New Year Quotes
I begin the New Year by sending out a greeting featuring a quote, from a woman, to set the tone for our year.
These are the quotes to date.
2017
“I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.”
Corazon Aquino, 11th president of the Philippines and Zonta International Honorary Member
2016
“Happiness is good health and a bad memory.”
Ingrid Bergman
2011
“Always aim for achievement and forget about success.”
Helen Hayes
2010
“I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.”
Molly Ivins
2009
“Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.”
Emily Dickinson
2008
“Everyone can afford good manners.”
Mary Antoinette Palumbo Fuerst
1917 - 2007
2007
“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
Colette
2006
“Light tomorrow with today.”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
2005
“Dare to be remarkable.”
Jane Gentry
2004
“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”
Harriet Beecher Stowe
2003
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
George Eliot
2002
“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.”
Katherine Hepburn
2001
“Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”
Helen Keller
2000
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
1999
“True civilization is recognition of the rights of others at every point of contact.”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1998
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
Anais Nin
