Starting Over Quotes

Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go.

~ Nick Hornby

A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmareto the jeweled vision of a life started anew.

~ Aberjhani

Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth.

~ Aberjhani

The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go.

~ Shannon L. Alder

We are worth fighting for,” we both whispered. Giving one another permission, into each other madness.

~ Efrat Cybulkiewicz

Hearts rebuilt from hope resurrect dreams killed by hate.

~ Aberjhani

Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace.

~ Aberjhani

The death of a dream can in fact serve as the vehicle that endows it with new form, with reinvigorated substance, a fresh flow of ideas, and splendidly revitalized color. In short, the power of a certain kind of dream is such that death need not indicate finality at all but rather signify a metaphysical and metaphorical leap forward.

~ Aberjhani

Starting over can be the scariest thing in the entire world, whether it’s leaving a lover, a school, a team, a friend or anything else that feels like a core part of our identity but when your gut is telling you that something here isn’t right or feels unsafe, I really want you to listen and trust in that voice.

~ Jennifer Elisabeth

Every relationship that has hit a crossroads has asked, “What is it that you want from me?

~ Shannon L. Alder

Sometimes life requires more of you than you have to give & demands you plunge into the reinvention of yourself if you truly wanna live.

~ Curtis Tyrone Jones

There is something beautiful about a blank canvas, the nothingness of the beginning that is so simple and breathtakingly pure. It’s the paint that changes its meaning and the hand that creates the story. Every piece begins the same, but in the end they are all uniquely different.

~ Piper Payne

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.

~ G.k. Chesterton

In my dreams, I entered a world where success was based on ethics and proper dealings, not bribes and scams. My vision of sucess including marrying Sophia, having joyful children, unassuming friends, and warmhearted neighbors. I aspired for an environment where I would be valued for my good character, not the strength of my aggression. I wanted to leave West Beirut, the four square miles of a lesser world.

~ Sam Wazan

Birthing is never easy or without pain, be it a universe, a child, or a fresh start in life. Contraction precedes expansion. Darkness comes before dawn. Joy follows pain. This is the way of things.

~ John Mark Green

Sometimes you’re left with only 1 choice: Take what’s yours and run for you life.

~ Jennifer Elisabeth

You can't live in your mind and expect those dreams to become real, without the work. Reality requires actions that might feel scary, but that is what is required if you want to find true love. Don't expect it to come and rescue you. You have to rescue yourself.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Instead of saying, I'm damaged, I'm broken, I have trust issues say I'm healing, I'm rediscovering myself, I'm starting over.

~ Horacio Jones

If God closes a door AND a window, consider the fact that it might be time to build a whole new house.

~ Mandy Hale

No one is ever a victim of life, we are all volunteering to grow.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine, oh what a freeing time it was.

~ Aberjhani

Hope drowned in shadowsemerges fiercely splendid––boldly angelic.

~ Aberjhani

The effects of Fate come together like stew simmering with provisions from the universe. Which ingredients we’ve used make the end result easy to swallow or bitterly distasteful. So choose wisely for, when our lot in life is done, only those young enough or strong enough can toss their destiny aside and start over.

~ Elizabeth Good

All great beginnings start in the dark, when the moon greets you to a new day at midnight.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Each time that I have felt like I might finally be figuring some things out, life has decided to change the rules and I’ve had to start all over again.

~ Jennifer Elisabeth

You go to bed different... tossing and turning is the norm... you wake to a sunny day but clouds follow you wherever you go. You wonder if you are strong enough to climb out of the depression you are living in and your prayers to God seem empty because you are sooo very tired of telling him the same thing over and over again..... if we are really being real... there may even be moments after impact you forget how to pray... maybe you don't even want to.

~ Erica Stone

Think of a new day and think of a new purpose. Think of a new reason out of the reasons of yesterday. Think of the distinctive step that is worth taking to continue the footprints of yesterday. Each day comes with its own ideas. Each day comes with its own troubles. Each day comes with its own possibles and impossibles. What makes each day good or bad is not just our thoughts but, the steps we take which is influenced by our thoughts to obtain what is good or bad. Think of a new day; think of a distinctive footprint

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

... forgiveness is a four letter word: Love.

~ Elizabeth Marx

If everything else were still the same, he'd have felt Zee's absence like a gaping hole. But if he could continue to reconfigure his entire life, there would be no missing place where Zee had been.

~ Rebecca Makkai

If you keep picking at that scab on your heart, it won't heal.

~ Antonia Perdu

At the end of the day, your life is just a story. If you don't like the direction it's going, change it. Rewrite it. When you rewrite a sentence, you erase it and start over until you get it right. Yes, it's a little more complicated with a life, but the principle is the same. And remember, don't let anyone ever tell you that your revisions are not the truth.

~ Tyler Jones

If I must start somewhere, right here and now is the best place imaginable.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

And I went into the new year loving myself a little less, but a little more where it actually mattered.

~ Dominic Riccitello

The worst outcome of not trying is never getting to fail.

~ Phillip Gary Smith

On angel's wings, love flew in.

~ Renee Dyer

Recreate your life, always, always. Remove the stones, plant rose bushes and make sweets. Begin again.

~ Cora Coralina

Recreate your life, always, always. Remove the stones, plant rose bushes and make sweets. Begin again.

~ Cora Coralina

A Sunrise is God's way of saying, Let's start again.

~ Todd Stocker

Anyone can possess, anyone can profess, but it is an altogether different thing to confess.

~ Shannon L. Alder

I don’t need those memories, Kai. We can make new ones. We… can start over. Just like we’ve met only yesterday.

~ Hyperionova