After the last few years that we've had, it's never been more important to wish people a Happy New Year' and write some New Year wishes to send to loved ones with the hope that 2024 will bring far more happiness.
Whether you're writing a message in a card, or just dropping them a text or message at midnight, you'll want the message to be meaningful. With that in mind, we've rounded up some thoughtful and heartfelt new years messages that your friends and family will really appreciate. You could even include a New Year poem!
Short new year wishes
Have a fabulous new year!
Bring on 2024!
Wishing you hope and happiness in 2024.
May this year be nice to you.
366 new days. 366 new chances. (2024 is a Leap Year so there'll be 366 days).
Good luck for the new year!
Wishing you happiness and prosperity.
Inspiring new year quotes
Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.
The new year stands before us like a new chapter in a book waiting to be written.
The new year - A time to say goodbye and a time to say hello.
There are better things ahead than anything we leave behind.
What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year.
The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.
A new year, a fresh start, and infinite possibilities.
Funny new year wishes
I was going to quit all my bad habits for the new year, and then I remembered nobody likes a quitter.
I don't have any new years resolutions - you don't need them when you're perfect.
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves!
May all your troubles last as long as your new years resolutions.
My goal for 2024 - to accomplish the goals of 2023, which I should have done in 2022, because I set them in 2021 and planned them in 2020.
New year wishes for loved ones
The new year brings in new opportunities, but I am forever grateful they will all include you by my side.
Happy new year - although we may be far apart, you are always in my heart.
You deserve all the best: May all your wishes come true in 2024!
Wishing you beautiful moments, treasured memories, and all the blessings a heart can know.
I am so grateful to head into this new year with you beside me.
Every year with you is the best one yet, cheers to many more.
New year, new adventures with my best friend. I can’t wait!
Whatever the new year has in store, we’ll be in it together. Happy new year my love.
A new year, 365 days to love more and be happy.
May the new year bring you an abundance of love, blessings, positive changes, everything that your heart desires and whatever makes your soul sing.
Friends are the family we choose for ourselves. Cheers to another year of sisterhood/brotherhood.
The best thing I did this year was fall in love with you. I can't wait to make more memories together in 2024!
Cheers to a new year, new beginnings and the same friends!
Starting the new year right, with you. Happy new year 2024!
Famous quotes to use
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." - William Shakespeare
"In our perfect ways. In the ways we are beautiful. In the ways we are human. We are here. Happy New Year’s. Let’s make it ours." - Beyoncé
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time." - James Agate
"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instil in us." - Hal Borland
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein
"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney
“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it.” - Mother Teresa
Lorna White is the Senior Digital Writer for Mother&Baby. After running the Yours magazine website, specialising in content about caring for kids and grandchildren, Lorna brought her expertise to Mother&Baby in 2020.