Starting Quotes

If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.

Thomas Jefferson

The beginning is half of every action.

David Allen

Start before you’re ready.

Steven Pressfield

Until you try, you don’t know what you can’t do.

Henry James

Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.

Napoleon Hill

The scariest moment is always just before you start.

Stephen King

The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.

Proverb

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Samuel Johnson

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

Wayne Dyer

He who hesitates is lost.

Proverb

Just do it.

Nike

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Mark Twain

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

Baltasar Gracian

All glory comes from daring to begin.

Eugene F Ware

The task that’s never started is the most wearisome.

Gretchen Rubin

Whenever you are stuck searching for the optimal plan, remember: getting started changes everything.

James Clear

A hard beginning maketh a good ending.

John Heywood

Beginnings are only difficult without any action.

Byron Pulsifer

Every day is a new beginning. Treat it that way. Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be.

Marsha Petrie Sue

Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.

Nido Qubein

Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.

David Lloyd George

Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip toe if you must, but take that step.

When you step out, it will work out.

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.

Lao Tzu

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the things you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. There’s nothing so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

William James

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Chinese Proverb

Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.

Arthur Ashe

You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.

Stephen King