Over 100 Inspiring New Year Quotes for a Fresh Start

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

Your limitation—it's only your imagination.

Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction.

The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.

Dream big. Start small. Act now.

Great things never come from comfort zones.

Success doesn’t just find you, you have to go out and get it.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.

Every adversity carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in.

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

Where there is love, there is life.

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.

Love makes our souls bloom.

A simple ‘I love you’ means more than the world can hold.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you... I could walk through my garden forever.

Love is not about how many days, months, or years you’ve been together. It’s about how much you love each other every single day.

You’re my today and all of my tomorrows.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

It is not that I'm so smart, but I stay with problems longer.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

No man ever steps in the same river twice.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

The fool speaks, the wise man listens.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right.

I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised.

I used to play piano by ear, but now I use my hands.

The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

I'm not lazy, I'm in energy-saving mode.

I don’t need therapy, I just need a nap.

I’m not short, I’m concentrated awesome.

I don’t make jokes, I just state facts and let people laugh.

My bed is a magical place where I suddenly remember everything I was supposed to do.

I didn’t lose my mind. I sold it on eBay.

Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?

Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it.

Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Everything passes, including this.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

The meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

Life becomes easier when you stop caring what others think.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Confidence is not ‘they will like me.’ Confidence is ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t.’

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You are enough just as you are.

Stop trying to fix yourself. You are not broken.

Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.

You don’t need permission to be great.

Self-worth comes from within, not from applause.

Be who you needed when you were younger.

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

You don’t have to be perfect to be amazing.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.

Friends are the family we choose for ourselves.

Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Friendship doubles your joy and halves your sorrow.

Best friends are the people who make you forget your problems, not remind you of them.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than alone in the light.

A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.

Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.

Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

Success is not owned, it is rented—and the rent is due every day.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Dreams don’t work unless you do.

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

Every artist was first an amateur.

The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.

Creativity takes courage.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.

Originality is the art of remembering what you steal.

The creative adult is the child who survived.

Dare to wear your imagination on your sleeve.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.