Beginning Quotes

4628 Beginning quotes by 3037 unique authors

To read fiction means to play a game by which we give sense to the immensity of things that happened, are happening, or will happen… — Umberto Eco
everyone - you included - is on her best behavior in the beginning of a relationship. Sometimes little quirks turn out to be big ones,… — Nicholas Sparks
Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages… — Charles Dickens
I'm beginning to think the only choice anyone has in life is between either a bad choice or a worse one. — Sherrilyn Kenyon
To know that one does not write for the other, to know that these things I am going to write will never cause me to… — Roland Barthes
Nature always resists the artist at the beginning. — Irving Stone
Mr. Knightley seemed to be trying not to smile; and succeeded without difficulty, upon Mrs. Elton's beginning to talk to him. — Jane Austen
Don't lose heart if it's very difficult at times, everything will come out all right and nobody can in the beginning do as he wishes. — Vincent Van Gogh
No story has a beginning, and no story has an end. Beginnings and endings may be conceived to serve a purpose, to serve a momentary… — CaitlÃn R. Kiernan
In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous. — Elie Wiesel
Do not be discouraged by the resistance you will encounter from your human nature; you must go against your human inclinations. Often, in the beginning,… — Brother Lawrence
For outlandish creatures like us, on our way to a heart, a brain, and courage, Bethlehem is not the end of our journey but only… — Frederick Buechner
You needn't die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end… — Stephen King
Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road. — Wendelin Van Draanen
Lena always described how she dreaded and mourned things before they even happened. Carmen was beginning to suspect that she was permitting herself to mourn… — Ann Brashares
Early evening traffic was beginning to clog the avenue with cars. The sun slanted down behind him. Harry glanced at the drivers of the cars.… — Charles Bukowski
...the men of the Ulysses had no need to stand in shame...many had found, or were finding, that the point of no return was not… — Alistair Maclean
The ending is the beginning, and the beginning is the first step, and the first step is the only step. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
A bran' new book is a beautiful thing, all promise and fresh pages, the neatly squared spine, the brisk sense of a journey beginning. But… — Lewis Buzbee
For a long time now I haven't existed. I'm utterly calm. No one distinguishes me from who I am. I just felt myself breath as… — Fernando Pessoa
To understand life is to understand ourselves, and that is both the beginning and the end of education. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
You got one choice at the beginning but if you didn't choose right, things got narrow real quick. — Ron Rash
You know...it's a hard age. Kids are in that stage where they're beginning to understand the world of adults, without having the maturity of adults… — Nicholas Sparks
The final end of Eternity, and the beginning of Infinity — Isaac Asimov
Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria. Wait a minute. "Once upon a time" is how all the best children's stories begin,… — Paulo Coelho

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