146 Inspirational New Beginnings Quotes

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From the end spring new beginnings. — Pliny The Elder

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Observe how endings become beginnings. — Lao Tzu

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

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

All new beginnings require that you unlock a new door. — Nachman of Breslov

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

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

The beginning is always today. - Mary Wollstonecraft

The beginning is always today. — Mary Wollstonecraft

A new baby is like the beginning of all things - wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities. — Eda LeShan

Small beginnings are the launching pad to great endings. — Joyce Meyer

A good beginning makes a good end. — English Proverbs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 Beginnings Bible Quotes

In the beginning was the word, and it was spoken. — N. Scott Momaday

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was Gotcha! — Attila the Stockbroker

Why, in the scriptures of the Bible and Holy Qur'an, did God create man first? I believe that we are in the genesis or the beginning or the birth of a new world order, so then man and woman have to be made new again. — Louis Farrakhan

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

The turn from this end [despair] to a new beginning came from three things. A blooming cherry tree, the unexpected kindness of Scottish workers and their families, and the Bible. — Jürgen Moltmann

New Beginnings Job Quotes

By reducing our dependence of foreign oil and increasing alternative energy sources such as ethanol, we can begin to bring down prices at the pumps, create thousands of new jobs and bring a much needed boost to our economy. — Jim Ryun

We are watching the beginnings of the defiant self-assertion of a new generation of Americans, a generation who are looking forward to finishing their education with no jobs, no future, but still saddled with enormous and unforgivable debt. — David Graeber

The younger generation of rocket engineers is just beginning. They are of the new generation to which space travel is not going to be a dream of the future but an everyday job with everyday worries in which they will be engaged. — Willy Ley

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.

Every time you start a new job, you're starting from the beginning again and it's terrifying. And you feel like you're going to be fired and told to go home and never to darken the doors of these people ever again. — Emily Mortimer

New Beginnings At Work Quotes

The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken. — Plato

Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle East... The biblical prophecies are being fulfilled... This confrontation is willed by God, who wants to use this conflict to erase his people's enemies before a New Age begins. — George W. Bush

Any small business owner wears many hats. We [New View Window Cleaning] are the salesman, bookkeeper, scheduler, cleaner, customer complaint department, etc. If you aren't organized and willing to do all these things (at least in the beginning) you are better off working for someone. — Tony Evans

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.

At all periods of the [English] language it is difficult to assign a beginning date to most new words and meanings. They tend to slip into the language silently, and are placed in date order only when scholars subsequently get to work. — Robert Burchfield

New Beginnings And Endings Quotes

Every sunrise gives you a new beginning and a new ending. Let this morning be a new beginning to a better relationship and a new ending to the bad memories. Its an opportunity to enjoy life, breathe freely, think and love. Be grateful for this beautiful day. — Norton Juster

Music is a labyrinth with no beginning and no end, full of new paths to discover, where mystery remains eternal — Pierre Boulez

Before people can begin something new, they have to end what used to be and unlearn the old way. — William Bridges

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.

We are living in dangerously weird times now. Smart people just shrug and admit they're dazed and confused. The only ones left with any confidence at all are the New Dumb. It is the beginning of the end of our world as we knew it. Doom is the operative ethic. — Hunter S. Thompson

The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. - Joseph Campbell

The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. — Joseph Campbell

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. — Byron Katie

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.

Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be. — Marsha Petrie Sue

Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on. — Norman Vincent Peale

As each breath goes out, let it be the end of that moment and the birth of something new. . . — Pema Chodron

All endings are inexorably tied to new beginnings. That's the nature of the journey. It continues to unfold. It builds on itself. It can't help itself from doing that. Cherish the moments, all of them. You have seen and felt much in life so far. But still, the best is yet to come. — Melody Beattie

New Beginnings In Business Quotes

When I was 11 years old, my family had to leave East Germany and begin a new life in West Germany overnight. Until my father could get back into his original profession as a government employee, my parents operated a small laundry business in our little town. I became the laundry delivery boy. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

There is an increasingly pervasive sense that one age is over and a new one is beginning - in business, in politics, in science, in psychology. — Marianne Williamson

I always had a kind of strange relationship with New York City, with total love affair in the beginning then retreat during the kind of conservatives of politics and real estate and business came, and then I am again kind of fighting for the justice to the city, to open the city for the artists. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises, and you're constantly getting f***ed. — David Mamet

New Beginnings In Life Quotes

There are some things one can only achieve by a deliberate leap in the opposite direction. — Franz Kafka

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

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

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

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.

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. — Hal Borland

What you do is your history. What you set in motion is your legacy. — Leonard Sweet

The greatest power you possess in life is your understanding that life gives you a fresh start any moment you choose. — Guy Finley

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.

A happy marriage is a new beginning of life, a new starting point for happiness and usefulness. — Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Today begins a new saga in my life which I expect to strengthen me and allow me time for reflection... I plan to write music while in prison, read and pray regularly and will come out a stronger, more confident woman. — Lil' Kim

Life begins now -- right now -- not tomorrow or the next day or the next. Every minute of every hour of every day, life begins anew. That means everything can change in an instant. It also means you can have a new beginning whenever you want. — Neale Donald Walsch

New Beginnings Quotes

Don't follow the path. Go where there is no path and begin the trail. When you start a new trail equipped with courage, strength and conviction, the only thing that can stop you is you! — Ruby Bridges

Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful. — Prince

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

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.

When you begin to realize that your past does not necessarily dictate the outcome of your future, then you can release the hurt. It is impossible to inhale new air until you exhale the old. — T. D. Jakes

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins. — Leo Tolstoy

Faith is not something you have to get. It's something that you, as a bornagain child of God, already have. Act on it by releasing it to God. That's when your healing starts! — Oral Roberts

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.

Breakfast is everything. The beginning, the first thing. It is the mouthful that is the commitment to a new day, a continuing life. — A. A. Gill

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

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

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do. — Byron Katie

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

Small Beginnings Quotes

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. - Harriet Tubman

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. — Harriet Tubman

At the beginning of a dynasty, taxation yields a large revenue from small assessments. At the end of the dynasty, taxation yields a small revenue from large assessments. — Ibn Khaldun

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

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

Thus out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by His hand that made all things of nothing, and gives being to all things that are; and, as one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many. — William Bradford

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

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

We can begin by doing small things at the local level, like planting community gardens or looking out for our neighbors. That is how change takes place in living systems, not from above but from within, from many local actions occurring simultaneously. — Grace Lee Boggs

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

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

If you plan to excel in big things, you have to develop the habit in the small ones. — LeCrae

All great things have small beginnings. — Peter Senge

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Beginnings And Endings Quotes

A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable. — Louis Kahn

beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad, but its everything in between that makes it all worth living. — Bob Marley

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason. — Immanuel Kant

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up. James Baldwin on LoveJames Baldwin

The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety. — George E. Mueller

The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety. — George Muller

History shows that it does not matter who is in power or what revolutionary forces take over the government, those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they had in the beginning. — Carter G. Woodson

I love her and that's the beginning and end of everything. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute. — Julian Bond

Today begins, tomorrow continues, and it never ends until you reach your goal. — Greg Plitt

Humble Beginnings Quotes

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

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

God always gives a great blessing to humble beginnings than to those that start with the chiming of bells. — Vincent de Paul

Epic things start with small humble steps. Pay respect to your beginnings. And if you're just starting out, know that it's OK to be sucky. To be small. To be messy and chaotic. Just make sure to never ever stop dreaming. — Vishen Lakhiani

I came from rather humble beginnings. — Teresa Palmer

The big, strong, tough guy goes to class, and he keeps getting tapped by the skinny, technical guy. It begins to change him. It makes him humble. That's what Jiu Jitsu does to you. It makes you humble. — Relson Gracie

The most important thing in art is The Frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively - because without this humble appliance, you can't know where The Art stops and The Real World begins. — Frank Zappa

If a man from humble beginnings gets rich, he will carry his umbrella at midnight. —

Big things have small beginnings. — Michael Fassbender

Great things have small beginnings. — Francis Drake

Rap comes from the humble beginnings of rebelling against the status quo. Now, rappers have become the status quo themselves. You can't rebel against the Queen and then become the Queen yourself. I attribute much of the blame to testosterone-male dominance and patriarchy. — Chuck D

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More Beginnings Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

In Conclusion

Reading new beginnings quotes can be the catalyst you need to embrace change and seize the opportunities that come your way. Whether you're a student starting a new academic year, an individual embarking on a new job, or someone seeking spiritual growth through Bible-inspired new beginnings, these quotes can be your compass. They can help you navigate through the uncertainties, the fears, the challenges that are part and parcel of every new beginning. Remember, every end is a new beginning. So why not turn to these quotes to fuel your courage, spark your enthusiasm, and inspire your journey to exciting new beginnings?

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