Sunday, December 30, 2012

New Year's Quotes: Famous Quotes to Ring in 2013


Cheers to a New Year and another chance to get it right. 
-Oprah Winfrey


For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. 
-T. S. Eliot

A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one Year and out the other. 
-Anonymous

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

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in.  A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. 
-Bill Vaughn

May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions. 
-Joey Adams

He who breaks a resolution is a weakling; he who makes one is a fool. 
-F. M. Knowles

Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the old year. 
-Charles Lamb

One resolution I have made, and try to always keep, is this: To rise above the little things. 
-John Burroughs

Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges; whether we seize them or not, the New year will bring new opportunities. 
-Michael Josephson

Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man his Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad new year to all the earth. 
-Martin Luther

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account. 
-Oscar Wilde

Approach the New Year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day. 
-Michael Josephson

Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits. 
-Unknown

Youth is when you are allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve.  Middle age is when you are forced to. 
-Bill Vaughn

Stir the eggnog, lift the toddy, Happy New Year everybody. 
-Phyllis McGinley

Here's a toast to the future, A toast to the past, And a toast to our friends far and near.  May the future be pleasant; The past a bright dream; May our friends remain faithful and dear. 
-Anonymous

Always bear in mind that our own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. 
-Abraham Lincoln

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. 
-Benjamin Franklin

Happy New Year to you and yours!
-Survival Guide by The Working Mom

What do you love about the New Year? 

10 comments:

  1. I like Oprah's quote! How fun-thank you

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  2. Love the Ben Franklin quote! Happy New Year!

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  3. I love the optimist pessimist comment. I love a new year - A new chance for new opportunities! Happy New Year Amanda!

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  4. These are some great quotes! There is something refreshing about a new year that is so refreshing. Happy New Year!

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  5. Great quotes! I love the one about troubles lasting as long as New Years resolutions! For me, that's about 5 minutes!

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  6. These are great. :) I am borrowing the Abe Lincoln one. :)

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  7. I like Bill Vaughn's. Thank you for sharing.

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  8. I love the Bill Vaughn comment about optimist and pessimist, we have both in our house!

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  9. I love Oscar Wilde's quote.
    I'm resolving NOT to have any resolutions, but to have goals and stay in prayer.

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