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 Long Way Down

“A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmare
to the jeweled vision of a life started anew.”
― Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

“The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Hearts rebuilt from hope resurrect dreams killed by hate.”
― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

“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, A Chesterton calendar

“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

“So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late. - Lee Iacocca”
― Lee Iacocca

“How do you restart something that had never been turned off?”
― Veronica Rossi, Under the Never Sky

“All great beginnings start in the dark, when the moon greets you to a new day at midnight.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“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.”
― Author-Poet Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

“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 River of Winged Dreams

“Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine, oh what a freeing time it was.”
― Aberjhani, Songs from the Black Skylark zPed Music Player

“Every relationship that has hit a crossroads has asked, “What is it that you want from me?”
― Shannon L. Alder

“This is life. Things get taken away. You will learn to start over many times -- or you will be useless.”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace.”
― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

“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

“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, Born Ready: Unleash Your Inner Dream Girl

“A Sunrise is God's way of saying, "Let's start again.”
― Todd Stocker, Refined: Turning Pain into Purpose

“The best thing about endings is knowing that just ahead is the daunting task to start over.”
― Jodi Picoult, Keeping Faith

“She was scared about leaving everything, and I got that, but I also knew you couldn't start living in the new place until you said fuck-all to the old.”
― Leslie Jamison, The Gin Closet

“It's never too late to start over!”
― Lynne Gentry, Reinventing Leona

“Don't worry. Just when you think your life is over, a new story line falls from the sky and lands right in your lap.”
― Rebekah Crane, The Upside of Falling Down

“Just because you take breaks doesn’t mean you’re broken.”
― Curtis Tyrone Jones

“They say, timing is everything. But then they say, there is never a perfect time for anything.”
― Anthony Liccione

“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

“The narcissist never enters your life with evil intentions. Chances are, you truly impressed your narcissist—still impress them. They were probably hoping your mere presence would liberate them from their fear of exposure. In some sense, we’re all wounded and don’t know how to ask for help. This book provides the vocabulary to ensure both parties get that help.
Lamentations, pg Intro”
― Michael Ben Zehabe, Lamentations: how narcissistic leaders torment church and family

“There are only two directions when you're starting from scratch. It's either you're going upwards or downwards ...right into the grave. The choice is yours.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“It's never too late. You'll never feel ready”
― Jeff Ocaya

“I think after she tore it up, Sunny thought the song was lost for good. But some things are forever . . . like the story about that time in kindergarten when you got caught eating a glue stick . . . or that permanent marker stain you accidentally put on your teacher’s dry-erase board . . . or your red-haired best friend and the lyrics she inspired.”
― Leigh Alley, Starr of the Show

“WINGING IT, BY PHOENIX RISING”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch