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92 New Beginnings Quotes For Starting A New Chapter In Life

The best way to start a new chapter in life is with the right mindset. That’s why we’ve compiled these new beginnings quotes to help you greet your next adventure with positivity and hope!

In today’s post, we’ll share some of our favorite quotes that talk about starting anew.

Whether you’re thinking about starting a new job or just finding fresh inspiration for your personal goals, these words will be able to inspire you on your journey.

Cheers to new beginnings quotes

“Starting a new chapter in life doesn’t always mean writing a blank page. Sometimes it means crossing out the old one.” – Unknown author

“The secret to life is to have more beginnings than endings.” – Dave Weinbaum

“I don’t regret the past. It’s all learning and growth, but nothing can replace a new day.” – Unknown author

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

“If you want to go fast, then go alone. If you want to go far, then find someone who will share the journey.” – Unknown author

“The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost

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

“The time for action is now. It’s never too late to do something.” – Antoine De Saint-Exupery

“The future starts right now, not tomorrow.” – Unknown author

“If you want to make a new beginning, then throw away your old clothes.” – Chinese Proverb

“The secret to success is thrashing yourself into shape before anyone else does it for you.” – Derek Sivers

“Starting over doesn’t always mean giving up; sometimes it means trying again or discovering something different.” – Unknown Author

“You can never start too soon and there will never be a time where you’re too late!” – Tony Robbins

“There is something beautiful about having the chance to rewrite your future.” – InspiredLifeHQ

“Don’t be afraid to push yourself. You’ll never grow if you don’t force yourself out of your comfort zone.” – Unknown author

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“It’s always too early or too late for something, so just do it now!” – Michael Jordan

“To find peace is like the beginning of a new day.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

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

“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make the end is to make the beginning. The end is where we start.” T.S. Eliot

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

“Cheers to a new beginning with a goodbye kiss to the beautiful ending.” – Unknown

“It’s not about the start, it’s about the finish!” – Unknown Author

“In order to find new beginnings we had to learn how to live with endings.” – C.S Lewis

“I refuse that I should waste my life because of a few people or things that are over.” – Catherine Pulsifer

“Starting again is like clearing your headspace and finally getting back in touch with yourself. A chance for a fresh start and an opportunity for change as you slowly wade out into unknown territory once more.” – Pauline Rennie Browne

“It is never too late to be who you might have been.” – George Elliot

“We’re never given a good reason for why we go through the things that happen to us. It’s hell, and it sucks, but sometimes there is beauty in what happens.” – Unknown Author

“The world breaks everyone eventually; those who are strong at heart survive.” – Hemingway

“It seems like this was all just some kind of weird dream from another life I used to lead. And now I’m starting again with nothing much more than an old notebook full of new beginnings waiting ahead.”- Duncan Sheik

“‘Welcome back,’ she said as he stepped inside. ‘New beginnings’.” – Stephenie Meyer

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New beginnings quotes for work

“Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.” – Oprah Winfrey

“We have the power to choose our thoughts and this is what we are thinking about all day long. So, new beginnings start with a decision.” – Donna Richardson

“I’ve always been attracted by challenges; it’s in my genes and I can’t help it. When life hands me lemons, I try to make lemonade out of them… or maybe just drink some tea.” – Unknown Author

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

“Never allow waiting to become a habit. Live your dreams and take risks. Life is happening now.” – Paulo Coelho

“Many people are able to say who they want to be, but few are willing to change what they do.” – Unknown Author

“We all have a past and we don’t need to hide it. We just need the strength not to let it define us.” – Stevie Wonder

“You can never start too soon and you cannot finish too late if your goal is excellence in whatever you’re doing.” – John Wooden

“Feeling confident – or pretending that feel confident – is necessary to reach for opportunities. It’s a cliché, but opportunities are rarely offered. They’re seized.” – Sheryl Sandberg

“I can do anything that I set my mind to.” – Unknown Author

“Nourish your dreams and they will grow wings and take you places.” – Unknown Author

“No matter how many times you have to start over, it’s better than never realizing your dreams.” – Tyler Perry

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.” – Lao Tzu

“New beginnings start without warning and are unplanned, but you can be ready for them when they come by following your own dreams instead of someone else’s.” – Unknown

“It never gets easier; you just get stronger as the challenges build up on top of each other so that eventually no one will ever be able to throw anything at you again.” – Unknown Author

“Today is not just another day. It’s a new opportunity, another chance. Embrace it.” – Unknown

“If a new beginning offers itself, it is not always in our power to refuse it: we often forget that this abyss carries us back again from which it had seemed ready to cast us forth for ever.”- Jean Paul Sartre

“The best time of your life was when everything began. The worst time will be when all these things end and something different starts.” – Carlos Castaneda

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

“You know that feeling of a new beginning? It’s like you’re back in school, everything is all clean and fresh.” – Unknown Author

“A new day brings with it new chances for us to finally live our life the way we want.”- John T. Meyer

“Every single job is a challenge. You are walking into a new set, a new character creating a world and trying to get comfortable to do your best work.” – Felicia Day

“A new job is like a blank book and you are the author.” – Unknown

“Think of a new job as an opportunity to make a fresh start.” – Unknown Author

“The best time in life is when you are just starting out with the right people, and it doesn’t matter if things go wrong because everything will always work out. New beginnings take your breath away.”- Nikki Rowe

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

“In today’s world, new beginnings are a necessity. The old ways of doing things have become ineffective and we need to find new solutions.” – Unknown Author

“Whatever the circumstances, you don’t deserve to stay stuck in an unhappy place from which there is no escape.”- Carl W. Buehner

“It’s not about how far down you’ve come. It’s about how quickly can you bounce back.” -Unknown

Embrace the magic of new beginnings quotes

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

magic of new beginnings quotes

“If you’ve never tried it before, then how can you know that the new thing won’t be worth your time?” – Unknown

“The true magic of new beginnings is in the moments when we choose to take a leap and trust that everything will work out.”- Josiyah Martin

“New beginnings are like fresh water for our souls. Every part of us craves them. We’re thirsty for life.” – Josiyah Martin

“Instead of sitting around waiting on things to change or expecting others to make changes happen over night, find ways in which you can help yourself by starting one small thing at a time.” – Germany Kent

“And suddenly you know its time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” – Meister Eckhart

“And now I know it was time to start something new,” she said, “to build, for myself and my sons, an even better life than the one we left behind.” – Astrid Lindgren

“Every new day brings with it hope as well as joy in anticipation; each morning offers another opportunity to make changes for ourselves and our lives.” – Joshua Becker

“You’ve got a new story to write and it looks nothing like your past.” – InspiredLifeHQ

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

“The most important thing is that you don’t give up. You keep moving, and your life will change.” – Jenna Bush

“No matter what happens in the world, I am still me and my future self is strong.” – Dr. Seuss

“Each new day is a little time capsule with possibilities inside of it.” – Karen Salmansohn

“Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy the beauty of becoming. When nothing is certain, anything is possible.” – Unknown Author

“A new life awaits you. You are a little different, and your story is just beginning.” – Unknown Author

“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 will be glad to remember.” – Anne Sullivan

“I feel like I’m dreaming, but it’s not a dream. It’s real life.” – Unknown Author

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

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

“This is the time of new beginnings in your life!” – Unknown Author

“A new day starts with a blank page waiting to be written on; full of unlimited possibilities.” – Karen Salmansohn

“If you don’t get the ending you desire, have faith in the magic of new beginings.” – Rita Zahara

new beginnings quotes for work

“You always get a second chance at the things that really matter in life.” – Unknown author

“No one starts out as an expert; it’s just those who start and keep on going, day after day. That’s what all this is about: doing something with your life despite obstacles, doubts, setbacks or failures.” – James Dyson

“It’s not hard. You simply need to decide where you begin—and then do everything else from there.” – Timothy Ferriss

“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 Shur

“It’s always the journey, not the destination. The pleasure is in doing and not finishing.” – John Steinbeck

“You can’t change your past but you can start today to make a new beginning.”- Unknown author

“I am starting over so many times because it is hard to remember that I’m enough just as I am—no more no less than anyone else in this world who has their own struggles.” – Natalie Grant

“Let go of what was; hold on tight to what could be.” – Dr Seuss

“Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blest. The blessing is in the seed.” – Muriel Rukeyser

“No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; this is a beginning of a new book! That first book is already closed, ended and tossed into the seas; this new book is newly opened, has just begun! Look, it is the first page! And it is a beautiful one!” – C. JoyBell C.

Feel free to come back to read these quotes over and over again, especially when it comes to starting a new chapter in your life.

It’s always difficult to change up your routine or go through something different than what you’re used to. But once you get past that initial hump of getting used to things, the rewards are worth it!

Whether that means a career change, graduating from school, starting a new business or even moving across country – there is nothing like knowing that this time will be better then before because you’re already doing so much more with yourself.

Which one of these new beginning quotes resonated with you?

What did they make you think about? Let us know in the comments below!

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