As the new year approaches, many people take the time to reflect on the past year and set resolutions for the coming one. Quotes about change and growth are popular during this time, as people look to find inspiration for the year ahead. Below are 50 of the best quotes about New Year 2023, perfect for inspiring you to make positive changes in your life.
1. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
2. “A year from now you will wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb
3. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
4. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S Lewis
5. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale
6. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
7. “Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
8. “Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn
9. “If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.” – Peter Drucker
10. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates
11. “Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” – Unknown
12. “One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, what if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?” – Rachel Carson
13. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
14. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
15. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch
16. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
17. “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Unknown
18. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
19. “The key to change…is to let go of fear.” – Rosanne Cash
20. “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan
21. “The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their high school reunion.” – Sarah Silverman
22. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
23. “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S Lewis
24. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
25. “When nothing is sure, everything is possible.” – Margaret Drabble
26. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
27. “Success is not built on success. It’s built on failure, frustration, even catastrophe.” – Sumner Redstone
28. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
29. “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler
30. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – Barack Obama
31. “The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.” – Bette Davis
32. “It’s not the years in your life, but the life in your years that counts.” – Abraham Lincoln
33. “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Christopher Columbus
34. “Do not be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
35. “The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.” – Arthur C Clarke
36. “Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw
37. “Life has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight and off you go.” – Nicole Kidman
38. “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.” – William James
39. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
40. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
41. “When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.” – Benjamin Franklin
42. “Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
43. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
44. “There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” – Denis Waitley
45. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein
46. “A change in bad habits leads to a change in life.” – Anonymous
47. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
48. “You can’t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.” – Mahatma Gandhi
49. “The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.” – Arthur C Clarke
50. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The New Year is a time for a change, and these quotes provide inspiration to make the changes you want in your life. Whether it’s making more of an effort to be successful or simply living each day to the fullest, these quotes remind us that anything is possible as long as we’re willing to work for it. What are your goals for the year? Let us know in the comments!
