Quotes About New Beginnings in Your 20s

Your twenties are full of first days: a first job, a new city, a new relationship, a fresh start after something ended. Beginnings are exciting and often a little frightening. These quotes are short, so you can read one and get going.

Quotes for starting something new

You don't have to feel ready. You only have to begin.

Every expert you admire once had a first clumsy day.

A fresh start does not need a perfect plan, only a first step.

The beginning is the part you only have to do once.

Start where you are. That is the only place you can start.

Quotes for a fresh chapter

Closing a chapter is not erasing the book.

A new chapter can start on an ordinary Wednesday.

You can begin again as many times as you need to.

What ended made room for what is next.

Nobody is watching your first draft as closely as you think.

Quotes for the nervous first days

Feeling out of place at the start is part of belonging later.

Be kind to the new version of you who is still learning the way.

Excitement and nerves feel almost the same. Choose to call it excitement.

Give yourself the same patience you would give a friend starting out.

Small and steady counts.

How to start well

• Pick the smallest version of the first step and put it in your calendar.
• Lower the bar for the first week. Showing up matters more than doing it well.
• Tell one person what you are starting so someone can ask how it is going.
• Write down why you wanted this. Read it on the hard days.
• Look back after a month, not after a day.

If you are not sure what to start, see what to do with your life in your 20s. For the habit side, read how to build daily habits in your 20s.

Keep one where you will see it

In Life 20s you can pick topics such as Growth and Building habits and have quotes arrive on your lock screen or in a widget, a gentle nudge as you begin.