Sunday, December 27, 2009

Something to think about...Ringing in the New Year (a few of my favorite quotes)





Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past. ~Henry Ward Beecher

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, "Little Gidding"




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

A happy New Year! Grant that I
May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year in time shall end
Let it be said I've played the friend,
Have lived and loved and labored here,
And made of it a happy year.
~Edgar Guest

One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it. ~Sidney Howard


Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. ~Author Unknown


It is never too late to be who you might have been. ~George Eliot

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