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 All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it 
be finished in the first read more 
 All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it 
be finished in the first 1,000 days, not in the life of this 
Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. 
But let us begin. 
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
 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.] 
A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
 It began of nothing and in nothing it ends.
 [Lat., Et redit in nihilum quod fuit ante nihil.]  
 It began of nothing and in nothing it ends.
 [Lat., Et redit in nihilum quod fuit ante nihil.] 
First things first, second things never.
First things first, second things never.
To have begun is to have done half the task; dare to be wise.
To have begun is to have done half the task; dare to be wise.
 To show our simple skill,
 That is the true beginning of our end.  
 To show our simple skill,
 That is the true beginning of our end. 
 It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty.
 [Fr., Il n'y a que le premier obstacle read more 
 It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty.
 [Fr., Il n'y a que le premier obstacle qui coute a vaincre la 
pudeur.]