Decorating your nursery can be a lot of fun. It’s a special room for your baby and you get to choose all the details.
While it’s easy to get carried away, it’s important to take the time to choose quotes that will inspire and motivate your child throughout their life.
There are numerous quotes ideal for a baby’s nursery room out there.
I’ve included some of my favorites, as well as some others, to help you create a warm and welcoming space for your little one.
These can be displayed all about the nursery, including above the cot, and on the walls.
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Here are 141 quotes that we think would be perfect for a nursery room:
Baby Girl Nursery Quotes
1- “Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move mountains.”— Napoleon Bonaparte
2- “In a field of roses, she’s a wildflower.”— Author Unknown
3- “Here sleeps a girl with a head full of magical dreams, a heart full of wonder and hands that will shape the world.”— Author Unknown
4- “Little girls with dreams become women with vision.”— Anonymous
5- “Though she be but little she is fierce.” — Shakespeare
6- “She’s a little wildflower with a lot of warrior underneath.”— Melody Lee
7- “She’s a dreamer, a doer, a thinker. She sees possibility everywhere.”— Anonymous
8- “She leaves a little sparkle wherever she goes.” — Kate Spade
9- “She believed she could so she did.”— R.S. Grey
10- “A daughter is one of the most beautiful gifts this world has to give.”— Laurel Atherton
11- “Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of.”— Bethany Hamilton
12- “Being a daddy’s girl is like having permanent armor for the rest of your life.”— Marinela Reka
Boy Nursery Quotes
13- “My boy, you are more than we ever expected and better than we ever imagined.”— Author Unknown
14- “You are loved for the boy you are, the man you will become, and the precious son you will always be.”— Unknown
15- “A boy’s best friend is his mother.”— Joseph Stefano
16- “Dreams really do come true. Ours came wrapped in baby blue!”— Unknown
17- “Little boys are a ton of fun.”— Tori Spelling
18- “Son, you’ll outgrow my lap, but never my heart.”— Anonymous
19- “A boy’s story is the best that is ever told.”— Charles Dickens
20- “Little boys are just superheroes in disguise.”— Anonymous
21- “If I have a monument in this world, it is my son. It’s the merry-hearted boys that make the best men!”–- Maya Angelou
22- “There’s nothing more dangerous than a boy with charm.”— Christina Aguilera
Nursery Nautical Quotes
23- “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea and drink the wild air.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
24- “Let your dreams set sail.”— Author Unknown
25- “The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.” — Brian Tracy
26- “Work like a captain, play like a pirate!”— Author Unknown
27- “If you want to know how much I love you, count all of the waves in the sea.”— Author Unknown
28- “If you want to find a fish, look in the ocean. If you want to find yourself, look in your mind.”— Richard Gere
29- “Advice from the Ocean: Be shore of yourself. Come out of your shell. Take time to relax and coast. Avoid pier pressure. Sea life’s beauty. Don’t get tide down. Make waves!”— Author Unknown
30- “Life provides the wind. You control the direction of the sail.”— Author Unknown
31- “Dream as big as the ocean, little one!”— Author Unknown
32- “You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.” — Oprah Winfrey
33- “Our memories of the ocean will linger on, long after our footprints in the sand are gone.” — Unknown
34- “I love you like the seas love the shore.”— Anonymous
35- “Stars in the sky. Stars in the sea. Wherever you go, there I’ll be!” — Anonymous
36- “The world is your oyster!”— Anonymous
37- “Mightier than the waves of the sea is his love for you!”— Psalm 93:4
38- “I whale always love you!”— Anonymous
39- “Let your imagination sail!”— Anonymous
40- “Make waves!”— Anonymous
Woodland nursery quotes
41- “You are our greatest adventure”— Anonymous
42- “Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all.” — Helen Keller
43- “Be brave, little man”— Anonymous
44- “From little seeds grow mighty trees.”— Anonymous
45- “Today is your day. Your mountain is waiting so get on your way.” — Dr. Seuss
46- “I love you more than I can bear.”— Author Unkown
47- “All good things are wild and free.”— Anonymous
48- “Be wild and wander; adventure is out there.”— Anonymous
49- “Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.”— Anonymous
50- “Oh! All the places you’ll go.”— Unknown Author
51- “Clever as a fox; Playful as a bunny; brave as a bear; curious as a raccoon; wise as an owl; silly as a squirrel.”— Unknown Author
52- “Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.”— John Muir
53- “Inside all of us is hope. Inside all of us is fear. Inside all of us is adventure. Inside all of us is a wild thing.” –— Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things are
Inspirational Nursery Quotes
54- “Be strong when you are weak, brave when you are scared, and humble when you are victorious.” — Michelle Moschetti
55- “A baby is a blank canvas, and the parents are the artists.” — Unknown
56- “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” -– Henry David Thoreau
“57- What if I fall? Oh but my darling what if you fly?” — Erin Hanson
58- “Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” — Lewis Carroll
59- “Reach high for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.” –- Pamela Vaull Starr
60- “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde
61- “It’s your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.” — Rumi
62- “If you can dream it, you can do it.”-– Walt Disney
63- “Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” — John F. Kennedy
64- “We know what we are but know not what we may be.” — William Shakespeare
65- “So be sure when you step, step with care and great tact. And remember that life’s a great balancing act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed). Kid, you’ll move mountains.” — Dr. Seuss
66- “Be curious, not judgemental.” — Walt Whitman
67- “The greatest gift you can give your child is your time.” — Author Unknown
68- “Wisdom begins in wonder.” — Socrates
69- “Be so awesome that people think you’re a myth!”— Unknown Author
70- “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”— Dr. Seuss
71- “You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.” — Irish Proverb
72- “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” — Hans Christian Anderson
73- “The more that you read, the more things you’ll know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go”.— Dr. Seuss
74- “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” — Nelson Mandela
Winnie the pooh nursery quotes
75- “As soon as I saw you, I knew a grand adventure was about to happen.”— A. A. Milne (Winnie The Pooh)
76- “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most space in your heart.” — Winnie the Pooh
77- “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ― A. A. Milne
78- “The things that make me different are the things that make me, me.”— Piglet
79- “It’s so much more friendly with two.”— Piglet
80- “Let’s begin by taking a smallish nap or two.”— Winnie the Pooh
81- “If I am thinking correctly, a new baby is probably, undoubtedly the grandest gift that could ever be.”— A.A. Milne, ‘Winnie The Pooh’
Nursery quotes from movies
82- “Adventure is out there” — Up
83- “It’s our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” — Harry Potter
84- “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be” — Harry Potter
85- “Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more: believing in yourself.”— Harry Potter
86- “The circumstances of ones birth are irrelevant. It’s what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are.” — Pokemon (Mewtwo 1998)
87- “May we never find space so vast, planets so cold, heart and mind so empty that we cannot fill them with love and warmth.” — Star Wars
88- “Things are only impossible until they’re not”. — Star Wars
89- “Children are always exploring, curious, and poking things with sticks. I think it’s perfect.” — Doctor Who
90- “You are unique in the universe! There is only one you and there will never be another.” — Doctor Who
91- “The universe is big. It’s vast and complicated and ridiculous. And sometimes, very rarely, impossible things just happen and we call them miracles.” — Doctor Who
92- “There isn’t a little boy born who wouldn’t tear the world apart to save his mummy.” — Doctor Who
93- “Dream as if you’ll live forever Live as if you only have today.” — Doctor Who
94- “With great power comes great responsibility.”— Spiderman
95- “We can be the stars we were always meant to be” — Captain Marvel
Literary Quotes for Nursery
96- “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”— Robert Frost
97- “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” — Shakespeare
98- “Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.”― Maya Angelou
99- You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” — Dr. Seuss
100- “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”— Dr. Seuss
101- “You’re off to great places. Today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so… get on your way.”— Dr. Seuss
102- “If you have the guts to be yourself, other people’ll pay your price.” — John Updike
103- “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.” — Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
104- “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” — Anne Frank
105- “A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities” — J.R.R. Tolkien
106- “Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No Matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.“— Samuel Beckett
107- “But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly because you tread on my dreams.” — William Butler Yeats
108- Books and cleverness! There are more important things- friendship and bravery.” — J.K Rowling
109- “Listen to the MUSTN’TS, child, Listen to the DON’TS Listen to the SHOULDN’TS The IMPOSSIBLES, the WONT’S Listen to the NEVER HAVES Then listen close to me- Anything can happen, child, ANYTHING can be” — Shel Silverstein
110- “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”— Roald Dahl
111- “Everything that is real was imagined first.”— Margery Williams
112- “Even the smallest one can change the world.”— Beatrix Potter
Twinkle Twinkle little Star quotes
113- “May all your days be filled with twinkles so bright that even in the darkest depths you shine brightly”— Carmela Dutra
114- “Each of us represents a star in heaven. Sometimes we shine with the rest, sometimes we twinkle alone, and sometimes, when we least expect it, we make someone’s dreams come true.”— Unknown Author
Biblical Nursery Quotes
115- “He has made everything beautiful in its time.”— Ecclesiastes 3:11(NIV)
116- “Thank God for this gift too wonderful for words!” — 2 Corinthians 9: 15 (NLT)
117- “For this child, I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him.”— 1 Samuel 1:27 (KJV)
118- “Children are a gift from God, they are His reward.”— Psalm 127: 3
119- “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”— James 1:17 (KJV)
120- “Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a reward from him.”— Psalm 127 : 3 – 4
121- “For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”— Jeremiah 29:11
122- “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”— Jeremiah 1: 5
123- “May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.”— Psalm 144: 12
124- “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.”— Psalm 139: 13 – 14
125- “Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.”— Psalm 139: 16
126- “You guided my conception and formed me in the womb. You clothed me with skin and flesh, and you knit my bones and sinews together. You gave me life and showed me your unfailing love. My life was preserved by your care.”— Proverbs 17: 6
127- “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”— Numbers 6:24-26
128- “He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.”— Psalm 91:4
129- “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”— Joshua 1:9
130- “She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.”— Proverbs 31:25
131- “She is more precious than rubies.”— Proverbs 31:10
132- “Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.”— 1 Corinthians 16:13
133- “I have loved you with an everlasting love.”— Jeremiah 31:3
134- “God is within her she will not fall.”— Psalm 46:5
135- “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”— 1 Corinthians 13
136- “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”— Numbers 6:23
Song Lyrics For Nursery Walls
137- “Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are shooting stars?” — B.O.B from the song, Airplanes
138- “Don’t you worry your pretty little mind, people throw rocks at things that shine.”— Taylor Swift from the song, Ours
139- “Of all the things my hands have held the best by far is you”— Andrew McMahon from the song, Cecilia And The Satellite
140- How wonderful life is now you’re in the world— Elton John from the song, Your Song
Tweaked the original word – while to now.
141- “Climb every mountain; Ford every stream: Follow every rainbow; Till you find your dream.” — Oscar II Hammerstein / Richard Rodgers from The Sound Of Music Soundtrack
Conclusion
Decorating a nursery can be so much fun, but it can also be overwhelming.
There are so many choices to make, from the paint on the walls to the bedding and curtains. One of the most important decisions you’ll make is what type of quotes to put up in your baby’s room.
If you want to add some extra charm to your nursery, consider adding some of these cute nursery quotes to the nursery walls.
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