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!
#81
“What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year.” —Vern McLellan
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#82
“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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#83
“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” —Helen Keller
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#84
“We joyfully pray with grateful heart’s to welcome blessings in New Year.” ―Lailah Gifty Akita
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#85
“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
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#86
“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.” —Karen Kaiser Clark
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#87
“Be like a tree. Stay grounded. Connect with your roots. Turn over a new leaf. Bend before you break. Enjoy your unique natural beauty. Keep growing.” —Joanne Raptis
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#88
“With dawn of the new year on the horizon, I resolved to exert my will on the world.”―Holly Black
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#89
“The attraction of New Year is this: The year changes, and in that change we believe that we can change with it. It is far more difficult, however, to change yourself than turn the calendar to a new page.” ― R. Joseph Hoffmann
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#90
“Making New Year resolutions is one thing. Remaining resolute and seeing them through is quite another.” —Alex Morritt
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#91
“I close my eyes to old ends. And open my heart to new beginnings.” —Nick Frederickson
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#92
“Celebrate endings—for they precede new beginnings.” —Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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#93
“The book is called Opportunity, and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” —Edith Lovejoy Pierce
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#94
“Don’t make plans. Make options.” —Jennifer Aniston
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#95
“It is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition.” —Larry Page
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#96
“Happiness was always important to me, even at a young age. People would ask, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ I’d tell them, ‘I just want to be happy.'” —Goldie Hawn
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#97
“Whenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that’s often the most important time to tell it.” —Jennifer Lopez
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#98
“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” —John Steinbeck
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#99
“A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.” —Sonia Sotomayor
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#100
“If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.” —Doug Larson
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