Three, two, one, Happy New Year! (Queue the fireworks and blares from party horns). This end-of-year holiday is always met with a flurry of glitz and glitter. But somewhere between the toasts, parties and endless celebrations, many people will also find themselves carving out time for reflection and planning for days to come. Enter inspirational New Year’s quotes.
As we cross this annual threshold, we reflect on our peaks and valleys. From accomplishments to failures, we can look back at how far we’ve come. More importantly, we can give some thought to what we’ve learned—and how we can continue evolving over the next 365 days.
If you’re looking for some inspiration to start creating your vision board or motivation to hit the ground running, lean on these positive New Year quotes. Taken from movies, books, songs and some of the most revered public figures, they will help you ring in the new year with positivity and a prosperous plan. You can also use these phrases for greetings, wishes, and messages to spread inspiration in the new year.
Happy New Year Quotes to Share With Friends And Family
Just like success, moments are nothing without someone to share them with. Welcome the new year amongst friends and family who have played a significant role over your last 12 months and who you wish to continue growing with and learning from. Together, prepare for a fresh start with these uplifting “Happy New Year” quotes and messages.
- “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
- “Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering ‘it will be happier’.” —Alfred Lord Tennyson
- “The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written.” —Melody Beattie
- “Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.” —Brad Paisley
- “Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.” —Alfred Tennyson
- “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
- “Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.” —Plautus
- “Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.” —Franz Grillparzer
- “Today is not just another ordinary day. It is an opportunity to do, or say, something that just might inspire someone to greater becoming…especially a wayward youth.” —T.F. Hodge
- “On New Year’s Eve the whole world celebrates the fact that a date changes. Let us celebrate the dates on which we change the world.” —Akilnathan Logeswaran
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