'Tis the season to look forward (not backward).

'Tis also the season to send Happy New Year SMS to friends and family alike.

So, listed below are 4 new year text messages - 4 free inspirational quotes that you can send as new year sms messages, today, with a brief explanation of that quote.

Happy texting!...

New Year Text Message #1:

"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves."

-- Bill Vaughn

Now, clearly Bill is a man who knows people. He knows that some think the glass half full, some think the glass half empty, whilst others wonder where the next glass (of wine) is coming from!

But what type of person are you? And is this the sort of new year text sms your friends and family would think rather droll?

Or is droll not your thing?

Hmm, well how about the rather more upbeat inspirational life quote below, then...

New Year Text Message #2:

"Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man."

-- Benjamin Franklin

Ah, good ol' Benjamin F. He can always be relied on to lift the mood. I reckon this makes an excellent sms for new year - don't you? After all, if a new year doesn't find you more at peace within yourself, more in harmony with those that surround you, then it will not find you a better man (or woman) and therefore the old year may well seem to have been wasted. And that would be a shame.

New Year Text Message #3:

"Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right."

-- Oprah Winfrey

And, yes, you can always rely on Oprah to get the mood of the nation right, too. Cheers to you, Oprah, and thanks for all the inspiration over the years - thanks for all the inspirational quotations!

So, yes, another year should be about another attempt to 'get it right', to improve ourselves for sure.

And now, something a little less politically correct that you might quite like to send as a new year text sms:

New Year Text Message #4:

"The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears."

-- W.H. Auden

W.H. Auden is a poet, don't you know, so he gets to say it as it is. Even if it isn't.

I do think Mr Auden jests a little, though, as sharing this special moment of the year with close friends and family is usually a great way to bond together a little more.

And lets also not forget that it wasn't possible, in Auden's day, to send new year text messages to faraway friends and family simply via a mobile phone, iPhone, or even a free sms website. Maybe if it was, he'd have thought differently about New Year's Eve, you never know!

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Okay, call it that charitable time of the year, but here's a BONUS new year text message that you might like to send to your friends and family as a happy new year sms, courtesy of political satirist P J O'Rourke:

"The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to."

-- P.J. O'Rourke

Hee hee. And I say good luck getting so drunk, eh!

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So there you have it. Some famous inspirational quotes & quotations you can use as new year sms messages. But, hurry, the new year's eve ends soon...

Happy New Year, Happy Texting!:-)

And if you'd like to send your new year text message for free you can do so via the free sms text messaging sites listed here - http://www.textmefree.com/free-new-years-day-sms.html

From Steve M Nash - Owner of http://www.TextMeFree.com.

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