1. "There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind." -C.S. Lewis

2. "May your year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some find books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art (write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can) and I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself." -Neil Gaiman

3. "You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants a magical solution to their problem, and everyone refuses to believe in magic." -Alice in Wonderland

4. "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides."

5. "When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy." -Rumi

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6. "I know this transformation is painful, but you're not falling apart; you're just falling into something different, with a new capacity to be beautiful." -William C. Hannan

7. "The best thing you could do is master the chaos in you. You are not thrown into the fire, you are the fire." -Mama Indigo

8. "When you do something beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps." -John Lennon

9. "Remember this, had any other condition been better for you than the one in which you are, divine love would have put you there." -Spurgeon

10. "Just remember, even your worst days only have twenty-four hours."

11. "Comparison of is the thief joy."

12. "I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health." -Voltaire

Sometimes we need a few words to get us through a tough time, or a few words to feel like someone understands us and felt the way we did. Or sometimes we just need a few words to drive us to do something. Hopefully these will help you in the new year.