Although a new year is just a continuation of your journey, it still is a significant landmark for change, something to look forward to and take advantage of. The promises that you give to yourself on the brink of the upcoming year should not be made lighthandedly, as it’s you that is responsible for making them come true. And there’s probably no greater disappointment than that of letting yourself down. So, it would be an excellent start to make those vows actually doable (how about starting with something small and building it up as you go?), but if you still need some reassurance and a guiding hand, we’ve gathered a list of famous people’s quotes on New Year. Not only will these wise words give you some food for thought, but they might also inspire you to keep on going with bettering yourself and sticking to your plans no matter what.
Honestly, this might be our most inspiring list as of yet - these New Year quotes aren’t the ones to stick it to you with some hackneyed cliches, but rather encourage you to think for yourself. And that’s exactly what you’d want from motivational messages! To make it even more worthy of your time and your thoughts, these smart quotes come from famous people from all paths of life - singers, movie stars, writers, scientists, and so on. And with such names as Lady Gaga, Rainer Maria Rilke, and David Bowie - people who paved their path by themselves and just the way they wanted - you just know that the wisdom of their words comes from hands-on experience.
So, before you scroll down below to check out these wise words for yourself, grab a pencil and a notebook to write down the smart quotes that’ll be your upcoming year’s motto. After you finish reading these gems, vote for the ones that resonated with you the most and share this article with your friends who might be suffering from New Year’s blues. These motivational quotes are bound to make them feel better!
#21
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” —Maya Angelou
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#22
“Life’s not about expecting, hoping and wishing, it’s about doing, being and becoming.” —Mike Dooley
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#23
“Plant seeds every single day that you know who you are, you know what you’re about, and you know what goals you’ve set for yourself.” —Stephen Curry
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#24
“Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.” —Mary Oliver
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#25
“Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” —Robin Sharma
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#26
“The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.” ―Josiyah Martin
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#27
“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
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#28
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” –Plato
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#29
“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” —Carl Bard
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#30
“Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake.” —Francis Bacon Sr.
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#31
“I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.” —Arthur Rubenstein
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#32
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
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#33
“The sky isn’t the limit—the sky has no limit.” —Sarah Barker
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#34
“We either make ourselves miserable or make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” —Carlos Castaneda
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#35
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” —William James
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#36
“I could give example after example of how doing the right thing ended up making us more money.” —Yvon Chouinard
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#37
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
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#38
“When you’re young, you’re encouraged to try new things. At a certain age, nobody says that to you anymore. If you’re lucky enough to be alive, why not say yes to all of it at any age?” —Mary Steenburgen
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#39
“Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.” —Oscar Wilde
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#40
“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.” —Joseph Campbell
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