Welcome 2026! 100 Quotes for New Year

The calendar flips, the fireworks light up the sky, and for a fleeting moment, everything feels possible. There’s something magical about a new year. It whispers of second chances, fresh starts, and untold stories. And as we step into 2026, what better way to capture the mood than with words that spark reflection, joy, and motivation?

Here are 100 quotes to help you welcome 2026 with open arms and a hopeful heart. Whether you’re looking for the perfect Instagram caption, a message to write in a card, or just something to inspire your personal journey, you’ll find a quote here that hits home.

Inspirational Quotes to Start 2026 Strong

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

2. “The beginning is the most important part of the work.” – Plato

3. “Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” – Robin Sharma

4. “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

5. “New year—a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story? Ultimately, we write it.” – Alex Morritt

6. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot

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

8. “Let your dreams be bigger than your fears.” – Unknown

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

10. “What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year.” – Vern McLellan

Funny and Lighthearted Quotes for the New Year

11. “I can’t believe it’s been a year since I didn’t become a better person.” – Unknown

12. “New year, new me. Actually, I’m just going to keep being awesome.” – Unknown

13. “May all your troubles last as long as your resolutions.” – Joey Adams

14. “My resolution was to read more… so I put the subtitles on Netflix.” – Unknown

15. “This year, I’m going to live my best life. Or at least upgrade from mediocre.” – Unknown

16. “Dear 2026, please be kind. Or at least funnier than 2025.” – Unknown

17. “I don’t call them New Year’s resolutions. I prefer the term ‘casual promises I make to myself and forget within two weeks.’” – Unknown

18. “Diet starts… January-ish.” – Unknown

19. “Here’s to pretending that anything changes when the year does.” – Unknown

20. “New year, same WiFi password.” – Unknown

Quotes About Change and Growth

21. “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end.” – Robin Sharma

22. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates

23. “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Mandy Hale

24. “Life’s not about expecting, hoping and wishing, it’s about doing, being and becoming.” – Mike Dooley

25. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller

Short and Sweet New Year Quotes

26. “Hello, 2026. Let’s do this.”

27. “New year. Fresh start. Endless possibilities.”

28. “Begin again.”

29. “2026: Just the right time for a new mindset.”

30. “A new year means nothing if you’re still in love with your comfort zone.”

Quotes for Reflection and Gratitude

31. “Be thankful for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow.” – Unknown

32. “Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” – Aesop

33. “Life is not measured by time. It is measured by moments.” – Armin Houman

34. “Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.” – John C. Maxwell

35. “Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach

Love and Relationship Quotes for New Year

36. “Let’s make 2026 the year we love louder, laugh harder, and live closer.”

37. “New year, same us. And that’s a good thing.”

38. “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn

39. “Here’s to love, laughter, and happily ever afters in 2026.”

40. “May your 2026 be filled with love that feels like home.”

Motivational Quotes to Keep You Going

41. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

42. “Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

43. “Dream big. Start small. Act now.” – Robin Sharma

44. “Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” – Abraham Lincoln

45. “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” – Thomas Jefferson

Quotes for Letting Go of the Past

46. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers

47. “The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence.” – Roy T. Bennett

48. “You can’t start the next chapter if you keep re-reading the last one.” – Unknown

49. “Let go of what was. Make room for what will be.” – Unknown

50. “Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go but learning to start over.” – Nicole Sobon

Quotes to Manifest a Positive 2026

51. “What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.” – Buddha

52. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman

53. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

54. “2026 is yours if you believe it is.”

55. “Positive mind. Positive vibes. Positive life.”

Fresh Starts and Clean Slates

56. “Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot

57. “This is your year to sparkle.” – Unknown

58. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe

59. “A new year is not just about turning the page. It’s about writing the story.”

60. “Clean slate. New energy. Let’s go.”

Quotes to Make You Think

61. “Time is what we want most and what we use worst.” – William Penn

62. “You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” – Oprah Winfrey

63. “Don’t count the days. Make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali

64. “Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.” – Karen Kaiser Clark

65. “Some years ask questions, others give answers.” – Zora Neale Hurston

Quotes to Share on Social Media

66. “Dear 2026, surprise me.”

67. “New year, bold moves.”

68. “Made of goals and glitter.”

69. “Plot twist: 2026 is my year.”

70. “Leaving the past where it belongs.”

Quotes to Write in a New Year Card

71. “Wishing you a year full of new hopes, new joy, and new beginnings.”

72. “May 2026 bring you peace, love, and everything you’ve been waiting for.”

73. “To health, happiness, and fresh starts.”

74. “Cheers to new memories and big dreams.”

75. “Sending you light, love, and all good things in the new year.”

Quotes to Use in Your Journal or Planner

76. “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

77. “Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently.” – Marie Forleo

78. “Small steps every day.”

79. “Clarity comes from action.”

80. “Progress, not perfection.”

Uplifting Quotes for Tough Days in 2026

81. “This too shall pass.”

82. “Storms make trees take deeper roots.” – Dolly Parton

83. “Some days you just have to create your own sunshine.”

84. “You didn’t come this far to only come this far.”

85. “Breathe. You’re doing better than you think.”

Quotes to Celebrate Life in the New Year

86. “Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth.” – Unknown

87. “Collect moments, not things.” – Unknown

88. “Celebrate every tiny victory.”

89. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. It’s about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw

90. “You are alive, and that’s your superpower.”

Final Words to Welcome 2026

91. “New year, new feels, new chances, same dreams, fresh starts.”

92. “Let’s make 2026 the year we stop waiting and start living.”

93. “Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.”

94. “Here’s to 12 new chapters and 365 new chances.”

95. “Say yes to new adventures.”

96. “2026 is not about finding yourself. It’s about choosing yourself.”

97. “Let’s raise a toast to yesterday’s lessons and tomorrow’s dreams.”

98. “The best is yet to come.” – Frank Sinatra

99. “Keep going. You’re closer than you think.”

100. “Welcome, 2026. We’ve been waiting for you.”