I found this on a blog. I can't vouch that it's accurate (and GKC is probably the most misquoted writer in history), but it rings a bell, and it's a great quote either way:
" The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul."-G. K. Chesterton
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This is in Chesterton Day by Day (1912) for the New Year's Day quote. It is referenced from 'Daily News.'
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