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Whatever begins, also ends.
[Lat., Quicquid coepit, et desinit.]
Whatever begins, also ends.
[Lat., Quicquid coepit, et desinit.]
Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.
Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.
The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that costs.
[Fr., La distance n'y fait rien; il read more
The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that costs.
[Fr., La distance n'y fait rien; il n'y a que le premier pas qui
coute.]
I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after read more
I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill
one another if it is not read more
Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill
one another if it is not done.
The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one
on which depends the rest read more
The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one
on which depends the rest of our days.
[Fr., Le premier pas, mon fils, que l'on fait dans le monde,
Est celui dont depend le reste de nos jours.]
Big things have small beginnings.
Big things have small beginnings.
First things first, second things never.
First things first, second things never.
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished.
That will be the beginning.
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished.
That will be the beginning.