--- title: "Best Old year Quotes" description: "Browse 48 Old year quotes by 40 authors. Discover the best Old year sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/jayne-anne-phillips-20315_bells_when-the-year-turns-there-are-bells-on-t_1618673.jpg" --- > [When the year turns, there are bells on the wind. All the old years fall on the ground in lights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jayne-anne-phillips/when-the-year-turns-there-are-bells-on-the-wind-all-the-old-years/) [Jayne Anne Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jayne-anne-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/jayne-anne-phillips-20315_bells_when-the-year-turns-there-are-bells-on-t_1618673.jpg) > [I have the opportunity, once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant some trees, and sing more joyful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-arthur-ward/i-have-the-opportunity-once-more-to-right-some-wrongs-to-pray-for/) [William Arthur Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-arthur-ward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccf/william-arthur-ward-2681_another-year_i-have-the-opportunity-once-more-to-righ_1108971.png) > [The ideal state is meekness, or humility, or the semi-invalid state of the old. Year after year I am becoming nobler and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-fort/the-ideal-state-is-meekness-or-humility-or-the-semi-invalid-state-of/) [Charles Fort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-fort/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08f/charles-fort-11887_becoming_the-ideal-state-is-meekness-or-humility_99822.jpg) > [Time is a computer. Old year has logged out. New year has logged in. Hope it uploads lots of bright moments of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sita-ramadevi/time-is-a-computer-old-year-has-logged-out-new-year-has-logged-in/) [Sita Ramadevi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sita-ramadevi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/sita-ramadevi-278595_computers_time-is-a-computer-old-year-has-logged-o_1589430.jpg) > [“As the parlour clock began to strike twelve, I opened the kitchen door to let the Old Year out. Then I hurried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-barron/as-the-parlour-clock-began-to-strike-twelve-i-opened-the-kitchen-door/) [Stephanie Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-barron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ed/stephanie-barron-37159_front-door_as-the-parlour-clock-began-to-strike-twe_2135658.jpg) > [I use the period between Christmas and New Year to potter about, think and completely change my mindset. In that easy no-man's-land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/i-use-the-period-between-christmas-and-new-year-to-potter-about-think/) [Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/monty-don-5037_change_i-use-the-period-between-christmas-and-n_960713.jpg) > [I was about 16 years old years when my father took me to a square dance festival in North Carolina. For the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-seeger/i-was-about-16-years-old-years-when-my-father-took-me-to-a-square/) [Pete Seeger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-seeger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96e/pete-seeger-1942_banjos_i-was-about-16-years-old-years-when-my-f_103081.jpg) > [I stood on a tower in the wet, And New Year and Old Year met, And winds were roaring and blowing: And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lord-tennyson/i-stood-on-a-tower-in-the-wet-and-new-year-and-old-year-met-and-winds/) [Alfred Lord Tennyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lord-tennyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd4/alfred-lord-tennyson-521_civilization_i-stood-on-a-tower-in-the-wet-and-new-ye_2560436.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/old-year/#itemlist", "name": "Old year Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When the year turns, there are bells on the wind. 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