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Quotes About New Beginnings And Starting Over

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
– Raymond Lindquist

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
– Nelson Mandela

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
– Anne Frank

We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve 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

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
– Lao Tzu

If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.
– Dolly Parton

Failure does not exist. Failure is simply someone else’s opinion of how a certain act should have been completed. Once you believe that no act must be performed in any specific other-directed way, then failing becomes impossible.
– Wayne Dyer

Supposing you have tried and failed again and again.
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose,
for this thing we call “failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down.
– Mary Pickford

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
– Theodore H. White




  • monique

    I like the MLF one! Awesome!

  • Kelly

    I like the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step!

  • Shop with Me Mama (Kim)

    Great quotes, thanks for sharing them!

  • ShaRhonda

    The Lao Tzu quote was my high school class’s motto! I love it! Those are all really great ones. I really like the Anne Frank one!

  • Jeryl M.

    Beautiful picture.

  • Monica -Older Mommy, Still Yummy

    A great collection of inspirational quotes!

  • Mindy Grant

    Hi there!

    Have a great day! 🙂

  • Great quotes as always!

  • Elle

    I liked that post. Some really good quotes. Thanks. Following.