Beginnings Quotes

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Plato

A hard beginning maketh a good ending.

John Heywood

He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

Peter Robert Fleming

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

John Henry Cardinal

The beginning and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.

John Galsworthy

There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.

Rainer Marie Rilke

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

The births of all things are weak and tender and therefore we should have our eyes intent on beginnings.

Michel E. Montaigne

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth...not going all the way, and not starting.

Buddha

Before beginning, prepare carefully

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic

Charles Darwin

Birth is the beginning of death

Thomas Fuller

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Liz Smith