Our bons mots to cheer in the New Year.<\/p>\n
NEW YEAR TOASTS<\/em><\/p>\n \u2013 Here\u2019s to a bright New Year and a fond farewell to the old; here\u2019s to things that are yet to come and to the memories that we hold. NEW YEAR QUOTES<\/em><\/p>\n \u2013 No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam. \u2013 Charles Lamb NEW YEAR VERSE<\/em><\/p>\n \u2013 We meet today \u2013 Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, \u2013 New Year\u2019s eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights. \u2013 Hamilton Wright Mabie<\/p>\n – Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past. \u2013 Henry Ward Beecher<\/p>\n \u2013 Ring out the old, ring in the new, <\/p>\n
\n\u2013 As we start the New Year, let\u2019s get down on our knees to thank God we\u2019re on our feet.
\n\u2013 May all your troubles in the coming year be as short as your New Year\u2019s resolutions.
\n\u2013 May your troubles be less and your blessings be more, and nothing but happiness come through your door.
\n\u2013 May the road rise up before you, and the wind be always at your back, and the good Lord hold you in the hollow of his hands.
\n\u2013 May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, the angels protect you, and heaven accept you.
\n\u2013 Dance as if no one were watching, sing as if no one were listening, and live every day as if it were your last.
\n\u2013 Welcome are those that are here; welcome all, and make good cheer; welcome all, another year.<\/p>\n
\n\u2013 Many people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits.
\n\u2013 A New Year\u2019s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.
\n\u2013 The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.\u2013 George William Curtis
\n\u2013 New Year\u2019s Day is every man\u2019s birthday. \u2013 Charles Lamb
\n\u2013 Each age has deemed the new-born year, the fittest time for festal cheer \u2014 Sir Walter Scott
\n\u2013 The merry year is born, like the bright berry from the naked thorn. \u2014 Hartley Coleridge
\n\u2013 Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go. \u2014 Brooks Atkinson
\n\u2013 Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols. \u2014 Thomas Mann
\n\u2013 An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in; a pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. \u2013 Bill Vaughan
\n\u2013 Youth is when you\u2019re allowed to stay up late on New Year\u2019s Eve \u2013 middle age is when you\u2019re forced to. \u2013 Bill Vaughn<\/p>\n![\"OOOny02\"](\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OOOny02-1024x530.jpg\")
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\nTo thank Thee for the era done,
\nAnd Thee for the opening one.
\n\u2013 John Greenleaf Whittier<\/p>\n
\nWith never a thought of sorrow;
\nThe old goes out, but the glad young year
\nComes merrily in tomorrow.
\n\u2013 Emily Miller<\/p>\n
\nRing, happy bells, across the snow:
\nThe year is going, let him go;
\nRing out the false, ring in the true
\n\u2013 Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1850<\/p>\n