Quotes about Beginnings

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.

Here is the humble confidence of faith - that what God begins shall not miscarry and those whom He leads shall not be lost.

Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.

Each day the first day: Each day a life.

How you begin each day is one of the most important things in life. Your mood, your purpose, even your success in life is dependent on it. When you get up hopeful, expecting good things, and letting go of things in the past — that's when you're in a flow with God.

Beginnings are fragile things.

It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.

Start before you're ready. Good things happen when we start before we're ready.

I would tell your generation, wherever you are on the totem poll - whether you're halfway there or at the bottom, don't despise small beginnings; small beginnings get you ready for great things.

Don't live every day as if it were your last. Live every day as if it were your first.

New beginnings invariably come from old false things that are allowed to die.