"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

"Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man."
~Benjamin Franklin

"Glory to God in highest heaven, who unto man His Son hath given; while angels sing with tender mirth, a glad new year to all the earth."
~Martin Luther

"We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be."
~C.S. Lewis

"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."
~Albert Schweitzer

"Courage is found in unlikely places."
~J.R.R. Tolkien

"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."
~Charles Dickens