“This year has taught me that life can be kind. That it isn’t something I have to outsmart, that it isn’t something I have to control at all times. This year has taught me that life can be soft, even when it is not, even when it’s edges are rough and it’s messy all over — it can still hold a lesson,…”— Bianca Sparacino, biancasparacino.tumblr.comTagged: New Year's Eve
“When all things seem to fail, stand on your inner strength, shovel today's challenges for your tomorrow's freedom.”— Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel, goodreads.comTagged: Inspirational, Challenges, strength
“When the year seems new, the canvas of my life seems fresh and untainted. I am unburdened; blissfully oblivious of how quickly time flies. I set goals and intentions for how I’ll live and how I’ll grow. I resolve to be better. The weight of the last year lifts for a moment, and I feel as though I ca…”— Abby Larson, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: New Year, New Beginnings, New Years, Resolutions, Unburdened
“This year I am going to shed my old skin. I’m going emerge in a body your fingers will not have touched. I won’t be yours anymore. I will belong only to myself.”— Tina Tran, amazon.comTagged: New Year New Me, Taking Back Myself, New Skin
“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. So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish…”— Neil Gaiman, journal.neilgaiman.comTagged: Mistakes, Failure, Self Improvement, Growth
“Remember that you are capable of giving this time of year new meaning and new memories.”— Kovie Biakolo, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Holidays, Christmas, Memories, fresh start
“Do you know there's a halfway world between each ending and each new beginning? It's called the hurting time, Jean Perdu. It's a bog; it's where your dreams and worries and forgotten plans gather. Your steps are heavier during that time. Don't underestimate that transition, Jeanno, between farewell…”— Nine George, barnesandnoble.comTagged: Starting Over, Patience, Goodbyes, Hellos, Endings
“Out of the ashes of this tragedy, we shall rise to greet the dawning of a new era”— Jeremy Irons, Scar, amazon.comTagged: Disney, Tragedy, fresh start
“I can do this… I can start over. I can save my own life and I’m never going to be alone as long as I have stars to wish on and people to still love.”— Jennifer Elisabeth, amazon.comTagged: Don't Go Back, Starting Over
“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”— L.M. Montgomery, powerthetruth.comTagged: New Year's Eve, Mistakes, fresh start
“Starting over can be the scariest thing in the entire world, whether it’s leaving a lover, a school, a team, a friend or anything else that feels like a core part of our identity but when your gut is telling you that something here isn’t right or feels unsafe, I really want you to listen and trust i…”— Jennifer Elisabeth, amazon.comTagged: Intuition, Starting Over, fresh start, Trusting Your Intuition, Trusting Yourself
“I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.”— F Scott Fitgerald, amazon.comTagged: Try Again, New Beginnings, Start Over
“Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever.”— Neil Gaiman, journal.neilgaiman.comTagged: Failure, Mistakes
“Close the door, change the record, clean the house, get rid of the dust. Stop being who you were and become who you are.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Change, Starting Over, Becoming You
“In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.”— Abraham Maslow, facebook.comTagged: Moving Forward, Risk, Growth
“New Year—a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story ? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours.”— Alex Morritt, amazon.comTagged: Best Days, New Days, New Year, Stories
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yours…”— Neil Gaiman, journal.neilgaiman.comTagged: New Year, Joy, Starting Over, surprise, Magic