There’s so much excitement as we head into the new year – I can see it all over social media. Whether you’ve already set your goals for 2023 or you’re looking for inspiration to get you started, I’ve compiled a list of my favorite new year resolution quotes to share with you. I hope they inspire you and even bring a sense of joy and laughter as we head into the new year!

Inspirational New Years Quotes

Any new beginning is forged from the shards of the past, not from the abandonment of the past. – Craig D. Lounsbrough

I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring. – David Bowie

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. – Michael Altshuler

New Year – a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours. – Alex Morritt

I do want to say – don’t feel pressured to change everything you don’t like about yourself in the new year. Instead, maybe try to start accepting yourself and embracing your flaws. – Ariel Richard

What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven’t even happened yet. – Anne Frank

New Year New Me Quotes

Every year you make a resolution to change yourself. This year, make a resolution to be yourself. – Unknown

Approach the new year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day. – Michael Josephson

Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. – George Herbert

Work on your strengths, not your weaknesses. How many of your New Year’s resolutions have been about fixing a flaw? – Jonathan Haidt

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

Don’t make resolutions without an action plan. The secret to success is right in your hands. – J. Allen Shaw

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. – Thomas Jefferson

We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives…not looking for flaws but for potential. – Ellen Goodman

My Favorite New Year Resolution Quotes

The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals. – Melody Beattie

The road ahead is not some predetermined path that I am forced to trod, but it is a rich byway that I can help create. – Craig D. Lounsbrough

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something. – Neil Gaiman

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

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. – Albert Einstein

The meaning of resolution is “a firm decision to do or not to do something.” The key words are “firm decision.” If you make a firm decision about something then you must also take action and set a deadline, in other words, set a goal! – Catherine Pulsifer

I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions. I think if you want to change something, change it today and don’t wait until the New Year. – Georgina Bloomberg

Miscellaneous New Years Quotes

Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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

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

Funny New Years Resolution Quotes

Many years ago, I made a New Year’s resolution to never make New Year’s resolutions. Hell, it’s been the only resolution I’ve ever kept! – D.S. Mixell

I was going to quit all my bad habits for the new year, but then I remembered that nobody likes a quitter. – Unknown

May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions. – Joey Adams

I hope you enjoyed this short, but mighty list of new years resolution quotes. In all honesty, you know how I feel about resolutions. Goal setting and habits are where it’s at, so I encourage you to check out my post on how to set goals for the new year!