Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past.

Henry Ward Beecher

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and good and dwell as little as possible on the dark and the base.

Cecil

What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year.

Vern McLellan

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover

Mark Twain

Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight,
Make me a child again just for tonight

Elizabeth Akers

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

Benjamin Franklin