“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn”

“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn” is a seasonal saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is from an editorial in the New York (NY) Times on April 29, 1956, “April’s End,” which ends:
   
“So we come to the end of April, even a chilly April, with birdsong around us and some of spring’s color; and we feel the strengthening sun, we sense the opening buds, we know again that no winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turn. April is a promise that May is bound to keep, and we know it.”
 
The editorial was reprinted in the book Sundial of the Seasons: A Selection of Outdoor Editorials from The New York Times (1964) by Hal Borland. Borland (1900-1978) probably wrote the Times editorial.
     
“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn” is sometimes credited—falsely—as an “Amish proverb.”
   
         
Wikipedia: Hal Borland
Harold “Hal” Glen Borland (May 14, 1900 – February 22, 1978) was an American author, journalist and naturalist. In addition to writing many non-fiction and fiction books about the outdoors, he was a staff writer and editorialist for The New York Times.
   
29 April 1956, New York (NY) Times, “April’s End,” pg. 8E, cols. 3-4:
By April’s end there is no doubt of the season. Early or late, it is definitely spring, and no matter how dogged have been the frosts back in the hills, no matter how deliberate have been the early flowers, May is at hand and the grass is green and the buds are opening, leaf and petal. Robins sing, daylight lingers, and the world gets on with its vernal business.
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So we come to the end of April, even a chilly April, with birdsong around us and some of spring’s color; and we feel the strengthening sun, we sense the opening buds, we know again that no winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turn. April is a promise that May is bound to keep, and we know it.
 
Google Books
Sundial of the Seasons:
A Selection of Outdoor Editorials from The New York Times
By Hal Borland
Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott
1964
Pg. 49:
So we come to the end of April, even a chilly April, with birdsong around us and some of Spring’s color; and we feel the strengthening sun, we sense the opening buds, we know again that no Winter lasts forever, no Spring skips its turn. April is a promise that May is bound to keep, and we know it.
       
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The Courage to Follow Your Dreams
By Ann Platz
Eugene, OR: Harvest House
2001
Pg. 80:
No winter lasts forever. No spring skips its turn.
HAL BORLAND
 
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Amish Values for Your Family:
What We Can Learn from the Simple Life
By Suzanne Woods Fisher
Grand Rapids, MI: Revell
2011
Pg. 99:
No winter lasts forever. No spring skips its turn.
Amish Proverb.
 
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The One Year Book of Amish Peace:
Hearing God’s Voice in the Simple Things
By Tricia Goyer
Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
2013
Pg. 88:
No winter lasts forever. No spring skips its turn. PROVERB
 
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