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10 quotes on new beginnings to inspire you for a fresh start

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10 quotes on new beginnings to inspire you for a fresh start

Spring symbolises new beginnings in nature; it's also a time to reflect upon our past and where we want to go. It is never too late to start something new in life which you always wanted to do or re-start something that you left behind. From changing your career path to learning a new skill or finally exercising or shunning toxic people from your life-- there is something that we would all like to add to our lives. So here are some inspiring quotes by popular authors on new beginnings. These quotes will motivate you to push past the things that are holding you back and will inspire you for a fresh start. Read on!

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

'It’s never too late to become who you want to be. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.' — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Herman Hesse

'Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.' – Herman Hesse

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T.S. Eliot

'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

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Oprah Winfrey

‘Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.’ — Oprah Winfrey

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Terry Pratchett

‘Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.’
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

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Haruki Murakami

‘When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.’
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

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Kiran Desai

‘The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.
― Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss

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Louisa May Alcott,

‘I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks; and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end.’
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

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Philip Pullman

‘You cannot change what you are, only what you do.’
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

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Lao Tzu

‘New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.’
― Lao Tzu

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10 quotes on new beginnings to inspire you for a fresh start