--- title: "10 Noonday Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Noonday quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Noonday sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/alfred-lord-tennyson-521_calmness_the-noonday-quiet-holds-the-hill-993240_993240.png" --- > [The noonday quiet holds the hill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lord-tennyson/the-noonday-quiet-holds-the-hill/) [Alfred Lord Tennyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lord-tennyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/alfred-lord-tennyson-521_calmness_the-noonday-quiet-holds-the-hill-993240_993240.png) > [“Affection is like the noonday sun; it does not need the presence of another to be manifest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/affection-is-like-the-noonday-sun-it-does-not-need-the-presence-of/) [Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da5/isabel-allende-266_affection_affection-is-like-the-noonday-sun-it-doe_2847919.jpg) > [“Shake those stars from your hair, pretty Moonchild. It's time to dance with the noonday sun!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaeda-dewalt/shake-those-stars-from-your-hair-pretty-moonchild-it-s-time-to-dance/) [Jaeda DeWalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaeda-dewalt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/jaeda-dewalt-7841_beautiful_shake-those-stars-from-your-hair-pretty_2660582.jpg) > [“What creature goes on four feet in the morning, on two at noonday, on three in the evening? Man. In childhood he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oedipus/what-creature-goes-on-four-feet-in-the-morning-on-two-at-noonday-on/) [Oedipus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oedipus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b66/oedipus-94618_animals_what-creature-goes-on-four-feet-in-the-m_18881.jpg) > [Now a soldier's spirit is keenest in the morning; by noonday it has begun to flag; and in the evening, his mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/now-a-soldier-s-spirit-is-keenest-in-the-morning-by-noonday-it-has/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/sun-tzu-283_art_now-a-soldier-s-spirit-is-keenest-in-the_390580.jpg) > [“If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, if you offer your food…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irish-jesuits/if-you-remove-the-yoke-from-among-you-the-pointing-of-the-finger-the/) [Irish Jesuits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irish-jesuits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c5/irish-jesuits-76009_darkness_if-you-remove-the-yoke-from-among-you-th_2109505.jpg) > [“your way to the LORD;          z trust in him, and he will act. 6     e He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,         and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/your-way-to-the-lord-z-trust-in-him-and-he-will-act-6-e-he-will-bring/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/anonymous-1_justice_your-way-to-the-lord-z-trust-in-him-and_1459952.jpg) > [Some must delve when the dawn is nigh; Some must toil when the noonday beams; But when might comes, and the soft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clinton-scollard/some-must-delve-when-the-dawn-is-nigh-some-must-toil-when-the-noonday/) [Clinton Scollard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clinton-scollard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f92/clinton-scollard-43813_beam_some-must-delve-when-the-dawn-is-nigh-so_2146408.jpg) > [“My world has just become perfect, midnight is also noonday, pain is also joy, a curse is also a blessing, the night…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/my-world-has-just-become-perfect-midnight-is-also-noonday-pain-is/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/friedrich-nietzsche-15_fool_my-world-has-just-become-perfect-midnigh_2423300.jpg) > [The demon of acedia -- also called the noonday demon -- is the one that causes the most serious trouble of all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/the-demon-of-acedia-also-called-the-noonday-demon-is-the-one-that/) [Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/772/kathleen-norris-7283_causes_the-demon-of-acedia-also-called-the-noon_359413.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/noonday/#itemlist", "name": "Noonday Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The noonday quiet holds the hill.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alfred Lord Tennyson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lord-tennyson/the-noonday-quiet-holds-the-hill/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/alfred-lord-tennyson-521_calmness_the-noonday-quiet-holds-the-hill-993240_993240.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/alfred-lord-tennyson-521_calmness_the-noonday-quiet-holds-the-hill-993240_993240.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/alfred-lord-tennyson-521_calmness_the-noonday-quiet-holds-the-hill-993240_993240.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The noonday quiet holds the hill.” — Alfred Lord Tennyson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Affection is like the noonday sun; 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