No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.

No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.

The beginnings of all things are small.
[Lat., Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.]

The beginnings of all things are small.
[Lat., Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.]

Whatever begins, also ends.
[Lat., Quicquid coepit, et desinit.]

Whatever begins, also ends.
[Lat., Quicquid coepit, et desinit.]

All glory comes from daring to begin.

All glory comes from daring to begin.

To have begun is to have done half the task; dare to be wise.

To have begun is to have done half the task; dare to be wise.

Thou beginnest better than thou endest.
The last is inferior to the first.
[Lat., Coepisti melius quam read more

Thou beginnest better than thou endest.
The last is inferior to the first.
[Lat., Coepisti melius quam desinis. Ultima primis cedunt.]

Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty.
[Fr., Il n'y a que le premier obstacle read more

It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty.
[Fr., Il n'y a que le premier obstacle qui coute a vaincre la
pudeur.]

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.