26 Deep Quotes to Carry Into the New Year With Strength and Peace
As we stand at the threshold of a new year,
it feels like we’re holding a blank book, its pages crisp and full of potential.
We’re closing the chapter on the last twelve months—with all its lessons,
its stumbles, and its quiet victories—and looking ahead.
It’s a natural moment to pause, to take a deep breath,
and to gather a bit of wisdom to carry with us.
We all want to move forward with a little more strength,
a little more clarity, and a sense of inner peace that can weather any storm.
Sometimes, the right words,
spoken by those who have pondered life’s depths before us,
can become the anchors we need.
So, here are 26 deep quotes to tuck into your pocket
as you step into the new year.
Let them be your companions and your guides.
New Year Quotes
“The wound is the place where the light enters you.” — Rumi
“You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” — Brian Tracy
“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.” — Caroline Myss
“Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.” — Anonymous
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That is what this storm’s all about.” — Haruki Murakami
“We are not given a good life or a bad life. We are given a life. It’s up to us to make it good or bad.” — Unknown
“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.” — Bryant McGill
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” — Alice Walker
“The W.I.S.E. way: Watch. Inhale. Slow down. Exhale.” — Unknown
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” — Lou Holtz
“Maybe you are searching among the branches for what only appears in the roots.” — Rumi
“Healing is not about moving on, it’s about moving forward with the lessons, the scars, and the strength.” — Unknown
“If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.” — Lao Tzu
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” — Mary Anne Radmacher
“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” — Robert Jordan
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” — Alan Watts
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.” — Dalai Lama
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger
“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.” — Ben Okri
“Be like the sky. Take everything, yet remain untouched and at peace.” — Unknown
“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” — Joseph Campbell
“The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud. In order to grow and gain wisdom, first you must have the mud — the obstacles of life and its suffering. … The mud speaks of the common ground that humans share, no matter what our stations in life.… Whether we have it all or we have nothing, we are all faced with the same obstacles: sadness, loss, illness, dying and death. If we are to strive as human beings to gain more wisdom, more kindness and more compassion, we must have the intention to grow as a lotus and open each petal one by one.” — Goldie Hawn
“You can’t calm the storm, so stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself. The storm will pass.” — Timber Hawkeye
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Kahlil Gibran
“And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.” — Rainer Maria Rilke
