New Year's quotes to inspire you in 2022

January is a month of new beginnings. A few days ago, we celebrated New Year’s Day, a day where we reflect on the past year, our successes and our failures, our challenges, and our memorable moments. For many, the new year is a time to reflect on past goals and resolutions and plan for the coming year. The author, Sterling W. Sill observed: “We come now to this very important period of January, this time of a new beginning. We remember the interesting fact that January was named after Janus, the old Roman god of doors and beginnings. Janus had one interesting peculiarity; he had two faces. With one face he looked back into the past year to discover his own mistakes and his own successes. Then through the other face he looked up into the future to make plans for a new year and to put these great ideals into operation that had been formed during the past year.”

Here’s a list of quotations from leaders, authors, and writers to motivate and inspire you to succeed with your New Year’s resolutions:

Duke basketball coach, Mike Krzykewski:

“When you are winning, your commitment is never challenged. But loyalty and dedication during difficult times can be tough. When commitment doesn’t waver, that’s when you have the greatest chance of winning. You can never give up.”

Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin:

Let each new year find you a better person.

Author, Elaine S. Dalton:

“Your vision of your future will help you press forward. Take a few minutes to envision where you want to be in one year or two or five. Then take action to prepare yourselves. People don’t just run a marathon when they decide to do it. They must train daily, slowly building stamina and endurance to run the 26.2-mile distance.

Author, David Thoreau:

“It’s not enough to be busy … the question is: What are we busy about?”

Author, Louisa May Alcott:

“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”

Author, C.S. Lewis:

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

Writer, William Shakespeare:

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

Columnist, William E. Vaughan:

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

Author, Helen Keller:

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”

Author, Thomas S. Monson:

“It is not enough to want to make the effort and to say we’ll make the effort. We must actually make the effort. It’s in the doing, not just the thinking, that we accomplish our goals.”

Author and essayist, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.:

“To fight out a war, you must believe something and want something with all your might. So must you do to carry anything else to an end worth reaching. More than that, you must be willing to commit yourself to a course, perhaps a long and hard one, without being able to foresee exactly where you will come out.”

Author, Dieter F. Uchtdorf:

“An old proverb says, ‘The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.’ … There is something wonderful and hopeful about the word now. There is something empowering about the fact that if we choose to decide now, we can move forward at this very moment. Now is the best time to start becoming the person we eventually want to be — not only 20 years from now but also for all eternity.”