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 Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands 
for the whole.
 [Lat., Incipe quidquid read more 
 Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands 
for the whole.
 [Lat., Incipe quidquid agas: pro toto est prima operis pars.] 
First things first, second things never.
First things first, second things never.
No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.
No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
 It is the beginning of the end.
 [Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.]  
 It is the beginning of the end.
 [Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.] 
Big things have small beginnings.
Big things have small beginnings.
A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.
All glory comes from daring to begin.
All glory comes from daring to begin.