“This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.”

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. ”

“It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling…”

“But in real life, happily-ever-after is just the beginning. It's where life starts.”

“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.”

“Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.”

“Today will never happen again. Don't waste it with a false start or no start at all.”

“Where in the world did the idea come from that things left to themselves can improve with time? Who would start a crazy idea like that? This idea is the opposite of everything that we observe in the world today. For instance, all the highways in our nation today left to themselves decay, deteriorate, and fall apart. A house left to itself will become a wreck. It takes work and constant planning to make anything improve. Everything tends toward disorder.”

“I have so much to say to you. I want to begin at the beginning, because that is what you deserve. I want to tell you everything, without leaving out a single detail. But where is the beginning? And what is everything?”

“At the beginning of all growth, everything imitates.”