New Years Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old new years quotes, new years sayings, and new years proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

It's New Year's Day, a great day for making resolutions! Pat Miller
A resolution is a promise you make to yourself to be better or to help others. When we begin a new year, we make a fresh start. Pat Miller
A New Years resolution is a hard thing to keep, because most of the time we all have grandiose plans for ourselves, which is great! You won't get anywhere if you don't dream big! Old Natural Ways
New Years resolutions are not generally short-term plans that are wired for a quick adrenaline rush of success. 360 days is a long time! Old Natural Ways
So it's that time of year again. Everyone is caught up in the hustle-bustle after the holidays. The promise of a new year is upon us, and we are all excited to take the steps we need to become the person that we've always wanted to be. Old Natural Ways
Everybody is inspired by the prospect of a clean slate. Anything is possible when it comes to the New Year. You never know what kind of changes it will bring. Old Natural Ways
Chinese Americans celebrate their culture at the beginning of each lunar year. They honor their heritage and celebrate their way of life. Terri Sievert
People around the world celebrate Chinese New Year. It is a time when people think about the year ahead. They wish for good things. They visit family and friends. They also remember their ancestors. Julie Murray
Chinese New Year is an old holiday. It started thousands of years ago. At first, it was a celebration of the start of spring in China. Today, Chinese New Year still celebrates new beginnings. Julie Murray
People start to get ready early for Chinese New Year. Families clean houses and sweep floors. This gets rid of dirt, dust, and bad luck. They also buy new clothes, get haircuts, and pay debts. These activities are about having a good year. Julie Murray
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. Bill Vaughan
In modern times New Year has become an occasion for lively celebrations and the making of personal resolutions, or promises to do something. Barbara DuMoulin
People believed that dead spirits came back on New Year's Eve and so people made as much noise as they could to frighten the evil spirits away. Barbara DuMoulin
The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and a new eyes. Daily News
The new year represents something new. A new beginning. Starting over. Kelly R. Jackson
As the new year starts, we should star over. Out with the old, and in with the new. It is not just a brand new day, it's a brand new year. Kelly R. Jackson
As the calendar goes from the old year to the new, we should go from our old ways to a new as well. Kelly R. Jackson
Every new year as well as every new day, is another chance that God has given us for a new beginning. Kelly R. Jackson
It's not how much you gain between Christmas and New Year's that counts, it's how much you gain between New Year's and Christmas. Evan Esar
A big part of the fun of entering a New Year is making a list of noble resolutions, some of which we work hard to keep and some of which become lost causes shortly after midnight on New Year's Eve. Aberjhani
The year's doors open / like those of language / toward the unknown. Elizabeth Bishop
Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Henry Ward Beecher
Ring out the shame and sorrow / And the misery and sin / That the dawning of the morrow / May in peace be ushered in. James Whitcomb Riley
What can be said in New Year rhymes / That's not been said a thousand times? / The new years come, the old years go, / We know we dream, we dream we know. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ring out the old, ring in the new / Ring, happy bells, across the snow / The year is going, let him go / Ring out the false, ring in the true. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Welcome, New Year, but be more kind / Than thy dead father left behind / If I may kiss no mouth that's red / Give me the open mouth instead / Of a black bottle of old wine / To gurgle in its and mine. W.H. Davies
Dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume what ever is necessary. Helen Fielding
Chinese New Year is like a combination of Thanksgiving and Easter that celebrates the sacredness of the family and the presents a time of renewal. Grace Young
Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. Oprah Winfrey
Then proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to. P.J. O'Rourke