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16 Quotes To Inspire You Going Into 2016

"What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year."

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16 Quotes To Inspire You Going Into 2016

1. "Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." — Carl Brad

2. "Cheers to a new year and another chance to get it right." — Oprah Winfrey

3. "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

4. "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

5. "Some people swear there's no beauty left in the world, no magic. Then how do you explain the entire world coming together on one night to celebrate the hope of a new year?" — Claire Morgan

6. “Approach the New Year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day.” – Michael Josephson

7. “Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every New Year find you a better man.” — Benjamin Franklin

8.“For eleven months and maybe about twenty days each year, we concentrate upon the shortcomings of others, but for a few days at the turn of New Year we look at our own. It is a good habit.” – Arthur H. Sulzberger

9. “We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential.” – Ellen Goodman

10. Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.” — Brooks Atkinson

11. "The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." — Michael Altshuler

12. Many years ago I resolved never to bother with New Year’s resolutions, and I’ve stuck with it ever since.” — Dave Beard

13. One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this — To rise above the little things.” — John Burroughs

14. The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.” – G.K. Chesterton

15. What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year.” — Vern McLellan

16. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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