115 New Year Quotes to Inspire You & Welcome New Beginnings

These New Year quotes are the perfect way to end this year and begin the next with the best outlook!

Updated December 14, 2023
Happy New Year!

As the old year comes to a close and the new year begins, you may be thinking about your life and the opportunities that are presently at your feet. A new year brings new beginnings, which makes New Year quotes a great source of inspiration. 

If you need a little help finding the right way to express New Year's greetings, we have a collection of motivational sayings to get you moving in the right direction! Celebrate, reflect, and share the excitement of the year ahead with the right words. 

Unless otherwise noted, all quotes are original and written by LoveToKnow Staff. 

Short New Year Quotes That Make Perfect Captions 

A New Year's celebration is all about the bash. And, where there are parties, there are pictures. Liven up your photos of the festivities with a few choice New Year's captions. These original phrases can make your photographs pop on social media.

Namaste, new year.
  • Namaste, new year.
  • Seize the year!
  • Celebrate new!
  • What's your resolution?
  • Tomorrow is another year.
  • The new year is your year!
  • Resolution + action = solution.
  • New year, new beginnings!
  • Tomorrow is a fresh start, so party today.
  • The best beginnings start with a kiss.
  • New beginnings start today.
  • The power to change your future starts now.
  • You are the creator of your new year. Make it the best one yet.
  • Make your new year sparkle.

Positive Quotes to Ring in the New Year

The new year is a time to let go of the old and ring in an exciting new future. It's a joyous time to explore future dreams and hopes. Say goodbye to the past year with a few fun end-of-year quotes, then get everyone stoked about ringing in a bright new beginning with a few inspirational ones.

  • A new year brings new hope and new memories. Enjoy it!
  • Take a moment to reflect on this past year. Then as the new dawn comes, look forward to a bright new year to enjoy.
  • The road to the future is winding. Each new year brings endless possibilities to create a new path.
  • Tomorrow is a fresh start. Make the most of it.
  • Let's toast and drink a glass of bubbly to welcome a new year that's sure to be lovely.
  • Every new year starts with a first! Make yours a good one!
  • Get lost in the wonder of a clean slate. Happy New Year!
  • Each new year is a stream leading to the ocean of your life.
  • You are writing the book of your life with each new year that passes. May this chapter be amazing. Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Quotes to Start January Off Right

Looking for the perfect way to send good tidings for the new year? These Happy New Year quotes can help you find just the right words.

Wishing you a year filled with shiny objects!
  • Wishing you a year filled with shiny objects!
  • Greet the new year with glee!
  • May the new year bring joy to you and the ones you hold dear.
  • Just say yes to the possibilities a new year brings.
  • May all the happiness you deserve be yours in the new year.
  • Happy final countdown to a fresh new year!
  • Best wishes and good cheer for a happy new year!
  • May this new year be your time to shine.
  • Keep calm and have a happy new year!
  • May your new year be blessed.
  • May this year be ever in your favor.
  • Welcome the new year with open arms.
  • May this new year be your time to shine.

New Year Sayings to Celebrate Your Friendships

As the new year draws near, it's a great time to send a special message to your friends. Whether you're looking for something to text to your besties or a social media post for all of your virtual friends, one of these is sure to do the trick!

The best way to ring in a new year is with an old friend
  • The best way to ring in a new year is with an old friend.
  • There's nothing better about ringing in a new year than being near friends and family so dear.
  • I resolve to spend more time with you in the new year.
  • Here's a heartfelt New Year's toast to the special friends I love the most.
  • Another trip around the sun with my besties!
  • With friends like these, every day is New Year's Eve.
  • What the new year holds remains unknown, but with friends like you, I know I'll never be alone.
  • The new year's path may have twists and bends, but we'll chart them together as the best of friends.
  • As the year draws to an end, it makes me smile to know that you'll always be my friend.
  • New Year's bubbly is delicious times doubly when toasting with special friends so lovely!
  • Let's raise our glasses together and drink, the New Year is sure to be even better than we think!
  • With you by my side, I'm ready to go around the sun on another ride.

Funny Quotes to Start the New Year With a Smile

Facing a new year is a great time to express your sense of humor. These chuckle-worthy quotes are sure to get more than a few laughs.

Those New Year's fireworks were simply ins-pyro-ing!
  • Don't get auld langxiety!  This new year is going to be great!
  • Who's ready to watch this year de-party?
  • If the year seemed like a blur, it's likely because last year's resolution was too low.
  • I always have a date for New Year's Eve. It's December 31st!
  • Those New Year's fireworks were simply ins-pyro-ing!
  • I don't know about you, but I remember last year like it was yesterday.
  • Having champagne on New Year's Eve? Better plan for a bit of cham-pain on New Year's Day!
  • This year, aim to be like the New Year's Day parade — it always makes the right moves.
  • New Year's resolutions are just something that goes in one year and out the other. 

Meaningful New Year Quotes to Inspire an Amazing Start

It's time to celebrate the new year! Share a few fun and thought-provoking quotes with your family and friends. These are great for adding to a New Year's party goodie bag or to write on your decorations. They're sure to give all your family, friends, and co-workers a fantastic start to their year.

Make this new year perfectly you. The roads you can take are limitless.
  • A new chapter starts today — make it the most amazing one yet.
  • The time is now. The day is today. Ring in your new year by following the path to your dreams.
  • Make this new year perfectly you. The roads you can take are limitless.
  • Use this new year to get one step closer to your dreams.
  • You are perfection. Remember that going into the new year. 
  • Yesterday is gone. Use this new year to start fresh.
  • Today, you're ending a chapter. There is a fresh page just waiting to be written.
  • Find the you that you want to be this New Year.
  • With the turning of the clock, you have a fresh start. Make the most of it. Happy New Year!
  • The new year isn't a new beginning — you are in the middle of your story. Your past mistakes make you better. Don't write them off now that the year is done. Keep them at the front of your mind and use them as the stepping stones to your future.

New Year Sayings About Life & the  Future 

As one year ends and a new one begins, it's only natural to think about what has happened so far in your life and what is still to come.

Each new year has a place in the story of a lifetime.
  • Each new year has a place in the story of a lifetime.
  • Make each new year better than the last.
  • Make this new year count.
  • Face the future with resolve.
  • The key to life doesn't lie with a single New Year's resolution.
  • Changing your life requires keeping resolutions, not just making them.
  • Welcome to the first day of your life story's next chapter.
  • The best is yet to come.
  • Leave yesterday behind. What tomorrow holds is there, waiting for you to find it!
  • Believe in the magic of New Year's Eve.
  • There's no time like the present.
  • In the story of life, a new year is a reminder that the rest is yet to come.
  • Leaving the year behind might cause some sorrow, but each new year brings great possibilities for tomorrow.
  • Life includes a series of years with ups and downs and joys and fears. 

New Year Quotes About Gratitude & Life's Many Blessings

The beginning of a new year is a great time to focus on the many things you have to be grateful for. These quotes about gratitude can help you express just that.

Enter the new year with an attitude of gratitude.
  • Enter the new year with an attitude of gratitude.
  • Resolutions are great, but gratitude is even better.
  • Look to the future, but be grateful for the past.
  • Gratitude for the past sets the stage for positive resolutions that will truly last.
  • Reflect and rejoice in all you've achieved — may your future be even greater than you dare to believe.
  • In the new year, resolve to say thank you to everyone who made a positive impact in your life over the past year.
  • As the new year draws near, it's a great time to reflect and be grateful for the adventure of life.
  • Is the year almost over? It's never too late to say, "You, I appreciate!"
  • Don't forget amid the fireworks and pranks to pause for a moment and mindfully give thanks.
  • While the end of the year is counting down, remember to say thank you to all of the people you count on.
  • Which are you more grateful for? The year before soon to be in the rearview mirror or the one ahead drawing nearer and nearer?
  • As the current year draws to an end, I hope your heart is satisfied, and with life, you are gratified.

Inspirational "New Year, New Beginning" Quotes to Focus on Your Dreams

The new year brings the opportunity to reflect on how you have grown, the mistakes you have made, and the changes you hope to see. These "new year, new beginnings" quotes can help to motivate you to move forward with a purpose this January.

Remember that small steps can bring big changes, so if you're scared of what the new year might hold, just start with a tiptoe.
  • Change is truly the only constant in our lives. Every single person grows and evolves each day. As you enter the new year, think about the changes you hope to see in the next 364 days and then find little ways to make them happen.
  • Remember that small steps can bring big changes, so if you're scared of what the new year might hold, just start with a tiptoe.
  • Nothing in life is perfect. Why? Because perfection is subjective. This year, aim to not please others, but instead, accept yourself with open arms and simply strive to be the best version of yourself!
  • Put your dreams away. Live in the moment. Aim to be mindful and relish the little joys that life brings this year. For all you know, you will discover happiness where you least expect it.
  • Think back five years ago. What mattered then, likely has little meaning now. As you enter into this new year, don't just ponder the present. Think about five years in the future. What will really matter?
  • Most of the time, New Year's resolutions are plans that never happen because we think about the change, but never actually make it. This New Year's Day, take action. Don't just make a plan, take the first step in achieving it!
  • In life you will never truly be ready for anything. There is no perfect time to get a pet, buy a house, change jobs, fall in love, or have a baby. So stop waiting around while life passes you by — do what will make you happy!
  • This New Year's Day, show up ready to work on yourself and your goals. There is no time like the present and the world is your oyster!

New Year's Eve Quotes to Help You Ring in the New Year Right

With a clink of a glass and a rainstorm of confetti, we close one chapter and start the next!
  • With a clink of a glass and a rainstorm of confetti, we close one chapter and start the next!
  • As the clock strikes midnight, set your sights on gratitude for all of this upcoming year's moments — both big and small. 
  • This year, write a story you would want to read!
  • Don't just look at tomorrow as a new year. Think of it as 365 opportunities to live your best life!
  • Cheers to this year's mistakes, obstacles, and struggles. Those moments may have seemed impossible, but they made you stronger, more resilient, and better prepared to conquer the next year. 
  • It's amazing how this one night can bring a new perspective and hope for the future. Why not look at every day like New Year's Day? 
  • Sayonara to the old year! Tomorrow brings excitement, hope, and motivation!
  • This year, choose kindness and joy. Choose to put yourself first. Decide to stop pleasing anyone, but yourself. These are the keys to finding your version of happiness. 
Helpful Hack

If your New Year's resolution is to be more compassionate, kindness quotes can be a simple way to keep you accountable. Write them in your planner, on your mirror, or in your cubicle, and remind yourself to spread some joy in the coming year!

Famous New Year Quotes for Your Instagram Posts

If you're looking for some familiar words to close out the year, these quotes can caption any and every mood that you have for the evening.

Let's start the new year right. Twelve o'clock tonight. When they dim the light, let's begin kissing the old year out, kissing the new year in - Let's Start the New Year Right by Bing Crosby
  • "Let's start the new year right. Twelve o'clock tonight. When they dim the light, let's begin kissing the old year out, kissing the new year in." - "Let's Start the New Year Right" by Bing Crosby
  • "It's just another New Year's Eve. Another night like all the rest. It's just another New Year's Eve. Let's make it the best." - "It’s Just Another New Year’s Eve" by Barry Manilow
  • "Wonder whose arms will hold you good and tight, when it's exactly twelve o'clock that night, welcoming in the New Year, New Year's Eve?" - "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" by Ella Fitzgerald
  • "It's suspended there to remind us before we pop the champagne and celebrate the new year, to stop, and reflect on the year that has gone by, to remember both our triumphs and our missteps, our promises made and broken, the times we opened ourselves up to great adventures ... or closed ourselves down for fear of getting hurt because that's what New Year's is all about, getting another chance." - Hilary Swank as Claire Morgan in New Year's Eve
  • "And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." - Billy Crystal as Harry Burns in When Harry Met Sally
  • "At midnight, I can kiss her. And she kisses me back. Great. You know. But if if she says dude what the hell are you doing? I can say it wasn't me, it was New Year's." - Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani in Friends

Welcome the New Year

These New Year quotes offer a number of unique ways to express your sentiments about the end of one year and the beginning of another. However you choose to use these creative sayings, be sure to have a happy and fortunate new year!

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