Starting Over Quotes

• We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. -

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Life, Letting Go

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• Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Success, Dream

  "The Law of Success". Book by Napoleon Hill, 1928.

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• You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.

  C. S. Lewis

  Where You Are

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• Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2009). “The Crack-Up”, p.126, New Directions Publishing

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• For what it's worth, it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Buttons, Too Late, Want

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• It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.

  Jane Fonda

  Inspirational, Happy Birthday, Being Happy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Happiness, Success

  Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

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• Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.

  Nido R Qubein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Nido R. Qubein (1997). “Stairway to Success: The Complete Blueprint for Personal and Professional Achievement”, Wiley

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• Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  "The Diary and Sundry Observations of Thomas Alva Edison". Book by Thomas A. Edison, 1948.

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• When the world says, "Give up," Hope whispers, "Try it one more time".You have more potential than you believe you do.Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened.

  Dr. Seuss

  Giving Up, Believe, Trying

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• Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once again.

  Bikram Choudhury

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

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• I love the big fresh starts, the clean slates like birthdays and new years, but I also really like the idea that we can get up every morning and start over.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Birthday, New Year, Morning

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• Don't go into the new year holding a grudge from last year. Leave the hurts and disappointments behind.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, New Year, Hurt

  Twitter post from Jan 1, 2013

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• You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.

  Mary Pickford

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Why Not Try God?", Chapter 6 (newspaper serial) in St. Petersburg Times, sect. 2, p. 3, news.google.com. January 25, 1936.

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• Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Theodore Roosevelt (2006). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt - Volume”, p.17, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, New Beginnings

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• We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

  E. M. Forster

  Break Up, Letting Go, Breakup

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• No matter how small you start, start something that matters.

  Brendon Burchard

  Matter

  "Start Something That Matters" by Brendon Burchard, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 27, 2015.

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• And you let go of your chance.

  Iza Calzado

  Letting Go, Chance, Starting All Over Again

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• The starting point of all achievement is desire.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Napoleon Hill (2007). “The Prosperity Bible: The Greatest Writings of All Time on the Secrets to Wealth and Prosperity”, p.142, Penguin

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• Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.

  Guy Finley

  Inspirational, Moving On, Break Up

  FaceBook post by Guy Finley from Jul 28, 2016

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• Capture a shadow, dance with the wind, stand in a rainbow, begin at the end.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Wind, Rainbow, Shadow

  Jonathan Huie, Mary Anne Radmacher (2009). “Simply An Inspired Life: Consciously Choosing Unbounded Happiness in Good Times & Bad”, p.10, Conari Press

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• If we are not happy with where our past decisions have led us, then the place to start is with our current thinking process.

  Jim Rohn

  Past, Thinking, Decision

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Aug 16, 2012

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• You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Positive, Faith

  Mother Jones Magazine, Vol.16, No.3, p.77, May - June 1991.

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• Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.

  Seth Lloyd

  Simple, Able, Computer

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