35 New Year quotes, messages and wishes to send to start 2023

2022 hasn’t been the easiest year to deal with at times – with the cost of living crisis, months of political turmoil, the ongoing war in Ukraine and the sad death of Queen Elizabeth II.

So it’s only natural to hope that 2023 might be kinder, both in the world at large and on a more personal level for those who are struggling.

Hope is the key, so it’s always nice to send your loved ones a positive message to ring in the New Year, wishing them good health, success and happiness over the next 12 months.

Whether you’re enjoying a low-key celebration at home, a big fireworks display with friends or don’t bother celebrating New Year’s Eve at all – here are some apt New Years quotes, wishes and thoughtful messages to send as January 1, 2023 beckons.

New Year quotes for 2023

Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one – Brad Paisley

There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind – CS Lewis

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

He who breaks a resolution is a weakling; He who makes one is a fool – F.M. Knowles

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them – Walt Disney

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right – Oprah Winfrey

No one can go back and back a brand new start. But anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending – Carl Bard

You’ll never get bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do – Dr Seuss

New Year’s most glorious light is sweet hope! – Mehmet Murat ildan

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

In the New Year, never forget to thank to your past years because they enabled you to reach today! Without the stairs of the past, you cannot arrive at the future! – Mehmet Murat ildan

I resolve to write a new chapter of my life every new day in the New Year – Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great Mind

Approach the New Year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day – Michael Josephson

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties – Helen Keller

Ring out the false, ring in the true – Lord Tennyson

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

It’s never too late, never too late to start over, never too late to be happy – Jane Fonda

The best is yet to come – Frank Sinatra

We spend January 1 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

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end – Lucius Seneca

For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice – TS Eliot

May the New Year bring you courage to break your resolutions early! – Aleister Crowley

You are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream – C.S. Lewis

Happy New Year messages and wishes to send to start 2023

New year, new feels, new chances. Same dreams, fresh starts.

We are all stories in the end – let’s make ours a good one.

You are never too old to set another goal or dream another dream.

This is your year to sparkle.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

This is the beginning of anything you want.

It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of new beginnings.

This is your year to shine. Happy New Year!

The best is yet to come. Happy New Year!

This is the beginning of anything you want. Happy New Year!

Live long and prosper!

Here’s to an amazing 2023.

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