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.

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- George Eliot

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- David Dweck

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"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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