44 Deep Quotes to End the Year Strong and Begin Anew With Power
As the final pages of the year turn, there’s a palpable energy in the air.
It’s a threshold moment,
suspended between what was and what will be.
You’ve navigated the twists and turns of the last twelve months,
gathering strength you might not even realize you have.
Now is the time to gather that strength, to honor the journey behind you,
and to channel it with intention into the fresh start ahead.
Ending the year strong isn’t about a final, frantic push;
it’s about closing this chapter with grace and clarity,
so you can step into the next with a powerful and open heart.
Let these words be your anchor
and your compass as you prepare to cross that threshold.
Quotes
“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
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” — Socrates
“You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” — Brian Tracy
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The wound is the place where the light enters you.” — Rumi
“You are not a prisoner of your past. You are a pioneer of your future.” — Unknown
“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” — Robert Jordan
“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
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Kahlil Gibran
“You have survived 100% of your worst days. You’re doing great.” — Unknown
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” — Lou Holtz
“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.” — Caroline Myss
“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
“Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.” — Anonymous
“You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.” — Michael McMillan
“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
“And suddenly you know… it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” — Meister Eckhart
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” — Alan Watts
“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” — Jim Rohn
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” — Alice Walker
“You didn’t come this far to only come this far.” — Unknown
“Maybe you are searching among the branches for what only appears in the roots.” — Rumi
“What is for you won’t pass you by.” — Unknown
“The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence.” — Unknown
“Let go of the past so the future can take its place.” — Unknown
“You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.” — Sophia Bush
“The goal is not to be better than anyone else, but to be better than you used to be.” — Wayne Dyer
“My barn having burned to the ground, I can now see the moon.” — Mizuta Masahide
“The Phoenix must burn to emerge.” — Janet Fitch
“Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.” — Dalai Lama
“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.” — Bryant McGill
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” — C.S. Lewis
“The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you’ve come.” — Unknown
“Begin. The rest is easy.” — Unknown
“What feels like the end is often the beginning.” — Unknown
“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
“Healing is not about moving on, it’s about moving forward with the lessons, the scars, and the strength.” — Unknown
“Be like the sky. Take everything, yet remain untouched and at peace.” — Unknown
“You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.” — Pema Chödrön
“The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud.” — Goldie Hawn
“You are not what happened to you. You are what you choose to become.” — Carl Jung
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
“And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.” — Rainer Maria Rilke
