Beginnings Proverbs
Sayings about Beginning
From small beginnings come great things. ~ American Proverbs
Eating and scratching want but a beginning. ~ Romanian Proverbs
The longest day soon comes to an end. ~ Traditional Proverb
A bad beginning makes a bad ending. ~ Saying
It is better to begin in the evening than not at all. ~ English Proverbs
Life, like a fire, begins in smoke and ends in ashes. ~ Arabian Proverbs
Beginning is easy -- to keep going is hard. ~ Japanese Proverbs
He who never begins will never end. ~ Italian Proverbs
The beginning is the half of every action. ~ Greek Proverbs
Everything has an end with the exception of God. ~ Dutch Proverbs
The happiest life ends before death. ~ Chinese Proverbs
Success comes to those who dare to begin. ~ Saying
Better a mistake at the beginning than at the end. ~ Cameroonian Proverbs
No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning. ~ American Proverb
The beginning of health is sleep. ~ Irish Proverbs
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. ~ Chinese Proverb
The beginning of health is to know the disease. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Every beginning is weak. ~ Irish Proverb
Shake hands at the beginning and at the end. ~ German Proverbs
Who wills the end, wills the means. ~ Traditional Proverb
Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~ German Proverb
Remember tonight… for it is the beginning of always. ~ Saying
Even a ball of wool has a beginning. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
Between the beginning and the end there is always middle. ~ Brazilian Proverbs
He who begins many things finishes but few. ~ Italian Proverb
It is better not to begin than, having begun, leave unfinished. ~ Czech Proverbs
He who begins a conversation, does not foresee the end. ~ Mauritanian Proverbs
A good beginning makes a good ending. ~ English Proverb
Only death itself can end our hope. ~ Arabian Proverb
An animal's end is slaughter. ~ Yiddish Proverb
As soon as man is born he begins to die. ~ Traditional Proverb
We all end up in a single bed sooner or later. ~ Traditional Proverb
To question a wise man is the beginning of wisdom. ~ German Proverb
Even the highest towers begin at the ground. ~ Chinese Proverb
Everything has an end except a sausage, which has two. ~ Danish Proverbs
Everything is small at the beginning and then grows; except trouble, which is big at the beginning and still grows. ~ Arabian Proverb
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. ~ Chinese Proverb
The one thing worse than a not quitter is the person who is afraid to begin. ~ Saying
To choose is also to begin. ~ Saying
The first breath is the beginning of death. ~ Traditional Proverb
He who begins and does not finish loves their pains. ~ Traditional Proverb
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. ~ Chinese Proverb
Everything ends in weeping. ~ Yiddish Proverb
All good things must come to an end. ~ Traditional Proverb
Everything has an end. ~ Tanzanian Proverb
Begin to weave and God will give the thread. ~ German Proverb
All's well that ends well. ~ Traditional Proverb
He, who begins a conversation, does not foresee the end. ~ Mauritanian Proverbs
Quarrels end, but words once spoken never die. ~ Sierra Leonean Proverbs
The end justifies the means. ~ Traditional Proverb
When war begins the devil makes hell bigger. ~ Spanish Proverb
The best way to get something done is to begin. ~ Saying
A good bird begins chirping while in the egg. ~ Greek Proverb
Every meeting is the beginning of a good-bye. ~ Japanese Proverb
Quotations about Beginning
The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life. ~ George EliotAll lovely things will have an ending, All lovely things will fade and die; And youth, that's now so bravely spending, Will beg a penny by and by. ~ Conrad Aiken
A bad beginning makes a bad ending. ~ Euripides
If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. ~ David Viscott
Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends. ~ Tom Cruise
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop. ~ Lewis Carroll
Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster. ~ William Throsby Bridges
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. ~ Author Unknown
Every moment is a fresh beginning. ~ T. S. Eliot
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end. ~ Quintilian
Well begun is not only half done, but often fully cooked. ~ Austin O’Malley
The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings. ~ Ralph Blum
While we deliberate about beginning, it is already too late to begin. ~ Quintilian
Each venture is a new beginning. ~ T. S. Eliot
We will not know unless we begin. ~ Howard Zinn
It is hard to begin to move when you don’t know where you are moving, how to move, or if you are going to get there. ~ Peter Nivio Zarlenga
Great is the art of beginning, but greater the art is of ending. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The happy ending is our national belief. ~ Mary McCarthy
Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning. ~ Desmond Tutu
By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment. ~ Dorothea Brande
Men perish because they cannot join the beginning with the end. ~ Alcmaeon
It began of nothing and in nothing it ends. ~ Caius Cornelius Gallus
Always begin anew with the day, just as nature does. It is one of the sensible things that nature does. ~ George E. Woodberry
Begin with the end in mind. ~ Stephen R. Covey
I make so many beginnings there never will be an end. ~ Louisa May Alcott
Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful. ~ Prince
More powerful than the will to win is the courage to begin. ~ Author Unknown
Beginnings are always messy. ~ John Galsworthy
The birth of all things is weak and tender; and therefore we should have our eyes intent on beginnings. ~ Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole. ~ Decimus Magnus Ausonius
In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made. ~ Marcus T. Cicero
Men marry to make an end; women to make a beginning. ~ Alexis Dupuy
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. ~ William Faulkner
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning. ~ Louis L’Amour
Things are achieved when they are well begun. ~ George Eliot
There is an old saying “well begun is half done”–’tis a bad one. I would use instead–Not begun at all ’til half done. ~ John Keats
I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself. ~ Florence Nightingale
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. ~ Henry Ford
Ends and beginnings—there are no such things. There are only middles. ~ Robert Frost
In the life of the spirit there is no ending that is not a beginning. ~ Henrietta Zolde
The first beginnings are generally crude. ~ Edward Counsel
The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment. ~ Cesare Pavese
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. ~ Oscar Wilde
Each day is a new beginning. ~ Michael Duff Newton
In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment. ~ Thomas Carlyle
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. ~ Winston Churchill
Whatever begins, also ends. ~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
We have it in our power to begin the world over again. ~ Thomas Paine
The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is or has been is but the twilight of the dawn. ~ H.G. Wells
To begin, begin. ~ Peter Nivio Zarlenga
Things are always at their best in the beginning. ~ Blaise Pascal
The beginning is the promise of the end. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
The world is round and the place which may seem like the end, may also be the beginning. ~ Ivy Baker Priest
The beginning is the most important part of the work. ~ Plato
Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure. ~ Edward Eggleston
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. ~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
Everything must have a beginning … and that beginning must be linked to something that went before. ~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
In my beginning is my end. ~ T. S. Eliot
Mighty things from small beginnings grow. ~ John Dryden
Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin! ~ Horace Walpole
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