60 Best New Year Quotes Full of Inspiration for 2025

Cameron Jenkins, Katarina Avendaño
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Rainer Maria Rilke

And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.

2

Michael Josephson

new year quote by michael josephson
Good Housekeeping

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

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3

Albert Einstein

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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

4

Craig D. Lounsbrough

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Good Housekeeping

Any new beginning is forged from the shards of the past, not from the abandonment of the past.

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5

Beyoncé

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In our perfect ways, in the ways we are beautiful, in the ways we are human — we are here. Happy New Year’s. Let’s make it ours.

6

Terri Guillemets

new year quote by terri guillemets
Good Housekeeping

This year’s book, at midnight turns to footnote in the next.

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7

C.S. Lewis

you are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

8

David Bowie

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Danielle Carson

I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.

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9

Charles Lamb

new year's day is every man's birthday

New Year’s Day is every man’s birthday.

10

Munia Khan

new year quote by munia khan

New year is the glittering light to brighten the dream-lined pathway of future.

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11

Charlie Brown

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You know how I always dread the whole year? Well, this time I’m only going to dread one day at a time.

12

Michael Altshuler

new years eve quote by michael altshuler
Danielle Carson

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.

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13

Hal Borland

year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us

Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.

14

Buddha

new years eve quote by buddha
Danielle Carson

No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.

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15

Jonathan Huie

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Celebrate endings — for they precede new beginnings.

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Hillary DePiano

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Hillary Depiano

You can get excited about the future. The past won’t mind.

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17

Kelly Martin

remove shoulds from your vocabulary this year start your journey of self love now

Remove shoulds from your vocabulary this year. Start your journey of self-love now.

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Josiyah Martin

new year quote by josiyah martin
Danielle Carson

The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

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In the New Year, never forget to thank your past years because they enabled you to reach today! Without the stairs of the past, you cannot arrive at the future.

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Robin Sharma

new years eve quote by robin sharma
Danielle Carson

Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.

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Cameron (she/her) is a staff writer for Good Housekeeping, where she covers everything from holidays to food. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, where she received a B.A. in magazine journalism. In her spare-time she can be found scrolling TikTok for the latest cleaning hacks and restaurant openings, binge-watching seasons of Project Runway or online shopping.

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Katarina Avendaño (she/her) is the senior SEO editor for Good Housekeeping, where she writes and edits lifestyle content and contributes to SEO strategy. Before joining GH in 2021, she was the digital editor at New York Family, where she was responsible for the website’s content and strategy. Katarina received her bachelor’s degree in communications and Spanish from the University of Washington.

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