If you are ready for the new year and are looking for January quotes, sayings and captions, you have come to the right place. We have gathered all the best January quotations into one place including inspirational January quotes, motivational January quotes, January sayings, funny quotes about January, hello January quotes and sayings, cute quotes on January, quotes for January 1, New Year quotes and January captions for Instagram.
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January Quotes
Here are our favorite January quotes.
“January is the month for dreaming.” – Jean Hersey.
“January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow.”- Sara Coleridge
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”- Plato
“To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June.”- Jean Paul
“It is deep January. The sky is hard. The stalks are firmly rooted in ice.”- Wallace Stevens
“I like starting projects in January. That’s the best time to start something. It’s so inward.”- Carolyn Chute
“January is here, with eyes that keenly glow, A frost-mailed warrior striding a shadowy steed of snow.” – Edgar Fawcett
“Like January weather, The years will bite and smart, And pull your bones together To wrap your chattering heart.”- Dorothy Parker
“January is the coolest month of the year for most of the Caribbean. . . daytime highs are typically comfortably hot, while the nights remain warm.”- Liz Osborn
“I love the Mediterranean for the fact that winter is over in a minute, and the almond blossom arrives in January.” – Jade Jagger
“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.” – Brad Paisley
“January is my favorite month, when the light is plainest, least colored. And I like the feeling of beginnings.” – Anne Truitt
“I blink January’s lashes and gush down December’s cheeks” ― Sanober Khan
Inspirational January Quotes
These January inspirational quotes will help you start the new year off right! If you like inspirational quotes check out our lists of Short Inspirational Quotes, Inspirational Morning Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Today, Funny Inspirational Quotes and Inspirational Quotes for Work.
“The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.”- Josiyah Martin
“New Year’s Day. A fresh start. A new chapter waiting to be written.”- Sarah Ban Breathnach
“ I love beginnings. If I were in charge of calendars, every day would be January 1.”- Jerry Spinelli
“New year—a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours.” – Alex Morritt
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.”- Edith Lovejoy Pierce
“JANUARY, The first month of the year, A perfect time to start all over again, Changing energies and deserting old moods, New beginnings, new attitudes.”- Charmaine J. Forde
“If January is the month of change, February is the month of lasting change. January is for dreamers… February is for doers.” – Marc Parent
“Somewhere along the way, I realized that the new year doesn’t begin for me in January.” – Betsy Cañas Garmon
Motivational January Quotes
Check out these January motivational quotes to help you get started. Check out our Tuesday Motivation Quotes, Wednesday Motivation Quotes, Thursday Motivation Quotes and Friday Motivation Quotes for those days you need a little extra motivation.
“This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.” – Taylor Swift
“January is always a good month for behavioral economics: Few things illustrate self-control as vividly as New Year’s resolutions. February is even better, though, because it lets us study why so many of those resolutions are broken.”- Sendhil Mullainathan
“We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives . . . not looking for flaws, but for potential.”- Ellen Goodman
“The first day of January always presents to my mind a train of very solemn and important reflections and a question more easily asked than answered frequently occurs viz: How have I improved the past year and with [what] good intentions do I view the dawn of its successor?”- Charlotte Brontë
“Treat every day like it’s a new year because it is.” – Temitope Ibrahim
January Sayings
No on is sure who said these January sayings first but they are classics.
“Slow as molasses in January.”
“Trust the magic of new beginnings.”
“January 1st is the first page of a 365-page novel.”
“January: Sparkling winter sunshine, face all aglow, making resolutions, and angels in the snow – steaming cups of cocoa, a year that’s fresh and new…all of this is magic – unfolding just for you.”
“Welcome January: January is a time of quiet and new beginnings – is the perfect time to reflect on how you want to live your life. January is the perfect time to refocus on your priorities and set goals.”
Welcome January Quotes
Check out these welcome January quotes to help usher in the beginning of the new year!
Welcome January!
Welcoming the month of January
Thankful to be welcoming the month of January
Welcome January! Nice to see you!
Welcoming January one day at a time
Welcome January: Chapter 1 of 12
Welcome January: now go do what you do best
Happy to be welcoming January and the start of a new year!
Welcome to the first day of January
Welcome, January! A bounty of beautiful beginnings and never ending blessings.
Good things are going to happen. Welcome, January!
Welcome 1st January and end January by setting goals, saying prayers, and working hard.
Entering into the 1st month of the year means new beginnings start now.
Short Quotes for January
Check out these short quotes for January. If you like these check out our list of Best Short Quotes.
“I blink January’s lashes and gush down December’s cheeks” ― Sanober Khan
“January is the calendar’s ingrown hair.”- Stewart Stafford
“January 26th. The day when nothing remarkable happens to anyone else.” – Ashley Newell
“It is deep January. The sky is hard. The stalks are firmly rooted in ice.”- Wallace Stevens
“January looks forward to the new year and back to the old year. He sees past and future.”- M.L. Stedman
“The year is going, let him go; ring out the false, ring in the true.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson
“New Year’s Day. A fresh start. A new chapter waiting to be written.”- Sarah Ban Breathnach
“When you see a new year, see realities and limit fantasies!” ―Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
“A year of ending and beginning, a year of loss and finding” ―C.J. Cherryh
Funny Quotes About January
These funny January quotes will put a smile on your face. Check out our Tuesday Motivation Quotes, Wednesday Motivation Quotes, Thursday Motivation Quotes and Friday Motivation Quotes for those days you need a little extra motivation.
“January is the calendar’s ingrown hair.”- Stewart Stafford
“January? The month is dumb. It is fraudulent. It does not cleanse itself.”- Anne Sexton
“No one’s ever achieved financial fitness with a January resolution that’s abandoned by February.”- Suze Orman
“I think it would be much more sensible if resolutions began generally on January the second.”- Helen Fielding
“Lots of people go mad in January. Not as many as in May, of course. Nor June. But January is your third most common month for madness.” – Karen Joy Fowler
“Call it ‘the New Year’s resolution effect’— it’s why gyms that were crowded in January are only half full in July and why so many slightly used guitars are available on Craigslist.”- Anders Ericsson
“January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out.” – Michael Caine
“January is the best time of year for gym owners. You all come. It’s great! And then, by Valentine’s Day, you’re not coming in anymore.” – David Kirsch
“The shortest day has passed, and whatever nastiness of weather we may look forward to in January and February, at least we notice that the days are getting longer.” – Vita Sackville-West
Hello January Quotes and Sayings
Here are some Hello January quotes and sayings.
Hello, January please be awesome!
Keep Calm and Hello January!
Hello, January, make my dreams come true
Welcome January, one day at a time
Hello January! it’s a fresh start!
New Year, New Beginnings, Welcome Jan 2021
Goodbye December, Hello, January!
Cute Quotes on January
We love these cute quotes on January. You might also like our list of Short Cute Quotes.
“Feeling a little blue in January is normal.”- Marilu Henner
“‘Dear world, I am excited to be alive in you, and I am thankful for another year.’”- Charlotte Eriksson
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“January looks forward to the new year and back to the old year. He sees past and future.”- M.L. Stedman
“If I had my way, I would remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.” – Roald Dahl
“And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
“Leaving any bookstore is hard . . . especially on a day in January, when the wind is blowing, the ice is treacherous, and the books inside seem to gather together in colorful warmth.”- Jane Smiley
“New Year’s resolutions have always been something to beat myself up with by the second week of January. It seems perverse to set yourself up for failure right at the start of the year.”- Romesh Ranganathan
“Bare branches of each tree on this chilly January morn look so cold so forlorn. Gray skies dip ever so low left from yesterday’s dusting of snow. Yet in the heart of each tree waiting for each who wait to see new life as warm sun and breeze will blow, like magic, unlock springs sap to flow, buds, new leaves, then blooms will grow.” – Nelda Hartmann
Quotes for January 1
Check out these January 1st quotes about the beginning of the year. Pick your favorite month of January quote.
“No one ever regarded the first of January with indifference.” – Charles Lamb
“Every man should be born again on the first of January. Start with a fresh page.”- Henry Ward
“I’ll never understand why everybody puts so much emphasis on January first. There are three hundred and sixty-four other days in the year that you can make a change.”- Elizabeth Eulberg
“On the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take interest in the things that are and are to be, and not in the things that were and are past.”- Henry Ward Beecher
“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 day 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.” – Henry Ward Beecher
New Year Quotes
January is all about starting a new year. You might like our list of Short New Year’s Quotes.
“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” – Oprah Winfrey
“New year—a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours.” – Alex Morritt
“The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul…” – Gilbert K. Chesterton
“And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
“What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year.” – Vern McLellan
“The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written.” – Melody Beattie
“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.” – William E. Vaughan
“Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to.” – Bill Vaughan
“The New Year is a painting not yet painted; a path not yet stepped on; a wing not yet taken off! Things haven’t happened as yet! Before the clock strikes twelve, remember that you are blessed with the ability to reshape your life!” – Mehmet Murat ildan
“Many years ago, I made a New Year’s resolution to never make New Year’s resolutions. Hell, it’s been the only resolution I’ve ever kept!”- D.S. Mixell
“The attraction of New Year is this: The year changes, and in that change we believe that we can change with it. It is far more difficult, however, to change yourself than turn the calendar to a new page.” – R. Joseph Hoffmann
“Each year’s regrets are envelopes in which messages of hope are found for the New Year.” – John R. Dallas Jr.
“Make New Year’s goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you’re interested in fully living life in the year to come.” – Melody Beattie
“A New Year has tiptoed in. Let’s go forward to meet it.”- Anusha Atukorala
“Approach the new year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day.” – Michael Josephson
“When you see a new year, see realities and limit fantasies!” – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
“With dawn of the new year on the horizon, I resolved to exert my will on the world.” – Holly Black
“May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions!” – Joey Adams
December Quotes
You might also like these quotes from our list of Best December Quotes.
“I wander forth this chill December dawn: John Frost and all his elves are out, I see, As busy as the elfin world can be, Clothing a world asleep with fleecy lawn.” – Robert Buchanan
“Do your heart and head keep pace? When does hoary Love expire, when do frosts put out the fire? Can its embers burn below all that chill December snow?” – Edmund Clarence Stedman
“If we make it through December, everything’s gonna be alright I know; it’s the coldest time of winter and I shiver when I see the falling snow.” – Merle Haggard
“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.” – James M. Barrie
“I heard a bird sing in the dark of December. A magical thing. And sweet to remember. We are nearer to spring than we were in September. I heard a bird sing in the dark of December.” – Oliver Herford
“May and October, the best-smelling months? I’ll make a case for December: evergreen, frost, wood smoke, cinnamon.” – Lisa Kleypas
“It is never over, though we are in December.” – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
“This looks like a December day, it looks like we’ve come to the end of the way.” – Willie Nelson
“Chill December brings the sleet, Blazing fire, and Christmas treat.” – Sara Coleridge
“Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold.” – Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
“The cold is coming. December’s winter solstice. Start of the season.” – Robert Pettit
“It is December, and nobody asked if I was ready.” – Sarah Kay
January and Winter Quotes
For us, January is when winter really sets in. If it is the same for you these chilly quotes might be perfect. And if you like these then check out our list of Funny Winter Quotes and Short Winter Quotes.
“Through the chill of December the early winter moans… but it’s that January wind that rattles old bones.” – John Facenda
“This crisp winter air is full of it.” – John Burroughs
“You can’t get too much winter in the winter.” – Robert Frost
“In this world only winter is certain.” – George R.R. Martin
“In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold.” – Ben Aaronovitch
“If winter comes can spring be… We’re nearer to spring than we were in September.” – Sylvia Plath
“While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best.” – Tom Allen
“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus
“Nothing burns like the cold.” – George R. R. Martin
“A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn’t mean in winter.” – Patricia Briggs
“Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.” – Victor Hugo
“I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood.” – Bill Watterson
Snow Quotes
And January is all about the snow. You might also like our list of Snow Quotes and Captions, Funny Snow Quotes, Snow Day Quotes and Snowflake Quotes.
“To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.” – Aristotle
“Kindness is like snow. It beautifies everything it covers.” —Kahlil Gibran
“The first snow is like the first love.” —Lara Biyuts
“White lips, pale face, breathing in snowflakes.” – Ed Sheeran
“When snow falls, nature listens.” – Antoinette Van Kleeff
“I smell snow.” — Gilmore Girls
“Do you want to build a snowman?” — Anna, Frozen
“Kindness is like snow, it beautifies everything it covers.” — Kahlil Gibran
“Today I’m icy, but I’m prayin’ for some more snow.” — Nicki Minaj, “Feeling Myself”
“Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake.” — Sara Raasch
“No two snowflakes are exactly alike.” – Wilson Bentley
“Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.” —Sammy Cahn
“Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake.” — Sara Raasch
“Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person.” —Sylvia Plath
“With luck, it might even snow for us.” — Haruki Murakami
New Month Quotes
If you like monthly then you might like our list of New Month Quotes. And check out our list of New Day Quotes.
“Let this new month bring great miracles, new visions and greater blessings for you and your beloved ones.” – Rajesh Goyal
“I wish you a beautiful new month from the first day of this month to the last day.” – J. K. Rowling
“The object of a new month is not that we should have a new month…we should have a new soul.” — G. K. Chesterton
“It is worth taking the time to stop and contemplate at the beginning of each new month.” – Nadine Locke
“New month, new intentions, new goals, new love, new light, and new beginnings.” – April Mae Monterrosa
January Captions
If you are looking for January captions for Instagram or your January pics then look no further. You might also like our lists of Funny Captions, Short Captions, Cute Captions and Clever Captions.
January is the beginning of anything you want
365 new days, 365 new chances
Beginning of something new
I have decided that this will be a very good year
Starting a new chapter
I’ll be sticking with my resolution all January long
Ready for the best year ever
January means always moving forward
Ready to take on this year’s adventures
Dreaming of the new year
January is like a Monday, but longer
New year. Same me. Bigger Goals.
Happy January!
Last Quotes about January
Here are our last quotes about January.
“January, month of empty pockets! … let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead.” – Colette
“I killed my ex lovers and buried to my memories’ grave. It is January and I am tired of being brave.” – Arzum Uzun
“Leaving a bookstore is hard, especially on a day in January, when the ice is treacherous, the wind is blowing, and the books inside seem to gather together in colorful warmth.” – Jane Smiley.
“January 26th. The day when nothing remarkable happens to anyone else.” – Ashley Newell
“There’s something I love about how stark the contrast is between January and June in Sweden.” – Bill Skarsgard.
“Let January open with joy in the Lord, and December close with gladness in Jesus.”- Charles H. Spurgeon
“It’s January and I’m kicking snow off the ground.” – Charlotte Eriksson
“One of my current pet theories is that the winter is a kind of evangelist, more subtle than Billy Graham, of course, but of the same stuff.” – Shirley Ann Grau
“In January a man crawls into a cave of hopelessness; he hallucinates sympathies catching fire. Letters are glaciers, null frigates, trapping us where we are in the moment, unable to carry us on toward truth.” – Carlene Bauer
“There are two seasonal diversions that can ease the bite of any winter. One is the January thaw. The other is the seed catalogues.” – Hal Borland
“Welcome January: If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” – 2 Corinthians 5:17
“Married when the year is new, He’ll be loving, kind and true . . . Married in January’s roar and rime, Widowed you’ll be before your prime.”- New Zealand Proverb
“January was a two-faced month, jangling like jester’s bells, crackling like snow crust, pure as any beginning, grim as an old man, mysteriously familiar yet unknown, like a word one can almost but not quite define.”- Patricia Highsmith
“Little January Tapped at my door today. And said, “Put on your winter wraps, And come outdoors to play. Little January Is always full of fun; Until the set of sun. Little January Will stay a month with me And we will have such jolly times – Just come along and see.”- Winifred C. Marshall
“January is the quietest month in the garden. … But just because it looks quiet doesn’t mean that nothing is happening.” – Rosalie Muller Wright
And there you have it! Our list of the best quotes for January and January sayings. We hope you found one that spoke to you.
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