159 Beginnings Quotes

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Famous Beginnings Quotes

Everything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born. — Clarice Lispector

Crystals are living beings at the beginning of creation. — Nikola Tesla

Life begins where fear ends. — Osho

Every single moment of a person's life, both of the understanding and of the will, is a new beginning. — Emanuel Swedenborg

Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point. — Zhuangzi

From the standpoint of observation, then, we must regard it as a highly probable hypothesis that the beginnings of the mental life date from as far back as the beginnings of life at large. — Wilhelm Wundt

Now we allow that life begins with conception, because we contend that the soul also begins from conception; life taking its commencement at the same moment and place that the soul does. — Tertullian

Every beginning is a consequence - every beginning ends some thing. — Paul Ambroise Valery

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face. — George Eliot

The beginning is always today. - Mary Wollstonecraft

The beginning is always today. — Mary Wollstonecraft

Every beginning is a consequence. Every beginning ends something. — Unknown

The creation of the world did not occur at the beginning of time, it occurs every day. — Marcel Proust

The beginning is the most important part...for that is the time character is being formed. — Plato

Life began after I fell in love with you — Brad Hodge

Life begins on the other side of despair. — Jean-Paul Sartre

Short Beginnings Quotes

  • Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. — Henry Ford
  • You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. — C. S. Lewis
  • Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. — Aristotle
  • When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it. — Clarence Darrow
  • Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. — Henry Ford
  • It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. — Marcus Aurelius
  • Every day a million miracles begin at sunrise! — Eric Jerome Dickey
  • Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. — Nido R Qubein
  • Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. — Mother Teresa
  • What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings. — Ibn Taymiyyah

Beginnings Image Quotes

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. - Lao Tzu quote

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. — Lao Tzu

Greatness begins beyond your comfort zone. - Robin S. Sharma quote

Greatness begins beyond your comfort zone. — Robin S. Sharma

Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always. - Dante Alighieri quote

Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always. — Dante Alighieri

I am not ashamed of my past. I am not ashamed of my humble beginning. - Madam C. J. Walker quote

I am not ashamed of my past. I am not ashamed of my humble beginning. — Madam C. J. Walker

The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. - Chinese Proverbs quote

The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. — Chinese Proverbs

Meet me where the sky touches the sea. Wait for me where the world begins. - Jennifer Donnelly quote

Meet me where the sky touches the sea. Wait for me where the world begins. — Jennifer Donnelly

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. - Harriet Tubman quote

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. — Harriet Tubman

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. - Walt Disney quote

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. — Walt Disney

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. - William Faulkner quote

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. — William Faulkner

It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows. - Epictetus quote

It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows. — Epictetus

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. - Seneca The Elder quote

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. — Seneca The Elder

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop. - H. L. Mencken quote

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop. — H. L. Mencken

The only impossible journey is the one you never begin. - Tony Robbins quote

The only impossible journey is the one you never begin. — Tony Robbins

Be willing to be a beginner every single morning. - Meister Eckhart quote

Be willing to be a beginner every single morning. — Meister Eckhart

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. - Confucius quote

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. — Confucius

Humility is the beginning of true intelligence. - John Calvin quote

Humility is the beginning of true intelligence. — John Calvin

Wisdom begins in wonder. - Socrates quote

Wisdom begins in wonder. — Socrates

In my end is my beginning - Mary, Queen of Scots quote

In my end is my beginning — Mary, Queen of Scots

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end. - Leonard Nimoy quote

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end. — Leonard Nimoy

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door. - Charles Dickens quote

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door. — Charles Dickens

Beginnings quote You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.
You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.

New Beginning Of Life Quotes

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one. — Mark Twain

Jesus's resurrection is the beginning of God's new project not to snatch people away from earth to heaven but to colonize earth with the life of heaven. That, after all, is what the Lord's Prayer is about. — N. T. Wright

The secret of getting ahead is getting started — Mark Twain

Don't be afraid of change, because it is leading you to a new beginning. - Joyce Meyer

Don't be afraid of change, because it is leading you to a new beginning. — Joyce Meyer

You can't start the next chapter of your life - Michael McMillian

You can't start the next chapter of your life — Michael McMillian

Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect. — Alan Cohen

Beginnings quote New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.
New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.

A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be. — Bruce Springsteen

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life. - George Eliot

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life. — George Eliot

And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings. — Meister Eckhart

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. — Seneca

New Beginning Of My Life Quotes

Today I begin a new life for I am the master of my abilities and today is going to be a great and beautiful day! — Tyrese Gibson

Today I begin a new life. Today I shed my old skin which hath, too long, suffered the bruises of failure and the wounds of mediocrity. Today I am born anew and my birthplace is a vineyard where there is fruit for all. — Og Mandino

The first day of the rest of my life. — Lee Child

Beginnings quote It is when you finally learn that your  are all in your mind that your real life begins.
It is when you finally learn that your are all in your mind that your real life begins.

When one door closes another door opens. Usually a refrigerator. — Bonnie McFarlane

As you begin this day, tell yourself, Today I am incarnated anew! I am released from the hypnosis of my old habits and mistakes! Everything that I have long dreamed of doing I will accomplish in this, my new life. — Goswami Kriyananda

In that book which is my memory, On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first met you, Appear the words, ‘Here begins a new life’. — Dante Alighieri

Beginnings quote It is the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep convi
It is the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

My hope for all of us is that 'the miles we go before we sleep' will be filled with all the feelings that come from deep caring--delight , sadness, joy, wisdom--and that in all the endings of our life, we will be able to see the new beginnings. — Fred Rogers

In that part of the book of my memory before which little can be read, there is a heading, which says: ‘Incipit vita nova: Here begins the new life’. — Dante Alighieri

All my life I thought that the story was over when the hero and heroine were safely engaged -- after all, what's good enough for Jane Austen ought to be good enough for anyone. But it's a lie. The story is about to begin, and every day will be a new piece of the plot. — Mary Ann Shaffer

Life Start Quotes

For what it's worth, it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

If you want to change the world, start with yourself. — Mahatma Gandhi

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change. — Buddha

Beginnings quote You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your
You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities. — Charles Dickens

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows. — Michael Landon

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. — Norman Vincent Peale

Beginnings quote Allow yourself to be a beginner. No one starts off being excellent.
Allow yourself to be a beginner. No one starts off being excellent.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk. — Mark Zuckerberg

It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living. — Eckhart Tolle

People never change because they are under threat or under duress. Never. They change because they see something that makes their life seem valuable enough to start moving toward a life worth living. — Robert Downey, Jr.

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. — C. S. Lewis

Origin Of Life Quotes

Origin of life research is a scam. — Lee Cronin

I was originally supposed to become an engineer but the thought of having to expend my creative energy on things that make practical everyday life even more refined, with a loathsome capital gain as the goal, was unbearable to me. — Albert Einstein

In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard. — John Grisham

Beginnings quote If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit.
If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit.

If the origin of life is the origin of evolution & nothing comes before life then we are indeed stuck. I don’t think we need to be. Let’s shed the dogma, ego, & closed minds & ask the question clearly. How do we detect the onset of evolution BEFORE biology? — Lee Cronin

Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It's a way of life. — Henri Cartier-Bresson

When I think of a place of worship, I think of a place where one can sit and be reminded of all the things that are important outside our individual lives. To express spirituality, the architect has to think of the original material of architecture, space and light. — Richard Meier

Beginnings quote Our lives begin to end the day we remain silent about things that matter.
Our lives begin to end the day we remain silent about things that matter.

I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center. — Seamus Heaney

The act of creation is a kind of ritual. The origins of art and human existence lie hidden in this mystery of creation. Human creativity reaffirms and mystifies the power of 'life. — Keith Haring

In short there is not a shred of objective evidence to support the hypothesis that life began in an organic soup here on the Earth. — Fred Hoyle

If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week. — Charles Darwin

Definition Of Life Quotes

We are what we repeatedly do... excellence, therefore, isn't just an act, but a habit and life isn't just a series of events, but an ongoing process of self-definition. — Aristotle

By its very definition, civic responsibility means taking a healthy role in the life of one's community. That means that classroom lessons should be complemented by work outside the classroom. Service-learning does just that, tying community service to academic learning. — John Glenn

The American Dream means giving it your all, trying your hardest, accomplishing something. And then I'd add to that, giving something back. No definition of a successful life can do anything but include serving others. — George H. W. Bush

Beginnings quote Leadership simply begins with the courage to be yourself. So everyone else can be, too.
Leadership simply begins with the courage to be yourself. So everyone else can be, too.

You have to be doing something you enjoy. That is a definition of happiness: Complete use of one's faculties along lines leading to excellence in a life affording them scope. It applies to women as well as to men. We can't all reach it, but we can try to reach it to some degree. — Jackie Kennedy

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so is ugliness. — Rodney Dangerfield

I think that every decision I make in my life is based off of an emotion - and it definitely hurts me in some situations, and helps in some situations, like obviously writing and stuff is my favourite thing to do because I get to use all of my emotions and express them in that way. — Melanie Martinez

Beginnings quote If an egg is broken by outside, life ends. If broken by inside force, life begins. Great things alwa
If an egg is broken by outside, life ends. If broken by inside force, life begins. Great things always begin from inside.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. — Harvey Fierstein

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. — Harvey Fierstein

The level of effort you tolerate from yourself will define your life. — Tom Bilyeu

Gang violence in America is not a sudden problem. It has been a part of urban life for years, offering an aggressive definition and identity to those seeking a place to belong in the chaos of large metropolitan areas. — Dave Reichert

Birth Life Quotes

Man comes from a drop of semen and leaves as a piece of dust. He doesn't know when he came and he doesn't know when he's leaving, yet he walks on the earth thinking he knows everything. — Ali ibn Abi Talib

The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to the age of six. — Maria Montessori

God does not patch up the old life, or make certain repairs on the old life; He gives a new life, through the new birth. — Kathryn Kuhlman

Beginnings quote Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

Whenever and however you give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body, and your spirit for the rest of your life. — Ina May Gaskin

Our life is a constant journey, from birth to death. The landscape changes, the people change, our needs change, but the train keeps moving. Life is the train, not the station. — Paulo Coelho

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality. — Erich Fromm

Even if I have to face death a thousand times for the sake of my Motherland, I shall not be sorry. Oh, Lord! Grant me a hundred births inIndia. But grant me this, too, that each time I may give up my life in the service of the Motherland. — Ram Prasad Bismil

Recognize that you have the courage within you to fulfill the purpose of your birth. Summon forth the power of your inner courage and live the life of your dreams. — Gurumayi Chidvilasananda

Self government is our right, a thing born to us at birth a thing no more to be doled out to us by another people then the right to life itself then the right to feel the sun or smell the flowers or to love our kind. — Roger Casement

The length of life takes the leading place among inquiries about events following birth. — Ptolemy

Existence Of Life Quotes

I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a hunted man. — Al Capone

For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and hold on to that childlike wonder about what makes the universe exist. — Stephen Hawking

Beloved, if any unholiness exists in the nature, it is not there by the consent of the Spirit of God. If unholiness is in your life it is because your soul is giving consent to it, and you are retaining it. Let it go. Cast it out and let God have His way in your life. — John G. Lake

Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Only photography has been able to divide human life into a series of moments, each of them has the value of a complete existence. — Eadweard Muybridge

The purpose of architecture is to shelter and enhance man's life on earth and to fulfill his belief in the nobility of his existence. — Eero Saarinen

I have concluded the evident existence of God, and that my existence depends entirely on God in all the moments of my life, that I do not think that the human spirit may know anything with greater evidence and certitude. — Rene Descartes

In a crystal we have clear evidence of the existence of a formative life principle, and though we cannot understand the life of a crystal, it is nonetheless a living being — Nikola Tesla

There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence. — Queen Elizabeth II

History Of Life Quotes

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own. — Michelle Obama

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every moment of life is unique-a kiss, a sunset, a dance, a joke. None will ever recur in quite the same way. Each happens only once in the history of the universe. — Stephen Nachmanovitch

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done. - Marie Curie

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done. — Marie Curie

As long as I breathe I hope. As long as I breathe I shall fight for the future, that radiant future, in which man, strong and beautiful, will become master of the drifting stream of his history and will direct it towards the boundless horizons of beauty, joy and happiness! — Leon Trotsky

Now is the time to understand more, so we fear less. — Marie Curie

America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don't misuse a household pet. — Dick Gregory

We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there "is" such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and postive action. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

The life my people want is a life of freedom. I have seen nothing that a white man has, houses or railways or clothing or food, that is as good as the right to move in the open country and live in our fashion. — Sitting Bull

I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam, its law and polity, its culture, its history and its literature. — Muhammad Iqbal

Cycle Of Life Quotes

If there is any responsibility in the cycle of life it must be that one generation owes to the next that strength by which it can come to face ultimate concerns in its own way. — Erik H. Erickson

There is timing in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is timing in the Way of the merchant, in the rise and fall of capital. All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this. — Miyamoto Musashi

Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. — Roberto Assagioli

It is important to look at death because it is a part of life. It is a sad thing, melancholy but romantic at the same time. It is the end of a cycle - everything has to end. The cycle of life is positive because it gives room for new things. — Alexander McQueen

One of the most fascinating things about golf is how it reflects the cycle of life. No matter what you shoot - the next day you have to go back to the first tee and begin all over again and make yourself into something. — Peter Jacobsen

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, a medley of extemporanea, And love is a thing that can never go wrong, and I am Marie of Romania. — Dorothy Parker

The cycle of life is death, decomposition and regeneration, and a person who wants to stop killing animals is actually anti-life because it's only in death that life can be regenerated. — Joel Salatin

She who succeeds in gaining the mastery of the bicycle will gain the mastery of life. — Frances E. Willard

As we look deeply within, we understand our perfect balance. There is no fear of the cycle of birth, life and death. For when you stand in the present moment, you are timeless. — Rodney Yee

You can't easily break out of this cycle of love. It's always here and there up and down.. pain and joy, this wonderful feeling of being in love, which will come to an end later, is so dominating through your entire life. And you cannot escape it. — Till Lindemann

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More Beginnings Quotes

Capture a shadow, dance with the wind, stand in a rainbow, begin at the end. - Mary Anne Radmacher quote

Capture a shadow, dance with the wind, stand in a rainbow, begin at the end. — Mary Anne Radmacher

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King, Jr. quote

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Small opportunities are often the beginnings of great enterprises. - Demosthenes quote

Small opportunities are often the beginnings of great enterprises. — Demosthenes

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion. - Jim Rohn quote

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion. — Jim Rohn

It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create. - J. M. W. Turner quote

It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create. — J. M. W. Turner

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. - Henry David Thoreau quote

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. — Henry David Thoreau

You cannot realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with. - Thomas A. Edison quote

You cannot realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with. — Thomas A. Edison

Charity begins at home, but should not end there. - Thomas Fuller quote

Charity begins at home, but should not end there. — Thomas Fuller

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. - Lao Tzu quote

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. — Lao Tzu

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. - Albert Camus quote

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. — Albert Camus

I've been opposed to human cloning from the very beginning. - Leon Kass quote

I've been opposed to human cloning from the very beginning. — Leon Kass

Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins. - Jim Rohn quote

Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins. — Jim Rohn

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. - Seneca The Elder quote

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. — Seneca The Elder

It is indifferent to me where I am to begin, for there shall I return again. - Parmenides quote

It is indifferent to me where I am to begin, for there shall I return again. — Parmenides

Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer. - J. C. Ryle quote

Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer. — J. C. Ryle

Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning. - Desmond Tutu quote

Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning. — Desmond Tutu

Do not demand love. Begin to love. You will be loved. - C. Rajagopalachari quote

Do not demand love. Begin to love. You will be loved. — C. Rajagopalachari

We have it in our power to begin the world over again. - Thomas Paine quote

We have it in our power to begin the world over again. — Thomas Paine

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