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12 Quotes To Get You Through 2017

2016 was a doozy...hopefully 2017 is better!

Danielle Rennicks
Jan 02, 2017
SUNY Fredonia
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12 Quotes To Get You Through 2017

Ah, a beautiful new year is once again upon us. It feels like just yesterday we brought in 2016, but we here we are - miserable and hoping this year will be better than 2016. You might be feeling like 2017 might be a little bleak with all of the terrible things going on in the world - but here are 12 quotes to help you get through 2017.

1. "Keep your face toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you." - Walt Whitman



2. "The best thing to hold onto in life is each other." - Audrey Hepburn



3. "You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind." - Joyce Meyer


4. "Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead." - Oscar Wilde


5. "Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Teddy Roosevelt


6. "Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud." - Maya Angelou

7. "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." -Milton Berle


8. "It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light." - Aristotle Onassis


9. "Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." - Dalai Lama


10. "If you can dream it, you can do it." - Walt Disney

11. "From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow." - Aeschylus


12. "With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." - Eleanor Roosevelt

No matter how you choose to walk your path in 2017, I hope you take these kind and thought-provoking words with you through the year. Happy New Year!

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