“He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!”

“He dared to do what men and women don't even dare to think. And look what he's done already: he's torn open the sky, he's opened the way to another world. Who else has ever done that? Who else could think of it?”

“6294. Well begun
Is half done.”

“The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without”

“Father, I scarcely dare to pray,
So clear I see, now it is done,
How I have wasted half my day,
And left my work but just begun.”

“A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o'clock runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.”

“It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun”

“The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.”

“The great duel, the mother of all battles has begun.… The dawn of victory nears as this great showdown begins!”

“He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.”