It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.

Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin is the straight pathway to heaven.

A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom.

If they can prove that I am wrong by that time, I will give it up to their wisdom, but not after to any one's judgment, till I see the end of another year; for the Lord will begin with a new century; and I will see what he will do, before I will hearken to any man's judgment.

Knowing that you are going to die is, I suspect, the beginning of wisdom.

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.

In the beginning, Adam was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow - not Eve. Contrary to conventional wisdom, a mother's place is in the home!

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

By the time you've reached your sixties, you do know that one day you will die, and knowing that is at least the beginning of wisdom.

'Star Trek' was an attempt to say humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in lifeforms.

Humanity's legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. All wisdom is in our stories and songs. A story is how we construct our experiences. At the very simplest, it can be: 'He/she was born, lived, died.' Probably that is the template of our stories - a beginning, middle, and end. This structure is in our minds.

I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.

Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the furthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness: a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say 'no.' But saying 'yes' begins things. Saying 'yes' is how things grow.

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.

Wisdom begins at the end.

Everything important always begins from something trivial.

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

When choosing vendors for my wedding, I intentionally searched for women who were at the beginning of their own founder journeys.

In Italy, they say rain on your wedding day is symbolic of fresh beginnings, cleansing, a pure marriage, and also a wet knot that can't be untied.