Here are some quotes contributed by timethief and defrostindoors in the WordPress.com forums. They all relate to the power inherent in beginning an action, which we can all attest is often the single most difficult time. Inertia is safe in that it’s predictable, but if we were exactly where we wanted to be, we wouldn’t be on this blog, would we? Would more of the same work for you, or are you looking to begin the process of building something that works better?
In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment
Thomas Carlyle
Winning starts with beginning
Robert H. Schuller
The beginning is the most important part of the work
Plato
Mighty things from small beginnings grow
John Dryden
Let us watch well our beginnings and results will manage themselves
Alexander Clark
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire; you will what you imagine; and at last you create what you will
George Bernard Shaw
Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius and power and magic in it
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Posted on April 20, 2007
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