Beginning Quotes

4628 Beginning quotes by 3037 unique authors

I wanted to live, but whether I would or not was mystery, and in the midst of confronting that fact, even at that moment, I… — Lance Armstrong
Gratitude is the beginning of civility, of decency and goodness, of a recognition that we cannot afford to be arrogant. We should walk with the… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves. — Helen Keller
Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light. — Kate DiCamillo
It is possible to believe that all the past is but the beginning of a beginning, and that all that is and has been is… — H.G. Wells
[Wise men] have tried to understand our state of being, by grasping at its stars, or its arts, or its economics. But, if there is… — Charles Fort
The past did affect the present and the future, in ways you could see and a million ones you couldn't. Time wasn't a thing you… — Sarah Dessen
If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go out of… — Harper Lee
To understand what happens now one must find the cause, which may be very long ago in its beginning, but is surely there, and therefore… — Pearl S. Buck
Chaz looks me dead in the eye and says, 'Why yes, Lizzie. I’m manically depressed because the girl I’ve finally realized I’ve always been in… — Meg Cabot
The problem, Mitch, is that we don't believe we are as much alike as we are. Whites and blacks, Catholics and Protestants, men and women.… — Mitch Albom
The end of THE END is the best place to begin THE END, because if you read THE END from the beginning of the beginning… — Daniel Handler
All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear… — Zora Neale Hurston
It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition… — George A. Sheehan
The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity... — John Muir
I'm astounded whenever I finish something. Astounded and distressed. My perfectionist instinct should inhibit me from finishing: it should inhibit me from even beginning. But… — Fernando Pessoa
Perhaps [transgression] is like a flash of lightning in the night which, from the beginning of time, gives a dense and black intensity to the… — Michel Foucault
Let me be the first to admit that the naked truth about me is to the naked truth about Salvador Dali as an old ukulele… — James Thurber
Your tears come easy, when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it. I burst out crying. — Wilkie Collins
I was beginning to see, though, that the unknown wasn't always the greatest thing to fear. The people who know you best can be risker,… — Sarah Dessen
It’s the place of the story, beginning here, in the meadow of late summer flowers, thriving before the Atlantic storms drive wet and winter upon… — Gregory Maguire
When you look at some faces, you can see the turbulence of the infinite beginning to gather to the surface. This moment can open in… — John O'Donohue
After all, is it not the way we humans shape the universe, shape time itself? Do we not take the raw stuff of chaos and… — Tad Williams
I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole… — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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