37 Quotes About Rebirth and Renewal

Many of the best literary works ever written surrounding a theme of rebirth and renewal. A powerful thing in the life of an individual, here is a look at some of the best quotes about rebirth and renewal that capture this central theme of any life.

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”

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

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive.”

“Don’t worry about being worried. You’re heading out on an adventure and you can always change your mind along the way and try something else.”

“Drinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same.”

“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.”

“Every reader exists to ensure for a certain book a modest immortality. Reading is, in this sense, a ritual of rebirth.”

“Every single cell in the human body replaces itself over a period of seven years. That means there’s not even the smallest part of you now that was part of you seven years ago.”

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

“God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength.”

“Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”

“I can hardly wait for tomorrow, it means a new life for me each and every day.”

“I give you this to take with you: Nothing remains as it was. If you know this, you can begin again, with pure joy in the uprooting. A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmare to the jeweled vision of a life started anew.”

“I think there is something more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers. There aren’t enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.”

“I was a newborn vampire, weeping at the beauty of the night.”

“If you are renewed by grace, and were to meet your old self, I am sure you would be very anxious to get out of his company.”

“If you live in the dark a long time and the sun comes out, you do not cross into it whistling. There’s an initial uprush of relief at first, then-for me, anyway- a profound dislocation.”

“In my own worst seasons I’ve come back from the colorless world of despair by forcing myself to look hard, for a long time, at a single glorious thing: a flame of red geranium outside my bedroom window.”

“It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.”

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. It’s about creating yourself.”

“Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor.”

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

“She died–this was the way she died; and when her breath was done, took up her simple wardrobe and started for the sun.”

“Sometimes you have to kind of die inside in order to rise from your own ashes and believe in yourself and love yourself to become a new person.”

“Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace.”

“The death of a dream can in fact serve as the vehicle that endows it with new form, with reinvigorated substance, a fresh flow of ideas, and splendidly revitalized color.”

“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.”

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

“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”

“Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine, oh what a freeing time it was.”

“There are some things one can only achieve by a deliberate leap in the opposite direction.”

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

“Things are always better in the morning.”

“Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace.”

“You were born a child of light’s wonderful secret— you return to the beauty you have always been.”

Having to overcome isolation is no easy feat. Seeking a renewal of life and a rebirth can symbolize making a drastic change in your life for the better.