Starting a new journey in life? Whether you’re starting fresh after a life challenge, a break-up, a big move, with new job, as a student, picking yourself back up after failure, or managing through other life changes, there’s a little something for everyone. Hope you like my list of 150 Inspirational New Beginnings Quotes for Your New Journey.
New beginnings can be scary! Am I right? Sometimes quotes can help give us the encouragement and hope we need to keep moving forward.
Having reset my life multiples now, I can say that overcoming life’s unexpected challenges and/or having the courage to walk away from things you never thought you would is tough.
I’ve walked away from almost every “certain” thing in my life: my marriage, house, career, friends, and beyond.
Leaving the safety of what you know and going into the unknown is terrifying. But it is also oftentimes the best thing you can do for yourself. Even if you didn’t choose it.
Stepping into the unknown can feel like taking a leap of faith off of a cliff. You don’t know if you’ll get a soft landing or not. And while I’d like to guarantee that a soft landing will be there. That’s not how life works.
Uncertain outcome or not, I’ve decided that for me – I want to live the life of my dreams. And I’m willing to take risks, leave the safety of things I “know” (but that aren’t working), and try new things in pursuit of the life of my big and bold dreams.
What do you choose?
150 Inspirational New Beginnings Quotes for Your New Journey
May these motivational quotes help you with your new beginning. From fresh starts to new journeys, from overcoming failure to recovering from heartbreak, I’ve tried to put a little something for everyone.
Save your favorites. Share them with a friend or loved one. And keep cheering each other on in life. Let’s go!
Fresh Start Quotes
There’s power in starting over again. Sometimes you realize you’ve been living on auto-pilot and need a change. Sometime life pushes us into new journeys we never expected. Either way, let these quotes on fresh starts empower you to begin your new journey stronger than ever.
1. “I discovered that a fresh start is a process. A fresh start is a journey – a journey that requires a plan.” – Vivian Jokotade
2. “There is always an opportunity to start again and again, if the old ways are not working last year, look for better ways of doing it in the new year and start again afresh.” – Bamigboye Olurotimi
3. “Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.” – Oprah Winfrey
4. “Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.” – Germany Kent
5. “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.” – Joseph Campbell
6. “For what it’s worth… it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you’ve never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start over again.” – attributed to F. Scott Fitzgerald (and sometimes to Eric Roth)
7. “Don’t be afraid to start over. This time you’re not starting from scratch, you’re starting from experience.” – Unknown
8. “You can start anew at any given moment. Life is just the passage of time and it’s up to you to pass it as you please.” – Charlotte Eriksson
9. “Sometimes the best thing we can ask for is change, and a fresh start forces us to confront change head-on.” – Natalya Neidhart
10. “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” – Dolly Parton
11. “The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.” – Arnold Bennett
12. “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
13. “As long as you’re alive, you always have the chance to start again.” – Emily Acker
14. “You are never too old to start over. Every day is a chance to make changes to create the life we want.” – Karon Waddell
15. “You’ve got a chance to start out all over again. A new place, new people, new sights. A clean slate. See, you can be anything you want with a fresh start.”– Annie Proulx
16. “Every day is a fresh start” – Unknown
17. “Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.” – Guy Finley
18. “Never feel guilty for starting again” – Rupi Kaur
Small Steps and First Steps Quotes
New beginnings may seem daunting. But they always start with one simple thing – taking that first step.
1. “Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don’t be afraid to take that first step.” – Muhammad Ali
2. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
3. “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.” – John Pierpont “J.P.” Morgan
4. “We are not helpless. We all have the ability to make this world a better place. We can start with small steps, one day at a time.” – Wayne Gerard Trotman
5. “The funny thing about wishes. Sometimes all it took to make them come true was a first step.” – T.J. Klune
6. “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
New Year New Beginning Quotes
The New Year is a great time for new beginnings! And if you like New Year ideas, try these New Year Journal Prompts and get my New Year Reset here.
1. “This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.” – Taylor Swift
2. “And now let us welcome the new year, full of things that never were.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
3. “God is so good to give us new days and New Years since He knows we need so many times to start over.” – Lacey Sturm
4. “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
5. “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity, and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” – Edith Lovejoy Pierce
6. “Your birthday should be celebrated like New Year’s day, a time of welcoming a new year, a time for reflection over the past year, and a time for new goals to be set.” – Kate Summers
7. “Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you’ve always wanted to do but couldn’t find the time.” – Ann Landers
8. “May the tears you cried this year water the seeds you’re planting in the new year” – Unknown
New Beginning Quotes
Ready to tackle the beginning of something new? May the quotes below help you (as one quote says) trust the magic of new beginnings.
1. “Time to start a new chapter” – Unknown
2. “Each sunrise brings a new day filled with new hopes for a new beginning.” – Debasish Mridha
3. “Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that around every circle another can be drawn; that there is no end in nature, but every end is a beginning, and under every deep a lower deep opens.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. “Every morning a new sun greets us and our new life begins.”― Marty Rubin
5. “The beginning is the most important part of the work.” – Plato
6. “Tomorrow is a new beginning. Embrace the light of a new day, for you have a fresh chance to begin again, to make life beautiful.” – Leon Brown
7. “All glory comes from daring to begin.” – Eugene Fitch Ware
8. “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
9. “Every day is a new beginning. Take a deep breath, smile, and start again.” ~Unknown
10. “Beginnings could happen more than once or in different ways.” – Rachel Joyce
11. “And suddenly you know: It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” – Meister Eckhart
(Above quote is also sometimes written as “Trust the magic of new beginnings”)
12. “The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.” – Josiyah Martin
13. “No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; this is the 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.
14. “No one can ever take your memories from you – each day is a new beginning, make good memories every day.” – Catherine Pulsifer
15. “Right at the end of the road, a new way will be revealed.” – Hiral Nagda
16. “This is the beginning of anything you want”
17. “Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can.” – Douglas Pagels
18. “Every day is a new opportunity to begin again. Every day is your birthday.” Dalai Lama
19. “Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.” – Desmond Tutu
20. “The beginning is always today.” – Mary Shelley
21. “Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.” – Prince
22. “The best time for new beginnings is now”
23. “We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.” – Confucius
24. “All great beginnings start in the dark, when the moon greets you to a new day at midnight.” – Shannon L. Alder
25. “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
26. “And so she said: Let’s begin again” – Diana Celestine
Being a Beginner Quotes
Sometimes the hardest part of starting something new is having the vulnerability to let yourself be a beginner. Many people don’t pursue their dreams or push themselves out of their comfort zones because they don’t wish to look foolish. Remember: everyone who does anything worthwhile in life has started as a beginner! It’s just part of the journey. Would you rather play it safe or go for your dreams?!
1. “The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.” – Stephen McCranie
2. “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
3. “Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot
4. “Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” – Meister Eckhart
5. “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
6. “Allow yourself to be a beginner. No one starts off being excellent.” – Anonymous
7. “It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time. Give yourself permission to be a beginner.” – Julia Cameron
8. “Be brave enough to be bad at something new.” – Jon Acuff
Quotes for New Beginnings After Heartbreaks and Other Life Challenges
Sometimes life pulls the rug out under you. Sometimes you see it coming and other times you don’t. Whether you’re dealing with a break-up or divorce or managing through another life challenge, may these new beginnings quotes help empower and inspire you to keep going.
1. “Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.” – C. S. Lewis
2. “I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.” – Maya Angelou
3. “Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy the beauty of becoming. When nothing is certain, anything is possible” – Mandy Hale
4. “When nothing is sure, everything is possible.” – Margaret Drabble
5. “If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” – Paulo Coelho
6. “Set fire to the broken pieces; start anew.” – Lauren DeStefano
7. “Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” – Ralph Blum
8. “Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.” – Anselm Kiefer
9. “Oh, my friend, it’s not what they take away from you that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left.” – Hubert Humphrey
10. “One of the best times for figuring out who you are & what you really want out of life? Right after a break-up.” – Mandy Hale
11. “A friend took me to the most amazing place the other day. It’s called the Augusteum. Octavian Augustus built it to house his remains. When the barbarians came they trashed it a long with everything else. The great Augustus, Rome’s first true great emperor. How could he have imagined that Rome, the whole world as far as he was concerned, would be in ruins. It’s one of the quietest, loneliest places in Rome. The city has grown up around it over the centuries. It feels like a precious wound, a heartbreak you won’t let go of because it hurts too good. We all want things to stay the same. Settle for living in misery because we’re afraid of change, of things crumbling to ruins. Then I looked at around to this place, at the chaos it has endured – the way it has been adapted, burned, pillaged and found a way to build itself back up again. And I was reassured, maybe my life hasn’t been so chaotic, it’s just the world that is, and the real trap is getting attached to any of it. Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.” – Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
12. “New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” – Lao Tzu
13. “Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is the best choice you will ever make.” – Roy T. Bennett
14. “What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.” – Lao Tzu
15. ““The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – “Socrates” (From Dan Millman’s book Way of the Peaceful Warrior)
16. “Even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.” – Stephen Chbosky
17. “Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. When there’s a big disappointment, we don’t know if that’s the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure. Life is like that. We don’t know anything. We call something bad; we call it good. But really we just don’t know.” – Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
18. “But there’s a beginning in an end, you know? It’s true that you can’t reclaim what you had, but you can lock it up behind you. Start fresh.” – Alexandra Bracken
19. “I am a woman who has learned repeatedly that while rock bottom feels like the end – it’s always the beginning of something.” – Glennon Doyle
20. “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.” – Chuang Tzu
Beginning Again Quotes to Come Back After Failure
Starting over again after a failure is a real challenge. It can be so hard to pick yourself back up.
1. “Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It’s the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
2. “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” – Henry Ford
3. “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
4. “You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” – Mary Pickford
5. “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.”– Confucius
6. “Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.” – Richard Branson
7. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” – Nelson Mandela
8. “For every failure, there’s an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.” – Mary Kay Ash
9. “Fall down seven times, stand up eight” – Japanese Proverb
10. “The successes and failures of yesterday are gone, today is a new day.” – Noel DeJesus
11. “Everybody, at some point in their life, has fallen down and not felt like getting back up, but you have to, no matter how difficult it is.” – Charlie Hunnam
12. “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
New Beginnings Quotes on Love and Relationships
Starting over in love or other relationships? These quotes are for you!
1. “Thank you for reminding me what butterflies feel like.” – Unknown
2. “When two people meet and fall in love, there’s a sudden rush of magic. Magic is just naturally present then.” – Paulo Coelho
3. “Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.” – Bruce Lee
4. “One can begin so many things with a new person – even begin to be a better man.” – George Eliot
5. “In this new love, we are crafting a love story that defies the odds, transcending distance, time, and any obstacle that comes our way.” – Anonymous
6. “The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.” – Rumi
New Beginnings Quotes on Moving Forward
Sometimes you just know it’s time to move forward with your life. Sometimes life forces you to move forward in ways you never saw coming. Either way, may these quotes help you move forward in a hopeful and empowered way.
1. Keep moving forward
2. “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
3. “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – attributed to Seneca
4. “Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go they merely determine where you start.” – Nido Qubein
5. “The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward without hesitation, without once looking back. Simply forget the past and forge toward the future.” – Alyson Noel
6. “The only way to get rid of your past is to make a future out of it. God will waste nothing.” – Phillips Brooks
7. “For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.” – Vincent Van Gogh
8. “Life is a progress, and not a station.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
9. “Maybe the path that scares you the most is the one you need to take” – Lea Androić
10. “Don’t start your day with broken pieces of the past. Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand new day and it’s yours.” – Zig Ziglar
11. “I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.” – David Bowie
12. “Time to bloom”
13. “The best is yet to come” – Frank Sinatra and Carolyn Leigh
14. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.” – Henry David Thoreau
15. “Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” – L.M. Montgomery
16. “Change can be scary, but you know what’s scarier? Allowing fear to stop you from growing, evolving, and progressing.” – Mandy Hale
17. “Each day is a new beginning. You can start fresh, anticipating what today will bring. Or you can just settle for yesterday’s doubts, fears, or worries. Which road will you take?” – Eve Evangelista
18. “It may not be the life you imagined, but it’s your life. You came here for a reason. Is it time for you to go and begin again?” – Doug Cooper
New Journey Quotes
Ready to embark on your next life adventure? Enjoy these starting a new journey in life quotes.
1. “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Walt Disney
2. “The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each new day to have a new and different sun.” – Jon Krakauer
3. “The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.” – Dr. Steve Maraboli
4. “You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So get on your way!” – Dr. Seuss
5. “Find joy in the journey” – Unknown
6. “I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail.” – Muriel Strode
7. “Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.” – Kerry Washington
8. “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
9. “New beginnings, no matter how scary, are worth it for all the beauty and adventure they bring” – Alice Tyszka
10. “Say yes to new adventures”
Encouragement to Begin Again Quotes
These uplifting Here’s to New Beginnings Quotes are ready to help empower you to pick yourself back up and begin again. You’ve got this!
1. “Will it be easy? Nope. Worth it? Absolutely.”
2. “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.” – Steve Jobs
3. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
4. “Holding on is believing that there’s only a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future.” – Daphne Rose Kingma
5. “It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.” – Roy T. Bennett
6. “Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” – Robin Sharma
7. “Never Give Up”
8. “Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.” – Mark Twain
9. “Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene” – A. C. Benson
10. “Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” – Harriet Tubman
11. “Retirement is a NEW beginning, your chance to reset life, expand on your interests, and find new opportunities for your best retired years.” – Wendy S. Fisher
12. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
13. “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare
14. “Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” – Herman Hesse
15. “What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” – Vincent Van Gogh
16. “You can start wherever you decide to start.” – Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
17. “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anais Nin
18. “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
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Summary
Whatever your reason, starting fresh can be scary. New journeys can be intimidating as we enter unknown territory.
I’ve personally experienced so many new beginnings. I’ve reset my life so many times. Each time has been terrifying but worth it in the end. From getting divorced, moving cross-country, quitting my job of 16 years, starting a new business, and everything in between, I’ve gone through a lot.
Silly as it may sound to some, inspirational quotes have helped me through many of the most challenging times of my life. I hope the 150 Inspirational New Beginnings Quotes I’ve collected here help you on your new journey.
Save your favorites. Journal on the quotes that resonate with you. Share these with a friend who could use the encouragement.
Wishing you all the best on your new beginning!
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Note: I’ve done my best to research quote authors and attributions. Please let me know if you see anything I may have missed. I’m happy to make corrections and give credit where credit is due!
Thank you for checking out my list of 150 Inspirational New Beginnings Quotes for Your New Journey. Hope you found some quotes you love!
Comment below – which is your favorite? Do you have any other New Beginnings quotes you love? I’d love to hear them!
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You are so welcome, Aimee! 🙂