A bad beginning makes a bad ending. – Euripides
Amazement is the beginning of all knowledge. – Polo Hofer
Changing an organization, company, country, or world begins with the simple step of changing yourself. – Tony Robbins
Do not wait. The time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. – Napoleon Hill
Everyone has the same objective. To end up with more dough than they start with a minimum of risk. – Warren Buffet
Everything starts with yourself, with you making up your mind about what you’re going to do with your life. – Tony Dorsett
Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again. – Henry Ford
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning. – Mahatma Gandhi
If the angel deigns to come, it will be because you have convinced him, not by tears, but by your humble resolve to be always beginning to be a beginner. – Rainer Maria Rilke
If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility. You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Imagine being sound asleep when you are suddenly awakened by the fire alarm. Startled, you jump out of bed, run to the closet, and take out a baseball bat. You smash the alarm into smithereens until it stops ringing. But then, instead of looking for the fire, you put the bat back in the closet, crawl back to bed, and go to sleep. – Sri Swami Satchidananda
In dreams begin responsibilities. – W.B. Yeats
In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities. In the expert’s mind there are few. – Shunryu Suzuki
It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth, and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had. – Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Maturity starts with the realization that no-one is coming to the rescue. – Brian Tracy
My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life. – Miles Davis
No one can have an idea once he starts really listening. – John Cage
No task is a long one but the task on which one dares not start. It becomes a nightmare. – Charles Baudelaire
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. – Martin Luther King Jr
Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. – C. S. Lewis
The beginning is half of the whole. – Aristotle
The fruit of love is service, the fruit of service is peace, and peace begins with a smile. – Mother Teresa
The only purpose of starting is to finish. – Seth Godin
The rules are simple: start on dry land, finish on dry land. – Mike Read, king of the English Channel
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. – Mark Twain
There comes a time when you ought to start doing what you want. Take a job that you love. You will jump out of bed in the morning. I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don’t like because you think it will look good on your resume. Isn’t that a little like saving up sex for your old age? – Warren Buffet
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of 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 incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now. – William Hutchinson Murray (The Scottish Himalayan Expedition, 1951)
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. – Johann Wolfgang Goethe
When I begin my work in the morning, I expect to have a successful and pleasant day of it. – Booker T. Washington
When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail. – Abraham Maslow
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. – Socrates
Work begins when you don’t like what you’re doing. The rest is play. – Joseph Campbell
You are successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal. – Chuck Carlson
You can’t fail if you don’t quit. You can’t succeed if you don’t start. – Michael Hyatt
You don’t have to find out you’re dying to start living. – Zach Sobiech