Wise words to inspire you

Here are some inspirational quotes to help you start the year positively.

• “What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year,” Vern McLellan.

• “Nothing will work unless you do,” Maya Angelou.

• “You must take personal responsibility, you cannot change the circumstances, the seasons or the wind, but you can change yourself as that is something you have charge of,” Jim Rohn.

• “Tough times never last but tough people do,” Robert Schuller.

• “Move out of your comfort zone, you can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new,” Brian Tracy.

• “Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending,” Carl Bard.

• “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbour, catch the trade winds in your sail and explore, dream, discover,” Mark Twain.

• “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up,” Thomas Edison.

• “No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself,” Madonna Louise Ciccone.

• “Winners lose much more often than losers, so if you keep losing but you’re still trying, keep it up! You’re on the right track,” Matthew Groves.

• “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude,” Thomas Jefferson.

• “Don’t ever let someone tell you, you can’t do something, not even me. You got a dream, you got to protect it,” Steven Conrad.