A good beginning makes a good ending.
—English Proverb
In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
Whatever you’re ready for is ready for you.
—Mark Victor Hansen (b.1948) American Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur
Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement.
—Anthony J. D’Angelo
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.
—Louis L’Amour (1908–88) American Novelist, Short-Story Writer
Every meeting is the beginning of a good-bye.
—Japanese Proverb
From small beginning come great things.
—Dutch Proverb
In my end is my beginning.
—T. S. Eliot (1888–1965) American-British Poet, Dramatist, Literary Critic
There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.
—Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869) French Poet, Politician, Historian
Things are always at their best in their beginning.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
—Chinese Proverb
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
—Greek Proverb
Knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
For love is ever the beginning of Knowledge, as fire is of light.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
—Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Polymath, Painter, Sculptor, Architect
Before beginning, plan carefully.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
The end is never as satisfying as the journey. To have achieved everything but to have done so without integrity and excitement is to have achieved nothing.
—Unknown
Who would make money must begin by spending it.
—Italian Proverb
All beginnings are hard, said the thief, and began by stealing an anvil.
—Dutch Proverb
Great things often come from small beginnings.
—Finnish Proverb
He has not done who is beginning.
—French Proverb
The end of passion is the beginning of repentance.
—Dutch Proverb
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness concerning all acts of initiative and creation. There is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans; that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen events, meetings and material assistance which no one could have dreamed would have come their way. I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets: “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!”
—William Hutchinson Murray (1913–92) American Mountaineer, Writer
The beginnings of all things are small.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Everything must have a beginning.
—French Proverb
The last thing one knows-is what to put first.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
When someone gives you a drop of water reward him with a never ending source.
—Chinese Proverb
The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.
—George Orwell (1903–50) English Novelist, Journalist
If a relationship is to evolve, it must go through a series of endings.
—Christopher Morley (1890–1957) American Novelist, Journalist, Poet, Essayist
All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first thousand days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.
—John F. Kennedy (1917–63) American Head of State, Journalist
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