Sometimes in life, we’re ready to make a new beginning or a fresh start. Obviously, many of us feel that way in the New Year—you know I do!—but when we’re leaving a job or starting a new one, graduating, marrying, divorcing, or making some other big change in our habits or our health, we may be looking for “rebirth quotes” or “new me” quotes to encourage us. And the truth is, every day is a new beginning!

Here are 15 quotes about turning the page.

I hope you enjoy them! The first one is from the movie version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which I often watch around the New Year.

“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late…to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.” 
– Eric Roth, screenplay, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

“I hope you realize that every day is a fresh start for you. That every sunrise is a new chapter in your life waiting to be written.”
– Juansen Dizon, Confessions of a Wallflower

“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.”
– Dolly Parton

“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

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.”
– attributed to Lao Tzu; author unknown

“You can’t start a new chapter of your life if you keep rereading the last one.”
– author unknown

“I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.”
– Louise Hay, Trust Life: Love Yourself Every Day with Wisdom

“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“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

“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.”
– J.P. Morgan

“Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.”
– attributed to C.S. Lewis; author unknown

“The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.”
– Anna Quindlen, One True Thing

“Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.”
– Guy Finley, The Secret of Letting Go

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
– George Bernard Shaw

“”If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.” 
– Daniel Handler, The Ersatz Elevator (Lemony Snicket series)

“No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; this is the beginning of a new book! The first book is already closed, ended, and tossed into the seas; this new book is newly opened, has just begun! Look, it is the first page! And it is a beautiful one!”
– C. JoyBell C. (you can follow her Instagram here!)

Do you like new beginnings—at any time of year? Do you know of any other quotes about turning the page? We’d love to hear about it!

And if you want more inspiration for a fresh start, check out The Book of Dreams Come True, my journal of guided writing exercises for self-discovery and manifestation!

Thanks for reading, everyone, and have a great week!