A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

Character building begins in our infancy, and continues until death.

Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.

Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Life is a disease, brother, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Peace begins with a smile..

Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.

Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.

The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic

The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.

The pleasure of the moment begins to wither almost as soon as it blossoms; our pleasures are soon swallowed up in time's relentless torrent.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

There is a woman at the begining of all great things.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Victory is for those who can say 'Victory is mine'. Success is for those who can begin saying 'I will succeed' and say 'I have succeeded' in the end.

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!

When a woman conceives her true self, a miracle occurs and life around her begins again.

When you cease to make a contribution you begin to die.

Wisdom begins at the end.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.