Beginnings Quotes

337 Beginnings quotes by 289 unique authors

There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased, The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near… — William Shakespeare
Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit. — Unknown Author
It is better to spend one day contemplating the birth and death of all things than a hundred years never contemplating beginnings and endings. — Gautama Buddha
Paradoxically, I have found peace because I have always been dissatisfied. My moments of depression and despair turn out to be renewals, new beginnings. If… — Thomas Merton
Surrealism is not a school of poetry but a movement of liberation... A way of rediscovering the language of innocence, a renewal of the primordial… — Octavio Paz
There is no art which has not had its beginnings in things full of errors. Nothing is at the same time both new and perfect. — Leon Battista Alberti
There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has... In your sketches keep the first vivid impression! Add… — William Morris Hunt
All beginnings are hard. — Chaim Potok
Beginnings are apt to be shadowy. — Rachel Carson
I should study Nature's laws in all their crossings and unions; I should follow magnetic streams to their source and follow the shores of our… — John Muir
No matter how humble a man's beginnings, he achieves the stature of the office to which he is elected. — Nikita Khrushchev
Beginnings are apt to be shadowy and so it is the beginnings of the great mother life, the sea. — Rachel Carson
When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were 'somebody'. — Criss Jami
I make so many beginnings there never will be an end. — Louisa May Alcott
The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy. — John Galsworthy
Beginnings are always messy. — John Galsworthy
Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common -… — Baltasar Gracian
Oddly, the meanings of books are defined for me much more by their beginnings and middles than they are by their endings. — Lev Grossman
The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is the means by… — Leonardo da Vinci
When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential… — Madeleine M. Kunin
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness. — Unknown Author
In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience. — Gustav Mahler
It's hard to know exactly how people develop the characters they do. There could be people from humble beginnings that turn into jerks. Some characteristics… — David Maraniss
I think we may be seeing the beginnings of a resurgence of civic-mindedness in this country. Hopefully the younger generations, which came out in record… — Sandra Day O'Connor
All love stories are tales of beginnings. When we talk about falling in love, we go to the beginning, to pinpoint the moment of freefall. — Meghan O'Rourke

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