Holidays & Observances: New Year Quotes

Celebrate the turning of the calendar with a curated mix of New Year quotes that balance optimism, gratitude, and thoughtful reflection. From timeless lines about fresh starts to modern takes on resilience and goals, these words offer light guidance for personal and shared moments. Browse uplifting sentiments for toasts, cards, and social posts, or simply find a phrase to motivate your next step. Whether you favor poetic musings or practical encouragement, this collection invites a hopeful mindset as the year opens with new possibilities.

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"New Year's Day is every man's birthday"

Charles Lamb, Critic

Charles Lamb

"Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man"

Benjamin Franklin, Politician

Benjamin Franklin

"Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?"

Ogden Nash, Poet

Ogden Nash

"The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium"

Arthur C. Clarke, Writer

Arthur C. Clarke

"Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer"

Walter Scott, Novelist

Walter Scott

"The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows"

George William Curtis, Author

"Shaving my head was a millennium ritual, to not let it pass as just another New Year's Eve. A lot has happened to me in the last couple of years, personally and spiritually. I wanted to mark it for myself"

Joan Jett, Musician

Joan Jett

"For eleven months and maybe about twenty days each year, we concentrate upon the shortcomings of others, but for a few days at the turn of the New Year we look at our own. It is a good habit"

Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Publisher

"When the ball dropped in 1999, I was holding dough and champagne in my hands and holding my kids"

Method Man, Musician

"It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day"

Marilu Henner, Actress

Marilu Henner

"2006 is all about getting your house in order and I mean that metaphorically"

LaToya London, Musician

"I don't even drink! I can't stand the taste of alcohol. Every New Year's Eve I try one drink and every time it makes me feel sick. So I don't touch booze - I'm always the designated driver"

Kim Kardashian, Celebrity

Kim Kardashian

"It's real good to be back with you again this year"

Dick Clark, Entertainer

Dick Clark

"Each year is a new year"

Tim Buckley, Musician

Tim Buckley

"It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so"

Zane Grey, Author

"If the year 2000 can help us move into the future, that's fine, but I am afraid that people see it as a full stop and that one can take a big breath afterwards - you can't"

Graeme Murphy, Dancer

"If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am"

Cyril Cusack, Actor

"My parents used to throw great New Year's Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of showbiz people. All those cool people were always hanging out at our apartment"

Ben Stiller, Comedian

Ben Stiller

"Although I'd first seen Senator Hart in Aspen, Colorado, at a New Year's Day party in 1987, we hadn't talked"

Donna Rice, Celebrity

"I played Baby New Year. When everybody started hollering and throwing confetti, I thought it was for me"

Frederick Kelly, Athlete

"I hate crowds of people pretending to be happy on one night of the year, where they get drunk and obnoxious by the end of the night"

Kenny Hickey, Musician

"And New Year's Eve is very, very important to me"

Debbie Harry, Musician

"Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word"

Goran Persson, Politician

"Or he can work it out as a metrical and formal exercise, but he will be disappointed in its content. The New Year's prospect fairly chills his daunting breast"

John C. Ransom, Writer

"May God be with me! May Heaven bless this New Year. May it be a year of fruitfulness, of peace and prosperity; may it be a year of peace and unity for all mankind; may the world be freed of cholera"

Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer

"It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets"

William Thomas, Athlete

William Thomas

"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 whatever is necessary, moment by moment, in order to ease your hangover. I think it would be much more sensible if resolutions began generally on January the second"

Helen Fielding, Author

"New Year's was insane! It was the best show I've ever played for New Year's"

Les Claypool, Musician

"I get myself a gig somewhere, whether it's in a club, whether it's in a bar, it doesn't matter, and I just work on New Year's Eve because I always feel it's very symbolic for me for the next year, for the new year"

Debbie Harry, Musician

"I always work on New Year's Eve, no matter what"

Debbie Harry, Musician

"I've had some lovely extraordinary experiences on New Year's Eve"

Debbie Harry, Musician