A hard beginning maketh a good ending.

A hard beginning maketh a good ending.

Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

All glory comes from daring to begin.

All glory comes from daring to begin.

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.]

A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end.

A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end.

Thou beginnest better than thou endest.
The last is inferior to the first.
[Lat., Coepisti melius quam read more

Thou beginnest better than thou endest.
The last is inferior to the first.
[Lat., Coepisti melius quam desinis. Ultima primis cedunt.]

Big things have small beginnings.

Big things have small beginnings.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.