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Happy New Year expressions from IGI around the world

Welcome to 2021

Around the world, IGI welcomed the arrival of New Year’s Day over a period of 16 hours. As we celebrated from one location to the next and the next – stepping into January with anticipation and excitement – we thought it would be nice to share these positive expressions and sentiments.

There are better things ahead than any we leave behind. – C.S. Lewis

When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. When life is bitter, say thank you and grow. – Shauna Niequist

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

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You’ll never get bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do. – Dr. Seuss

What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven’t even happened yet. – Anne Frank

Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go. They merely determine where you start. – Nido Qubein

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This year, be structured enough for success and achievement and flexible enough for creativity and fun. – Taylor Duvall

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. – William James

The priceless lesson in the New Year is that endings birth beginnings and beginnings birth endings. And in this elegantly choreographed dance of life, neither ever find an end in the other. – Craig D. Lounsbrough

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Life’s not about expecting, hoping and wishing, it’s about doing, being and becoming. – Mike Dooley

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are. – J.P. Morgan

Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing. – Sarah Ban Breathnach

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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. – J.R.R. Tolkien

Be the change you wish to see in the world. – Ghandi

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. – Michael Altshuler

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The best is yet to come. – Frank Sinatra

Happy New Year

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