Each new year offers exciting opportunities and new beginnings. No matter what your goals are for 2021 or how many New Year’s resolutions you plan on keeping, getting inspired to welcome the new year ahead is a great way to start. Here are 10 of my favorite inspirational quotes that will hopefully help you take on the day.

“Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.” – Anne Sweeney

“Someday is not a day of the week” – Janet Dailey

“I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss

“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” – Og Mandino

“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” – George Horace Lorimer

“A year from now you may wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius

“Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.” – Dalai Lama
An avid record collector, lover of all desserts and sometimes seen wearing multiple Swatch watches, Dave has been lending his voice for over 20 years heard on such prominent brands as Intel, RCA, Eddie Bauer, Kellogg‘s, Pizza Hut, Lexus, and infomercial giants Guthy-Renker and Beachbody. His narration projects include Japan’s preeminent automobile series Best Motoring International and Hot Version, along with GTChannel, QVC, Universal Music Enterprises, and ViSalus Sciences.