New Year Quotes & Wishes
Words to open the new year on the right note.
January 1 has marked the start of the year since 45 BC, when the Julian calendar took effect under Julius Caesar and the date was dedicated to Janus, the Roman god of gateways and beginnings — fitting for a day about looking both back and forward. The Gregorian calendar reform of 1582 kept January 1 as New Year's Day, and it remains the date most of the world observes today. Browse Quotes or send Wishes to start the year.