Louisa May Alcott
Getty Images“I make so many beginnings there never will be an end.”
2E. McD.
Getty Images“Three hundred and sixty-five sunrises to start over.”
3Louise Kaufmann
Getty Images“in 2024, I hope you find time to be happy. not just strong.”
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4Dave Beard
Getty Images"Many years ago I resolved never to bother with New Year's resolutions, and I've stuck with it ever since."
5G.K. Chesterton
Getty Images“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 new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes.”
6Susan Sontag
Getty Images“Kindness, kindness, kindness. I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.”
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7Robert Burns, “Auld Lang Syne”
Getty Images“We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne [for old time's sake].”
8ABBA
Getty Images"May we all have a vision now and then, of a world where every neighbor is a friend. Happy New Year."
9Charles Lamb
Getty Images“No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.”
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10Mandy Hale
Getty Images“So, I close my eyes to old ends, and open my heart to new beginnings.”
11Fred DeVito
Getty Images"If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you."
12Marc & Angel Chernoff
Getty Images“In [the new year], I will be too busy watering my own grass to notice if yours is greener.”
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13Madalyn Beck
Getty Images“Start over, my darling. Be brave enough to find the life you want and courageous enough to chase it. Then start over and love yourself the way you were always meant to.”
14Otis Redding & Carla Thomas, “New Year’s Resolution”
Getty Images“Let’s turn over a new leaf, and baby let’s make promises that we can keep, and call it a New Year’s resolution.”
15Albert Einstein
Getty Images"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
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16Jacqueline Whitney
Getty Images“You are going to figure it out, but you don’t have to figure it out right now.”
17New Year’s Eve (2011 film)
Getty Images“Some people swear there’s no beauty left in the world, no magic. Then, how do you explain the entire world coming together on one night to celebrate the hope of a new year?”
18Charlie Brown
Getty Images“You know how I always dread the whole year? Well, this time I’m only going to dread one day at a time.”
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19Lacey Sturm
Getty Images“God is so good to give us new days and New Years since He knows we need so many times to start over.”
20Marc & Angel Chernoff
Getty Images“Year-End Note to Self: It’s not too late. You are not behind. You are where you need to be.”
Madoline Markham is the assistant managing editor for Country Living, where she covers shopping, home decor, news, and culture.
Terri Robertson is the Senior Editor, Digital, at Country Living, where she shares her lifelong love of homes, gardens, down-home cooking, and antiques.
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