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100 Short New Beginnings Quotes for a Fresh Start in Life

In life, we often come to a point where there is one direction that we must take. Whether it is a decision to change careers, move cities or even recognize the love of your life — these changes require new beginnings and can happen when least expected. If you’re feeling stuck and need a little inspiration, these new beginnings quotes will help you find your inner strength, clarity and confidence.

The quotes you’ll find below will encourage and remind you that whatever you’re facing, you can get through it if you hang in there.

Our Favorite Short New Beginnings Quotes

“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” — Herman Hesse

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” — Seneca

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” — Lao Tzu

“The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.” ― Josiyah Martin

Sunrise on beach with new beginnings quotes by Martin

“Let’s forget the baggages of the past and make a new beginning.” — Shahbaz Sharif

“Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.” — Desmond Tutu

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” — Plato

“Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” — Henry Ford

“Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.” — Guy Finley

“Your life does not get better by chance. It gets better by change.” — Jim Rohn

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” — T.S. Eliot

“The beginning is always today.” — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

“No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again.” — Buddha

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” — Billie Jean King

“To greet a lovely morning, we must leave the night behind.” ― Tarang Sinha

Sunrise over the ocean with short quotes for new beginnings by Sinha

“Infinity is the end. End without infinity is but a new beginning.” — Dejan Stojanovic

“Beginnings could happen more than once or in different ways.” ― Rachel Joyce

“Celebrate endings – for they precede new beginnings.” — Jonathan Lockwood Huie

“Every day is a fresh beginning, Every morn is the world made new.” — Sarah Chauncey Woolsey

“The beginning is always today.” ― Mary Shelley

“Right at the end of the road, a new way will be revealed.” ― Hiral Nagda

“The future begins today.” ― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“I want every day to be a fresh start on expanding what is possible.” ― Oprah Winfrey

“Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” — Robin Sharma

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw

“He knows he will be born again, and start fresh anew.” ― Dejan Stojanovic

“Every day is a new beginning. Treat it that way. Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be.” — Marsha Petrie Sue

“Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.” — Prince

“We look at the coming of a new beginning like we look at the coming of babies we never considered aborting. Hopeful.” ― Darnell Lamont Walker

“Every day is a new day, and you’ll never be able to find happiness if you don’t move on.” — Carrie Underwood

“A new day: Be open enough to see opportunities. Be wise enough to be grateful. Be courageous enough to be happy.” — Dr. Steve Maraboli

“Each day is a new beginning, the chance to do with it what should be done and not to be seen as simply another day to put in time.” — Catherine Pulsifer

“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth… not going all the way, and not starting.” — Buddha

“You can learn new things at any time in your life if you’re willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.” — Barbara Shur

“Change can be scary, but you know what’s scarier? Allowing fear to stop you from growing, evolving, and progressing.” — Mandy Hale

“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.” — Alan Cohen

“One can begin so many things with a new person – even begin to be a better man.” — George Eliot

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” — Lao Tzu

“I have always been delighted at the prospect of a , a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.” — J. B. Priestly

“The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.” — Dr. Steve Maraboli

If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Good Day Quotes, Roses are Red Violets are Blue Quotes, Start Fresh Quotes, New Beginnings Captions and Moving On Quotes.

New Day New Beginning Quotes

“Life is just a set of new beginnings, but the outcomes are up to ourselves.” — Lisa Marie Husby

“The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.” — Josiyah Martin

“All great beginnings start in the dark when the moon greets you on a new day at midnight.” — Shannon L. Alder

“Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.” — Desmond Tutu

“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.” — Alan Cohen

“Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It’s the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill

“Every day is a new beginning, because you can’t turn the clock back.” — Mel Gibson

“It doesn’t matter what your present circumstances look like, today is a brand new day, and God wants to do a new thing in your life and in your relationship with Him every day.” — Joel Osteen

“It’s a wise man who understands that every day is a new beginning, because boy, how many mistakes do you make in a day? I don’t know about you, but I make plenty. You can’t turn the clock back, so you have to look ahead.” — Mel Gibson

“Wash away negative experiences of the day from your mind. Be confident in knowing that a new day brings new experiences and a new beginning.” — Shadonna Richards

“Today is a new day. Even if you were wrong yesterday, you can get it right today.” ― Dwight Howard

“Today is a new day, the first day of the rest of your life.” – Abbie Hoffman

Boat on lake at sunrise with short new day new beginning quotes by Abbie Hoffman

“Hit the reset button. Whatever happened yesterday, forget about it. Get a new perspective. Today is a new day. Fresh start, begins now.” ― Germany Kent

“No one can ever take your memories from you – each day is a new beginning, make good memories every day.” — Catherine Pulsifer

“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” — Meister Eckhart

“Today is a brand new day. A perfectly good reason to get up and start over. Never give up.” — Richelle E. Goodrich

“Absolutely, I think every day is a new day, every day is a new opportunity, and every day is a new chance.” — Jennifer Winget

“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” ― L.M. Montgomery

“Every morning is a chance at a new day.” — Marjorie Pay Hinckle

“Every day is a chance to begin again. Don’t focus on the failures of yesterday, start today with positive thoughts and expectations.” — Catherine Pulsifer

“Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you’ll get to where God wants you to be.” — Joel Osteen

“Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.” ― Germany Kent

“If you wish to be happy right from the beginning of your day, then it is about time to leave behind your past.” — Lorin Hopper

“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” — Carl Bard

“Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” — Ralph Blum

“New beginnings always start in the here-and-now.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich

“Perhaps that is where our choice lies — in determining how we will meet the inevitable end of things, and how we will greet each new beginning.” ― Elana K. Arnold

“Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.” — William Throsby Bridges

“Sometimes painful endings bring the best new beginnings.” — Shae Ross

Sunrise over lake with a new beginning quotes by Ross

“A new beginning is a blank canvas ready and thirsty for paint. For many though, fear and worry come along with it.” ― Chaker Khazaal

“There is always a new beginning…Doors are unlimited, always open, if one closes and that moment the other opens..” ― Vandana Agarwal

“The thrill of new beginnings is immensely alluring!” ― Avijeet Das

“I see marriage as a new beginning in my life.” — Akhil Akkineni

“There is no point dwelling on the past because each day is a new beginning.” — Chunky Pandey

“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished; that will be the beginning.” — Louis L’Amour

“New month, new intentions, new goals, new love, new light, and new beginnings.” — April Mae Monterrosa

“Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest. The blessing is in the seed.” — Muriel Rukeyse

“Begin today. Declare out loud to the universe that you are willing to let go of struggle and eager to learn through joy.” — Sarah Ban Breathnach

“If I must start somewhere, right here and now is the best place imaginable.” — Richelle E. Goodrich

“True mastery of a skill was only the beginning step to understanding it.” — Yoda

“When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.” — Kahlil Gibran

Inspirational Quotes About New Beginnings

“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” — Martin Luther King Jr.

“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” — Oprah Winfrey

“I realize there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re experts at letting things go.” — Jeffrey McDaniel

“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.” — J.P. Morgan

“Let us make each day our birthday – every morning life is new, with the splendors of the sunrise, and the baptism of the dew.” — S.A.R

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C. S. Lewis

“A sunrise is God’s way of saying, “Let’s start again.” — Todd Stocker

Sunrise over lake with inspirational quotes about new beginnings by Stocker

“Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose – not the one you began with perhaps, but one you’ll be glad to remember.” — Anne Sullivan

“Set fire to the broken pieces; start anew.” ― Lauren DeStefano

“If all you can do is crawl, start crawling.” — Rumi

“Realize that if a door closed, it’s because what was behind it wasn’t meant for you.” ― Mandy Hale

“Sometimes we can only find our true direction when we let the wind of change carry us” ― Mimi Novic

“Every sunset is an opportunity to reset. Every sunrise begins with new eyes.” ― Richie Norton

“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.” — John Dewey

“The hardest part is starting. Once you get that out of the way, you’ll find the rest of the journey much easier.” — Simon Sinek

‘”But plants grow again,” She murmured, focusing on the verdant beauty around her. “They put down new roots, create room for themselves in foreign soil.”’ ― Nalini Singh, Archangel’s Consort

“It’s humbling to start fresh. It takes a lot of courage. But it can be reinvigorating. You just have to put your ego on a shelf & tell it to be quiet.” — Jennifer Ritchie Payette

“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” ― Steve Maraboli

“The direction you choose to face determines whether you’re standing at the end or the beginning of a road.” — Richelle E. Goodrich

“The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.” ― Aaron Lauritsen

“I hope you realize that every day is a fresh start for you. That every sunrise is a new chapter in your life waiting to be written.” ― Juansen Dizon

“Recreate your life, always, always. Remove the stones, plant rose bushes and make sweets. Begin again.” — Cora Coralina

“Life is about change, sometimes it’s painful, sometimes it’s beautiful, but most of the time it’s both.” — Kristin Kreuk

“To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.” — Jack Kornfield

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe

“The sun is a daily reminder that we too can rise again from the darkness, that we too can shine our own light.” — S. Ajna

“It’s never too late to become who you want to be. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

“The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.” — Steve Jobs

“Never feel guilty for starting again.” — Rupi Kaur

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” — Walt Disney

“Convince yourself everyday that you are worthy of a good life. Let go of stress, breathe. Stay positive, all is well.” ― Germany Kent

“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” – Paulo Coehlo

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“Where life comes to an end, more should begin.” ― A.D. Aliwat

“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.” — Maya Angelou

“Whatever wrong turns you’ve taken in life you can always start over and find your way back to happiness.” ― Marty Rubin

“It is the dawn of a new day, and it is raining…dance in the rain, and forget your sorrows.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson, ‘Song Of A Nature Lover’

“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go. They merely determine where you start.” — Nido Qubein

“You’ve got a chance to start out all over again. A new place, new people, new sights. A clean slate. See, you can be anything you want with a fresh start.” ― Annie Proulx

“If God closes a door AND a window, consider the fact that it might be time to build a whole new house.” — Mandy Hale

“I discovered that a fresh start is a process. A fresh start is a journey – a journey that requires a plan.” — Vivian Jokotade

“We want a fresh start only because we didn’t sufficiently care for the last fresh start.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” — Stephen King

“Sometimes the best thing we can ask for is change, and a fresh start forces us to confront change head-on.” — Natalya Neidhart

“Destinations are endpoints. Journeys are learnings, paths of possibilities, blossoming… fresh beginnings.” ― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“A fresh approach is needed — an analysis of our human situation from a basis that recognises and confronts the psychological dimension to our behaviour.” ― Jeremy Griffith

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you do have to start to be great.” — Zig Ziglar

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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” — George Eliot

“There is always an opportunity to start again and again, if the old ways are not working last year, look for better ways of doing it in the new year and start again afresh.” ― Bamigboye Olurotimi

“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” — Dolly Parton

“The splendid thing about falling apart silently…is that you can start over as many times as you like.” — Sanober Khan

“A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.” — Bruce Springsteen

“Starting over can be challenging, but also it can be a great opportunity to do things differently.” — Catherine Pulsifer

“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” — St. Francis of Assisi

“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Everything begins at the beginning, and quite often the beginning begins when you shift your mind in a new direction.” — Louie Herron

“If you want to fly in the sky, you need to leave the earth. If you want to move forward, you need to let go the past that drags you down.” — Amit Ray

“But here’s the thing: The something new, it isn’t necessarily bad. In fact, in some ways, maybe it’s better.” ― Nick Lake

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” — Andre Gide

“Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is the best choice you will ever make.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“The greatest of all capabilities of a human being is to become born again.” ― J.R. Rim

“Never forget, Today, you have 100% of your life left.” — Tom Hopkins

“Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.” — C. S. Lewis

“Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.” — Dale Turner

“It turned out that sometimes it’s enough to start doing things differently now.” ― Laini Taylor

“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” — Peter Drucker

“The secret to change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” — Socrates

“Have enough courage to start and enough heart to finish.” — Jessica S. Yourko

Man watching sunrise with new start quotes by Yourko

“Oh, my friend, it’s not what they take away from you that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left.” — Hubert Humphrey

“You will evolve past certain people. Let yourself.” — Mandy Hale

“Sooner or later we’ve all got to let go of our past.” — Dan Brown

“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” — Golda Meir

“The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.” ― Kiran Desai

“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.” — Steve Jobs

“No one is ever a victim of life; we are all volunteering to grow.” ― Shannon L. Alder

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Instead of saying, “I’m damaged, I’m broken, I have trust issues”, say “I’m healing, I’m rediscovering myself, I’m starting over.” — Horacio Jones

“Big things have small beginnings.” — Prometheus

Today is a New Beginning Quotes

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” — Albert Einstein

“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” — H. G. Wells

“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” — James Allen

“Never mind those failures till yesterday. Each new day is a sequel of a wonderful life; gifted with hopes to succeed.” — Lailah Gifty Akita

“Today is a new day. Even if you were wrong yesterday, you can get it right today.” – Dwight Howard

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“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” — Melody Beattie

“Yesterday is but today’s memory, and tomorrow is today’s dream.” — Khalil Gibran

“Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can.” — Douglas Pagels

“Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.” — L. Ron Hubbard

“What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.” — Ralph Marston

“Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.” — Jack Ma

“The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.” — Elbert Hubbard

“There can be neither today without yesterday nor tomorrow without today.” — Kim Jong-un

“Light tomorrow with today!” — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way my I am achieving my dreams.” — Candace Parker

“Remember that even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise, and, with it, a new day.” — Victor Hugo

“Today is a brand new day. Forget about yesterday; it does not matter. Forget about tomorrow; it will take care of itself. Concentrate on this day. Make it the best ever.” — Mary-Frances Winters

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

“Celebrate the new day with shouts of praise, love, and grace, and with a beautiful smile upon your face.” — Caroline Naoroji

“Every day that you open your eyes is a new day and another day to get it right.” — Jean Renee Porter

“Every morning is a chance at a new day.” — Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Sayings About New Beginnings

Here we’ve gathered the best sayings about new beginnings for you. Find your favorite sayings for new beginnings now!

“Every day is a new beginning. Take a deep breath, smile, and start again.”

“No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.”

“Each morning we are born again.”

“Every second brings a fresh beginning, every hour holds a new promise, every night our dreams can bring hope and every day is what you choose to make it.”

“Failure lies not in falling down. Failure lies in not getting up.”

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“Making a big life change can be scary but living with regret is always scarier.”

“It’s a new day, a fresh start, fresh energy, new opportunities. Get your mind right, be thankful, be positive and start your day right.”

“Starting today, I need to forget what’s gone. Appreciate what still remains and look forward to what’s coming next.”

“Everybody falls sometimes, when that happens you need to find the strength to rise from the ashes.”-

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

“Everybody falls sometimes, gotta find the strength to rise from the ashes and make a new beginning.”

“Change is hard at the beginning, messy in the middle, worth it at the end.”

“Making the beginning is one third of the work.”

“Today’s a new day. It’s your day. You shape it. Don’t let it be shaped by someone else’s fear or ignorance.”

“Shake off all those negative thoughts of yesterday. Rise and shine; it’s a new day.”

“Just keeping a positive mindset for the new day can make the difference between having it being a bad day or a good one.”

“When you start each day with a grateful heart, light illuminates from within.”

“Don’t be afraid of new beginnings. Don’t shy away from new people, new energy, new surroundings. Embrace new chances at happiness.”

So there you have it! We hope you enjoyed our selection of the best quotes.

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Laynni Locke

I am Laynni Locke, a Canadian writer, reader and traveller with a passion for sharing life’s moments on social media. Keeping friends and family in the loop of our lives though photos and videos has become an essential activity for most.

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