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10 Quotes To Read For The New Year

Sometimes all we need are a few wise words to prepare us for a new period of our lives.

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10 Quotes To Read For The New Year

In honor of the end of 2016 and a new year right around the corner, I thought it would be an appropriate time to share some inspiring words about new years and new beginnings. I will be the first to admit that a some of these quotes are pretty darn cheesy. But cheesiness aside, the sentiment behind the quotes is what matters. We should all be excited for the possibilities that a new years holds for us all. So cheers to this new year, and enjoy these 10 quotes:


1) "I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something." – Neil Gaiman

2) "Make New Year's goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you're interested in fully living life in the year to come." – Melody Beattie

3) “Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” – Oprah Winfrey

4) "Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word." – Goran Persson

5) “Same mind with same old ideas enters the same old year; only the new mind with new ideas enters the New Year!” – Mehmet Murat Ildan

6) "Celebrate what you want to see more of." – Tom Peters

7) “May the New Year bring you courage to break your resolutions early! My own plan is to swear off every kind of virtue, so that I triumph even when I fall!” – Aleister Crowley

8) “New Year – a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours.” – Alex Morrit

9) “What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year.” – Vern McLellan

10) “You can get excited about the future. The past won’t mind.” – Hillary DePiano


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