January is named after the Roman god Janus, who was always shown as having two heads. He looked back to the last year and forward to the new one.
For a long period of European history, the start of the New Year occurred in March.
What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year.
– Vern McLellan
Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing.
– Sarah Ban Breathnach
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
– Benjamin Franklin
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
– C.S. Lewis
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
– Thomas Jefferson
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
