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Winston ChurchillNow 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, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953

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Lao-TzuNew beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.

—  Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher

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DanteRemember tonight... for it is the beginning of always.

—  Dante, 1265-1321, Italian poet

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T. S. EliotEvery moment is a fresh beginning.

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

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HoraceHe who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!

—  Horace, 65-8 BC, Roman poet

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Niccolò MachiavelliWars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.

—  Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469-1527, Italian political philosopher

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William JamesBegin to be now what you will be hereafter.

—  William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher

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Terry PratchettIn the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

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Jules VerneWhen a journey begins badly, it seldom ends well.

—  Jules Verne, 1826-1905, French writer

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QuintilianWhilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

—  Quintilian, 35-96 AD, Roman rhetorician

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Zig ZiglarYou don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

—  Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer

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T. S. EliotWhat we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

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Walt DisneyThe way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

—  Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist

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Vincent Van GoghThe beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn out all right.

—  Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter

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Mignon McLaughlinWe all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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Ralph Waldo EmersonEvery artist was first an amateur.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

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Fernando PessoaAll beginnings are involuntary.

—  Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer

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Samuel BeckettThe end is in the beginning and yet you go on.

—  Samuel Beckett, 1906-1989, Irish writer, Nobel 1969

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T. S. EliotHome is where one starts from.

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

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T. S. EliotThe last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

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Bob MarleyBeginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad, but its everything in between that makes it all worth living.

—  Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer

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Walt DisneyI only hope that we never lose sight of one thing — that it all started with a mouse.

—  Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist

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Sacha GuitryI am in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing the hands of ladies. After all one must start somewhere.

—  Sacha Guitry, 1885-1957, French writer

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Emily DickinsonWhenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

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Alphonse de LamartinThere is a woman at the beginning of all great things.

—  Alphonse de Lamartin, 1790-1869, French poet

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Pliny the ElderFrom the end spring new beginnings.

—  Pliny the Elder, 23-79 μ.X., Roman natural philosopher

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Emile M. CioranThe Creation was the first act of sabotage.

—  Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher

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Cesare PaveseThe only joy in the world is to begin.

—  Cesare Pavese, 1908-1950, Italian writer

Thomas CarlyleIn every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.

—  Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, English writer

Bertrand RussellThere is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The idea that things must have a beginning is really due to the poverty of our thoughts.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Bertrand RussellPlotinus is both an end and a beginning: an end as regards the Greeks, a beginning as regards Christendom.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Leonardo da Vinci It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

—  Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian polymath & painter

George EliotThe beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

—  George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer

George EliotEvery limit is a beginning as well as an ending.

—  George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer

George EliotOne can begin so many things with a new person! – even begin to be a better man.

—  George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer

Terry PratchettEvery step is a first step if it’s a step in the right direction.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

Martin HeideggerA boundary is not that at which something stops, but that from which something begins.

—  Martin Heidegger, 1889-1976, German philosopher

Joseph CampbellI have found that you have only to take that one step toward the gods, and they will then take ten steps toward you. That step, the heroic first step of the journey, is out of, or over the edge of, your boundaries, and it often must be taken before you know that you will.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

Erica JongYou are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner. Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare.

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

Hermann HesseThe bird is struggling out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wants to be born must first destroy a world.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Joseph De MaistreNothing great has great beginnings.

—  Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher

Marty RubinA pessimist is someone who has forgotten the joy of beginning.

—  Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist

George HerbertBetter never begin than never make an end.

—  George Herbert, 1593-1633, Welsh poet

Christian BobinWith marriage, something ends for men. For women, it's the opposite: something begins.

—  Christian Bobin, 1951-2022, French writer

Francis Scott FitzgeraldI love her and that's the beginning and end of everything.

—  Francis Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940, American writer

Charles BukowskiIt began as a mistake.

—  Charles Bukowski, 1920-1994, American writer

Latin Quotes

CiceroThe beginnings of all things are small.

Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

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Quotes in Verse

Robert FrostEnds and beginnings—there are no such things.
There are only middles.

—  Robert Frost, 1874-1963, American poet

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Ancient Greek

PlatoThe beginning is half of everything.

Αρχή ήμισυ παντός.

—  Plato, 427-347 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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HesiodIn the beginning there was chaos.

Ή τοι μεν πρώτιστα Χάος γένετο.

—  Hesiod, 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet ‐ Theogony -116

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AeschylusA huge tree can tower from a tiny seed.

Σμικρού γένοιτ’ αν σπέρματος μέγας πυθμήν.

—  Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Libation bearers

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EuripidesA bad beginning makes a bad ending.

Κακής απ’ αρχής γίγνεται τέλος κακόν.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Aeolus

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Proverbs

International proverbThere’s a first time for everything.

—  International proverb

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