. She is a dear friend.” — Anthony D. Williams

215. “You can’t tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon.”

216. “There’s something about a sunset that always makes me feel grateful for life.”

217. “The years, the months, the days, and the hours have flown by my open window. Here and there an incident, a towering moment, a naked memory, an etched countenance, a whisper in the dark, a golden glow these and much more are the woven fabric of the time I have lived.” — Howard Thurman

218. “Nature has a way of reminding us that we’re connected to something bigger.”

219. “If you don’t look before the dusk and beyond the dawn, you won’t be able to see the sun.” — Soar

220. “The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.” — William Morris

221. “The golden hour is when everything feels possible.”

222. “When you find peace in your own world, even if it’s just for a moment, enjoy every second of it!”

223. “The most peaceful moments are often those spent alone with your thoughts and nature’s beauty all around you.”

224. “Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” — Maya Angelou

225. “Choose what helps your heart bloom.”

226. “There are treasures hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.” — John Muir.

227. “Once in a golden hour, I cast to earth a seed, And up there grew a flower, That others called a weed.”

228. “Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all.” — Og Mandino

229. “We are treasure chests with more jewels inside than we can imagine.” — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

230. “It’s an old, established rule, but “golden hour” lighting is ideal because the first and last hours of sunlight are diffuse and warm. For that reason, women with photos taken outside during those hours tended to look great.” — Amy Webb

231. “When the magic hour arrives, my thoughts center on light rather than on the landscape. I search for perfect light, then hunt for something earthbound to match with it.” — Galen Rowell

232. “The best stories happen when someone captures an unexpected moment of beauty.”

233. “Mother Nature doesn’t need a filter.”

234. “Capturing this special moment in time.”

235. “A picture says more than words ever could.”

236. “Except those images weren’t exact captures of reality. No, the Camera Eye was also suffused with what photographers called the Golden Hour—the gilt-tinted hour following sunrise and preceding sunset, when the world was awash with russet rays and even the meanest streets were aglow as if in an Arthurian legend. Every moment spent with John was like that, reality beyond reality. Richer, realer, rawer than reality. These were the moments she remembered most.” — Ray Smith

237. “A kind of golden hour one remembers for a life time… Everything was touched with magic.” — Margaret Bourke-White

238. “I’m in love with this light.”

239. “At this sunset hour, the canyon walls are indescribably beautiful and I fear the magic of photography can never record what I see now. The tall spires near the canyon’s top and the walls of the canyon up there look as if God had reached out and swiped a brush of golden paint across them, gilding these rocks in the bright glow of the setting sun.” — Barry Goldwater

240. “Every picture tells a story. Sometimes, it’s worth listening.”

241. “A memory captured in time and space. That’s what a photograph is.”

242. “Golden hour moment with the sun.”

243. “Golden hour of magical light the sky is alive.” — Tanish Kherotia  

244. “Golden hours of vision come to us in this present life, when we are at our best, and our faculties work together in harmony.” — Charles Fletcher Dole

245. “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” — Rabindranath Tagore

246. “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” — George Washington Carver

247. “Let us drink together, fellows, as we did in days of yore. And still enjoy the golden hours that Fortune has in store; The absent friends remembered be, in all that’s sung or said, And Love immortal consecrate the memory of the dead.” – Albert Pike

248. “You can’t just sit there and wait for the people to give you that golden dream. You’ve got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.” — Diana Ross

249. “I would like to have a workshop attached to every school, and one hour a day given up to the teaching of simple decorative arts. It would be a golden hour for the children.” — Oscar Wilde

250. “Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all.” — Og Mandino

251. “It was deep afternoon when shadows begin to grow, light becomes gold, and you realize that this particular day has reached its destiny. Like old age, it’s not yet over, but there’s no denying the time of day.” — Vicki Covington

252. “A kind of golden hour one remembers for a life time… Everything was touched with magic.” — Margaret Bourke-White

253. “Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.” — Muhammad Ali

254. “Every single moment with you feels like magic.”

255. “I sing your restless longing for the statue, your fear of the feelings that await you in the street. I sing the small sea siren who sings to you, riding her bicycle of corals and conches. But above all I sing a common thought that joins us in the dark and golden hours. The light that blinds our eyes is not art. Rather it is love, friendship, crossed swords.” — Federico Garcia Lorca

256. “What golden hour of life, what glittering moment will ever equal the pain its loss can cause?” — Paul Valery

257. “The golden hour doesn’t last forever.”

258. “Why, I wonder, do people who at one time or another have all been young themselves, and who ought therefore to know better, generalize so suavely and so mendaciously about the golden hours of youth-that period of life when every sorrow seems permanent, and every setback insuperable?” — Vera Brittain

259. “All roads lead to a golden hour. But only one makes you feel alive.”

260. “It was deep afternoon when shadows begin to grow, light becomes gold, and you realize that this particular day has reached its destiny. Like old age, it’s not yet over, but there’s no denying the time of day.” — Vicki Covington

261. “I’m so blessed to have a golden hour and great people in my life.”

262. “An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in return for dazzling gifts. We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with golden interest five months later.” — Winston Churchill

263. “History teaches us these lessons for the interveners: leave your prejudices at home, keep your ambitions low, have enough resources to do the job, do not lose the golden hour, make security your first priority, involve the neighbours.” — Paddy Ashdown

264. “It was the Magic Hour, the moment in time when every leaf and blade of grass seemed to separate, when sunlight, burnished by the rain and softened by the coming night, gave the world an impossibly beautiful glow.” — Kristin Hannah

265. “When the magic hour arrives, my thoughts center on light rather than on the landscape. I search for perfect light, then hunt for something earthbound to match with it.” — Galen Rowell