Wise men are instructed in reason men of less understanding by experience; The most unknowing learn by necessity. Wise men do in the beginning what fools in the end.
—Unknown
The beginning of health is sleep.
—Irish Proverb
In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
Remember tonight.. for it is the beginning of always.
—Unknown
It’s not over until it’s over.
—Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American Sportsperson
Even a ball of wool has a beginning.
—Yiddish Proverb
Whatever you’re ready for is ready for you.
—Mark Victor Hansen (b.1948) American Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
The last thing one knows-is what to put first.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
Things are always at their best in their beginning.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
A tree does not grow from the sky.
—Bosnian Proverb
The beginnings of all things are small.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Before beginning, plan carefully.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
A good beginning ensures a good ending.
—Latin Proverb
The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.
—Ivy Baker Priest (1905–75) American Politician
A bad beginning may make a good ending.
—German Proverb
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
For love is ever the beginning of Knowledge, as fire is of light.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
We may be very busy, we may be very efficient, but we will also be truly effective only when we begin with the end in mind.
—Stephen Covey (1932–2012) American Self-help Author
Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.
—John Ruskin (1819–1900) English Writer, Art Critic
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.
—William Dean Howells (1837–1920) American Novelist, Critic
Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
Every meeting is the beginning of a good-bye.
—Japanese Proverb
The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Every beginning is hard.
—Unknown
The beginning is half of every action.
—Greek Proverb
The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.
—George Orwell (1903–50) English Novelist, Journalist
Bad beginnings lead to bad results.
—Latin Proverb
More powerful than the will to win is the courage to begin.
—Unknown
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