120 Short New Beginnings Quotes to Inspire Change

Every ending is a chance for a new beginning, and there’s nothing quite as exciting as a fresh start.

To inspire your journey, we’ve gathered the best new beginnings quotes for your next post.

And if you’re looking for uplifting sayings about embracing change, we also have you covered.

Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.

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Our Favorite Short New Beginnings Quotes

“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” — Herman Hesse

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” — Seneca

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” — Lao Tzu

“The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.” ― Josiyah Martin

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

“Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you’ll get to where God wants you to be.” — Joel Osteen

“No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.” — Proverb

“Dissatisfaction is a great starting point, for it is right there that we have the most power, strength, and energy to push change through.” — David DeNotaris

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.” — T.S. Eliot

“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” — Carl Bard

“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” — Meister Eckhart

“Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

“Every day is a new beginning. Treat it that way. Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be.” — Marsha Petrie Sue

“You can learn new things at any time in your life if you’re willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.” — Barbara Sher

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

“One can begin so many things with a new person! – even begin to be a better man.” — George Eliot

“Morning will come, it has no choice.” — Marty Rubin

“Starting over is an acceptance of a past we can’t change, an unrelenting conviction that the future can be different, and the stubborn wisdom to use the past to make the future what the past was not.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Every sunset is an opportunity to reset.” — Richie Norton

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

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

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

“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.” — Mike Dooley

“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.” — J. B. Priestly

“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.” — Barbara Sher

“The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.” — Adlai E. Stevenson

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

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” — Joe Sabah

“What the caterpillar calls the end the rest of the world calls a butterfly.” — Lao Tzu

“Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.” — Dale Turner

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” — Andre Gide

“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.” — Bruce Springsteen

“Let’s forget the baggages of the past and make a new beginning.” — Shahbaz Sharif

“Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.” — Desmond Tutu

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

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

“Your life does not get better by chance. It gets better by change.” — Jim Rohn

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” — T.S. Eliot

“No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again.” — Buddha

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” — Billie Jean King

“To greet a lovely morning, we must leave the night behind.” — Tarang Sinha

“Infinity is the end. End without infinity is but a new beginning.” — Dejan Stojanovic

“Beginnings could happen more than once or in different ways.” — Rachel Joyce

“Celebrate endings – for they precede new beginnings.” — Jonathan Lockwood Huie

“Every day is a fresh beginning, Every morn is the world made new.” — Sarah Chauncey Woolsey

“Right at the end of the road, a new way will be revealed.” — Hiral Nagda

“The future begins today.” — Wayne Gerard Trotman

“I want every day to be a fresh start on expanding what is possible.” — Oprah Winfrey

“Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” — Robin Sharma

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw

“He knows he will be born again, and start fresh anew.” — Dejan Stojanovic

“Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.” — Prince

“We look at the coming of a new beginning like we look at the coming of babies we never considered aborting. Hopeful.” — Darnell Lamont Walker

“Every day is a new day, and you’ll never be able to find happiness if you don’t move on.” — Carrie Underwood

“A new day: Be open enough to see opportunities. Be wise enough to be grateful. Be courageous enough to be happy.” — Dr. Steve Maraboli

“Each day is a new beginning, the chance to do with it what should be done and not to be seen as simply another day to put in time.” — Catherine Pulsifer

“Change can be scary, but you know what’s scarier? Allowing fear to stop you from growing, evolving, and progressing.” — Mandy Hale

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

“The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.” — Dr. Steve Maraboli

New Day New Beginning Quotes

“Today is a new day. Even if you were wrong yesterday, you can get it right today.” — Dwight Howard

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

“Every day is a new beginning, because you can’t turn the clock back.” — Mel Gibson

“Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It’s the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill

“Today is a new day, the first day of the rest of your life.” — Abbie Hoffman

“Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.” — Desmond Tutu

“All great beginnings start in the dark when the moon greets you on a new day at midnight.” — Shannon L. Alder

“It doesn’t matter what your present circumstances look like, today is a brand new day, and God wants to do a new thing in your life and in your relationship with Him every day.” — Joel Osteen

“Wash away negative experiences of the day from your mind. Be confident in knowing that a new day brings new experiences and a new beginning.” — Shadonna Richards

“Life is just a set of new beginnings, but the outcomes are up to ourselves.” — Lisa Marie Husby

“It’s a wise man who understands that every day is a new beginning, because boy, how many mistakes do you make in a day? I don’t know about you, but I make plenty. You can’t turn the clock back, so you have to look ahead.” — Mel Gibson

“The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.” — Josiyah Martin

“Hit the reset button. Whatever happened yesterday, forget about it. Get a new perspective. Today is a new day. Fresh start, begins now.” ― Germany Kent

“No one can ever take your memories from you – each day is a new beginning, make good memories every day.” — Catherine Pulsifer

“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” — Meister Eckhart

“Today is a brand new day. A perfectly good reason to get up and start over. Never give up.” — Richelle E. Goodrich

“Absolutely, I think every day is a new day, every day is a new opportunity, and every day is a new chance.” — Jennifer Winget

“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” ― L.M. Montgomery

“Every morning is a chance at a new day.” — Marjorie Pay Hinckle

“Every day is a chance to begin again. Don’t focus on the failures of yesterday, start today with positive thoughts and expectations.” — Catherine Pulsifer

“Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you’ll get to where God wants you to be.”Joel Osteen**

“Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.” ― Germany Kent

“If you wish to be happy right from the beginning of your day, then it is about time to leave behind your past.” — Lorin Hopper

“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” — Carl Bard

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

“New beginnings always start in the here-and-now.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich

“Perhaps that is where our choice lies — in determining how we will meet the inevitable end of things, and how we will greet each new beginning.” ― Elana K. Arnold

“Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.” — William Throsby Bridges

“Sometimes painful endings bring the best new beginnings.” — Shae Ross

Inspirational Quotes About New Beginnings

“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.” — Anne Sullivan

“Every sunset is an opportunity to reset. Every sunrise begins with new eyes.” — Richie Norton

“Life is about change, sometimes it’s painful, sometimes it’s beautiful, but most of the time it’s both.” — Kristin Kreuk

“Let us make each day our birthday – every morning life is new, with the splendors of the sunrise, and the baptism of the dew.” — S.A.R

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe

“Sometimes we can only find our true direction when we let the wind of change carry us.” — Mimi Novic

“Set fire to the broken pieces; start anew.” — Lauren DeStefano

“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” — Steve Maraboli

“Recreate your life, always, always. Remove the stones, plant rose bushes and make sweets. Begin again.” — Cora Coralina

“The direction you choose to face determines whether you’re standing at the end or the beginning of a road.” — Richelle E. Goodrich

“The sun is a daily reminder that we too can rise again from the darkness, that we too can shine our own light.” — S. Ajna

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

“I hope you realize that every day is a fresh start for you. That every sunrise is a new chapter in your life waiting to be written.” — Juansen Dizon

“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” — Oprah Winfrey

“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.” — John Dewey

“Sometimes painful endings bring the best new beginnings.” — Shae Ross

“Never feel guilty for starting again.” — Rupi Kaur

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw

“Realize that if a door closed, it’s because what was behind it wasn’t meant for you.” — Mandy Hale

“The hardest part is starting. Once you get that out of the way, you’ll find the rest of the journey much easier.” — Simon Sinek

“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” — Paulo Coehlo

“Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.” — Germany Kent

“A sunrise is God’s way of saying, “Let’s start again.” — Todd Stocker

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” — Walt Whitman

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

“It’s humbling to start fresh. It takes a lot of courage. But it can be reinvigorating. You just have to put your ego on a shelf & tell it to be quiet.” — Jennifer Ritchie Payette

“It’s never too late to become who you want to be. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

“To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.” — Jack Kornfield

“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.” — Steve Jobs

“Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you’ll get to where God wants you to be.” — Joel Osteen

“If all you can do is crawl, start crawling.” — Rumi

“The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.” — Aaron Lauritsen

“Every day is a new beginning. Treat it that way.” — Marsha Petrie Sue