One minute you’re stuck in a rut, and the next, you commence on a thrilling new adventure. But let’s be real — sometimes we need a little nudge to take that first step. That’s where our trusty friends, and inspirational quotes, come to the rescue.
Whether you’re starting a new job, moving to a different city, or finally learning to cook something other than toast, we’ve got you covered.
These inspiring quotes are powerful; they make you want to hug your comfort zone goodbye and sprint toward the unknown. Let’s see what pearls of wisdom await us on this journey of new beginnings.
1. “You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So get on your way!” — Dr. Seuss
2. “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
3. “Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.” — Oprah Winfrey
4. “The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.” — Josiyah Martin
5. “Though we may not have reached the heights we anticipated yesterday, today is a brand new day to begin a new climb.” ― Chinonye J. Chidolue
6. “Every sunset is an opportunity to reset. Every sunrise begins with new eyes.” — Richie Norton
7. “Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.” — Alan Cohen
8. “It’s never too late to become who you want to be. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
9. “Every day is a fresh beginning; Every morn is the world made new.” ― Sarah Chauncey Woolsey
10. “I hope you realize that every day is a fresh start for you. That every sunrise is a new chapter in your life waiting to be written.” — Juansen Dizon
11. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
12. “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” — Henry Ford
13. “Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” ― Meister Eckhart
14. “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
15. “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
16. “Holding on is believing that there’s only a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future.” ― Daphne Rose Kingma
17. “A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery.” — Sarah Ban Breathnach
18. “Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be.” ― Marsha Petrie Sue
19. “Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” – Herman Hesse
20. “Life is a progress, and not a station.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
21. You must learn to stop thinking in terms of beginnings and endings, successes and failures, and begin to treat everything in your life as a learning experience instead of a proving one.” — Guy Finley
22. “That last page turned is a perfect excuse to write a whole new book.” ― Toni Sorenson
23. “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.” — Steve Jobs
24. “Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don’t be afraid to take that first step.” — Muhammad Ali
25. “Maybe the yes comes before the readiness. Maybe you say yes and then you become equipped to handle whatever is about to happen.” — Glennon Doyle
26. “Starting over is an acceptance of a past we can’t change, an unrelenting conviction that the future can be different, and the stubborn wisdom to use the past to make the future what the past was not.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
27. “Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you’ll get to where God wants you to be.” ― Joel Osteen
28. “Each day is a new beginning, the chance to do with it what should be done and not to be seen as simply another day to put in time.” ― Catherine Pulsifer
29. “Your life does not get better by chance. It gets better by change.” — Jim Rohn
30. “We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” ― Thomas Paine
31. “Never feel guilty for starting again.” ― Rupi Kaur
32. “You can start anew at any given moment. Life is just the passage of time and it’s up to you to pass it as you please.” ― Charlotte Eriksson
33. “As long as you’re alive, you always have the chance to start again.” ― Emily Acker
34. “You are never too old to start over. Every day is a chance to make changes to create the life we want.” ― Karon Waddell
35. “The direction you choose to face determines whether you’re standing at the end or the beginning of a road.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
36. “God is so good to give us new days and New Years since He knows we need so many times to start over.” ― Lacey Sturm
37. “Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.” – Germany Kent
38. “It may not be the life you imagined, but it’s your life. You came here for a reason. Is it time for you to go and begin again?” ― Doug Cooper
39. “Each sunrise brings a new day filled with new hopes for a new beginning.” ― Debasish Mridha
40. “The funny thing about wishes. Sometimes all it took to make them come true was a first step.” ― T.J. Klune
41. “Right at the end of the road, a new way will be revealed.” ― Hiral Nagda
42. “The best thing about existence is that any moment in time can be a point of beginning to anything!” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan
43. “Things change, so I have to change too.” ― Adam Scythe
44. “Every new beginning comes from other beginning’s end.” ― Seneca
45. “Every morning’s dew is a fresh breath of a new beginning.” ― Jessica Edouard
46. “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.” ― J.P. Morgan
47. “Celebrate endings — for they precede new beginnings.” ― Jonathan Lockwood Huie
48. “Every day is a chance to begin again. Don’t focus on the failures of yesterday, start today with positive thoughts and expectations.” ― Catherine Pulsifer
49. “Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.” ― Desmond Tutu
50. “Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” ― Ralph Blum
51. “Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.” ― C.S. Lewis
52. “Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose — not the one you began with perhaps, but one you’ll be glad to remember.” – Anne Sullivan
53. “The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.” ― Steve Jobs
54. “There will come a time when you believe everything is finished; that will be the beginning.” ― Louis L’Amour
55. “Sometimes we can only find our true direction when we let the wind of change carry us.” ― Mimi Novic
56. “Perhaps that is where our choice lies — in determining how we will meet the inevitable end of things, and how we will greet each new beginning.” ― Elana K. Arnold
57. “One can begin so many things with a new person—even begin to be a better man.” ― George Eliot
58. “Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.” ― Prince
59. “Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.” ― Guy Finley
60. “It’s a wise man who understands that every day is a new beginning, because boy, how many mistakes do you make in a day? I don’t know about you, but I make plenty. You can’t turn the clock back, so you have to look ahead.” ― Mel Gibson
61. “You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” ― Mary Pickford
62. “Every moment is a fresh beginning.” ― T. S. Eliot
63. “The beginning is the most important part of the work.” ― Plato
64. “I make so many beginnings there never will be an end.” ― Louisa May Alcott
65. “What a seductive belief — that one can start fresh simply by jettisoning one’s history, that one can leave all that is painful or unsavory behind.” ― Susan Rebecca White
66. “Trust the magic of new beginnings” ― Meister Eckhart
67. “Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction” ― Germany Kent
Now we’ve just taken a whirlwind tour through the land of new beginnings, armed with nothing but wit and wisdom. Pretty inspirational stuff, right?
Remember, every day is a chance to start fresh, whether you’re tackling a major life change or just trying to remember to water your plants regularly.
Who knows? Your new beginning might just be the start of something absolutely amazing. Now go out there and make some magic happen!
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