Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.
You will never win if you never begin.
If all you can do is crawl, start crawling.
The way to get ahead is to start now.
You won't win if you don't begin.
To act, in its most general sense, means to take an initiative, to begin... to set something into motion.
Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.
Arsenal was in a decline. We had to stop this and begin climbing.
Deed done is well begun.
