43 Quotes About New Beginnings

Many times throughout life you may find yourself making a fresh start. These quotes about new beginnings serve as the perfect example to the struggle and process you must go through to transition to the next stage.

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

“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.”

“And now let us welcome the new year, full of things that never were.”

“Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.”

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

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

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

“Don’t look further for answers: be the solution. You were born with everything you need to know. Make a promise to stop getting in the way of the blessing that you are. Take a deep breath, remember to have fun, and begin.”

“Don’t wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater.”

“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.”

“Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page.”

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.”

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

“He has drawn back, only in order to have enough room for his leap.”

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

“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.”

“In the dim background of our mind, we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.”

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

“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.”

“Life is not a dress rehearsal. Stop practicing what you’re going to do and just go do it. In one bold stroke you can transform today.”

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”

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

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

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

“Some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.”

“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”

“Start wherever you are and start small.”

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

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

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

“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 indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.”

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret to getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks and then starting on the first one.”

“The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings.”

“The secret to living the life of your dreams is to start living the life of your dreams today, in every little way you possibly can.”

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

“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.”

“We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves, otherwise we harden.”

“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”

“Whatever you do or dream you can do – begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.”

“You don’t need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.”

“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.”

Every new beginning requires an ability to start fresh with a lot of effort.