Birth Quote by Plato

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

— Plato

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

— Plato

The beginning is the most important part, especially when dealing with anything young and tender.

— Socrates

The beginning is the chiefest part of any work.

— Plato

“The beginning is the most important part of any work.”

— Plato

Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole.

— Decimius Magnus Ausonius

Most of my work has no conventional narrative, so it's not essential to have a beginning and an end - your attention can flow…

— Marco Brambilla

Beginning is not only a kind of action. It is also a frame of mind, a kind of work, an attitude, a consciousness.

— Edward Said

The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin?…

— David McCullough

The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.

— Anonymous

I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my…

— Beverly Cleary

Beginnings are so important. Just finding that right moment to introduce this character, this world, it’s everything.

— Aryn Kyle