“And now let us welcome the new year, full of things that never were.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
Indeed, what better time to open up a new chapter in your life than the beginning of the New Year? Just in case you need a little a nudge in the right direction to help you realize your New Year’s Resolutions, or any new project or goal, really, we compiled a moving and motivational collection on 14 beautiful quotes about new beginnings and starting afresh. We hope you will enjoy these quotes and share them with everyone who might likewise need a little inspiration and motivation in their lives right now.
“What the caterpillar calls the end the rest of the world calls a butterfly.”
– Lao Tzu
“If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.”
– Paulo Coelho
“Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page.”
– Henry Ward Beecher
“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
“Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.”
– Dale Turner
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
– Lao Tzu
“Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose – not the one you began with perhaps, but one you’ll be glad to remember.”
– Anne Sullivan
“Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities.”
– William Throsby Bridges
“For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.”
– T.S.Eliot
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
“Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.”
– Edith Lovejoy Pierce
“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth… not going all the way, and not starting.”
– Buddha
“Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you've always wanted to do but couldn't find the time.”
– Ann Landers
