Last Updated on February 22, 2024
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There is nothing quite as disheartening as Monday is. As Sunday night draws to a close, we all begin to dread the start of another school or work week.
However, once the week is in full swing, we get excited whenever the weekend is in sight again. This excitement usually begins to build on Wednesday or the mid-week mark. We know that the first two days are done, and with just one more final push, we’ll be basking in the glory of Saturday and Sunday once more.
Depending on how you think, Wednesday either represents a mid-week slump or a mid-week boost. Don’t let the hump day get you down. Focus on finishing your work so you can enjoy a fun and stress-free weekend.
Origin of the Word Wednesday
The concept of the seven-day week was first attributed to the Babylonians in 6th century BC. They had the most prevalent culture in the Near East and their ideas and concepts had spread far and wide. It wasn’t long before other cultures adopted the seven-day week.
While the idea of seven days in a week has stayed the same, the names of the days changed and evolved throughout history. The word “Wednesday” is derived from two powerful gods from history. In Old English or Germanic, Wednesday is from the god Woden. While in the Roman language, the name is derived from the Roman god Mercury–mercredi in French, and miercuri in Romanian.
These two gods don’t share many similarities other then their patronage of poetry and the arts. The god Woden, also known by his more famous name Odin, created the earth and sky, as well as the first man, woman, and ash tree. Woden is also credited with creating and maintaining the laws of the universe.
Mercury, in Roman mythology, was known as the Messenger of the Gods, or the God of Speed. He was the patron of arts, travelers, athletes, and sciences. To this day, he is still the most remembered god.
Making it Over the Hump
Wednesday is also referred to as “hump day”, meaning the middle of the week. No one knows exactly when the term hump day began, but some say that the term has been used since the 1960s.
What popularized the “hump day” moniker in modern pop culture was a 2013 commercial by an insurance company featuring a camel walking through the cubicles at the office and asking people what day it was, and someone said, “It’s hump day!”, happily.
Today, colleagues often greet one another “Happy Hump Day”, congratulating each other about making it past Monday and Tuesday and almost getting to the weekend. If you could just make it over the hump in the middle of the week–Saturday and Sunday would be in sight.
Make your “Hump Day” happy with these wonderful Wednesday quotes:
Wednesday Motivational Quotes
- “They didn’t want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.” – Robert A. Heinlein
- “Wednesdays are like Mondays in the middle of the week!” – Lee Fox Williams
- “If all our national holidays were observed on Wednesdays, we could wind up with nine-day weekends.” – George Carlin
- “To some, it’s Hump Day. To us, it’s Wednesday’s getting its ass kicked and Thursday just asking Friday to switch places.” – Dwayne Johnson
- “Elephants love Wednesday, and so will you.” – Anthony T. Hincks
- “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar
- “A Wednesday with no rain is a dry hump day.” – Demetri Martin
- “It will not be lonely on Wednesday when it has all around it.” – Anthony T. Hincks
- “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”– Will Rogers
- “Wednesday is a day to help others celebrate life.” – Byron Pulsifer
- “Wednesday: Halfway to the weekend! Enjoy your day!” – Unknown
- “My job is to give people who work hard all week something to enjoy on Saturdays and Wednesdays.” – Arsene Wenger
- “Wednesdays will always bring smiles for the second half of the week.” – Anthony T. Hincks
- “Happy Wednesday stay positive. Think positive. Do positive a very good morning.” – Anonymous
- “Wednesdays were the best thing about Atlantis. The middle of the week was a traditional holiday there. Everyone stopped work and celebrated the fact that half the week was over.” – Walter Moers
- “On Wednesday afternoons I could be practically anything.” – Kit Williams
- “Happy Wednesday! Cast your love to all, trust in the team to which you are joined, and do not do wrong to others for your own self gratification.” – Byron Pulsifer
- “When people refer to ‘Back in the Day,’ it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.” – Dane Cook
- “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.” – John Major
- “Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.”– Babe Ruth
- “Wednesday will be amazing so wake up and smile.” – Unknown
- “When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.” – John Wyndham
- “On Wednesday, when the sky is blue, and I have nothing else to do, I sometimes wonder if it’s true that who is what and what is who.” – Winnie the Pooh
- “Keep calm, its hump day!” – Unknown
- “Fennel, which is the spice for Wednesdays, the day of averages, of middle-aged people…Fennel…smelling of changes to come.” – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- “Wednesday can only dream of becoming Thursday.” – Anthony T. Hincks
- “Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” – Chris Grosser
- “Keep calm. It’s only Wednesday. We still have two more days to go.” – Unknown
- “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John R. Wooden
- “I like the good life too much, I’m not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons.” – Anthony Hopkins
- “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn
- “It must be Wednesday, there goes that camel again.” – Unknown
- “The future depends on what you do today.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “But the U.S. fans will love you on Monday; if you lose, they’ll hate you on Tuesday. If you win, it will be back to loving you on Wednesday.” – Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- “I never thought I’d be making a living off of acting – it’s still kind of a shock for my family and friends to see my face on TV every Wednesday night.” – Matthew Gray Gubler
- “Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” – Dalai Lama
- “Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.” – Dale Carnegie
- “My grandmother was a very simple woman. She didn’t want a whole lot…She wanted to be in Bible study every Wednesday. The other days, she wanted to be on a fishing creek.” – Shannon Sharpe
- “I’m not into ‘Let’s go out with one guy on a Monday and another guy on a Wednesday’ – that’s just not me.” – Jennifer Love Hewitt
- “I think that the problem is that people fear so many things and they don’t live life to its fullest. And for me as an artist, if God should want me to come this Wednesday to the end of my life, so be it.” – Criss Angel
- “You will never plough a field if you only turn it over in your mind.” – Irish Proverb
- “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
- “If you change Wednesday, then you change Thursday. Pretty soon it’s a week, then a month, then a year. It’s bite-size, as opposed to feeling like you have to turn your life inside out to make changes.” – Hoda Kotb
- “Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.” – Robert Kiyosaki
- “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” – Michael John Bobak
- “And then as I got older, and then I had my kids and everything, I began to appreciate a great Wednesday.” – Albert Brooks
- “If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn
- “I was like the Wednesday Addams of ballet.” – Felicity Jones
- “I did the same thing as every Irish person who comes to New York. I arrived on a Wednesday, and by Saturday night, I was pulling pints at a pub in the Bronx.” – Adrian McKinty
- “It’s Wednesday! I’m breathing. I’m healthy. I’m truly blessed. I’m grateful for this day.” – Unknown
- “Wednesday will never be lonely when it has days all around it.” – Anthony T. Hincks
- “It’s a bad day when you don’t get the work done that you need to get done or you don’t get it done to the satisfaction.” – David Fincher
- “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua Marine
- “Wednesday keeps the week balanced.” – Anthony T. Hincks
- “To be honest, I’d rather be drinking coffee on my unicorn than whatever this Wednesday business is.” – Unknown
- “Inspiration is one thing and you can’t control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Keep up the good work.” – Kevin Eubanks
- “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” – Alexander Graham Bell
- “Wednesday it’s almost, sorta, kinda, close to, just, about, nearly the weekend…” – Unknown
- “I’ve heard of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, but I’ve never heard of Someday.” – Reverend Ike
- “On Wednesdays, we wear pink.” – Mean Girls
- “Happy Wednesday! Look at the bright side! At least it’s not Monday morning!” – Unknown
- “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
- “Nothing screws up your Friday like realizing it’s only Wednesday!” – Unknown
- “Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.” – Conan O’Brien
- “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “The only way I can get through Wednesday is by avoiding people who call it Hump Day.” – Unknown
- “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “Monday for wealth, Tuesday for health, Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for crosses, Friday for losses, Saturday no luck at all.” – English Proverb
- “Ah, you know, it’s Wednesday. But I’m blessed. I love my work.” – John Darnielle
- “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius
- “When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.” – John Wyndham
- “Let your smile change the world, but don’t let the world change your smile.” – Connor Franta
- “By Wednesday, work is something that’s easy to complain about. But at the end of the day, you’re making money and making a living.” – Unknown
- “I live for Tuesdays and die by Wednesdays.” – David Cook
- “Heaven knows the difference between Sunday morning and Wednesday afternoon. God longs to speak as clearly in the workplace as He does in the sanctuary.” – Max Lucado
- “Wednesday is Latin for “almost Friday.” – Unknown
- “Nothing is worth more than this day.” – Johann Wolfgang
- “Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” – Carlos Castaneda
- “May your Wednesday be simply wonderful.” – Unknown
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