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.

Whatever begins, also ends.
[Lat., Quicquid coepit, et desinit.]

Whatever begins, also ends.
[Lat., Quicquid coepit, et desinit.]

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a read more

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the
evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.
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Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the
evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.
[Lat., Principiis obsta: sero medicina paratur,
Cum mala per longas convaluere moras.]

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.

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.]

All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it
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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.

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.]

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.