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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.
All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it
be finished in the first read more
All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it
be finished in the first 1,000 days, not in the life of this
Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet.
But let us begin.
Big things have small beginnings.
Big things have small beginnings.
To show our simple skill,
That is the true beginning of our end.
To show our simple skill,
That is the true beginning of our end.
It began of nothing and in nothing it ends.
[Lat., Et redit in nihilum quod fuit ante nihil.]
It began of nothing and in nothing it ends.
[Lat., Et redit in nihilum quod fuit ante nihil.]
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should
be made.
[Lat., In omnibus negotiis prius quam aggrediare, read more
In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should
be made.
[Lat., In omnibus negotiis prius quam aggrediare, adhibenda est
praeparatio diligens.]
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
First things first, second things never.
First things first, second things never.