"All glory comes from daring to begin."

Ware, Eugene F. | Glory | 1 bookmarks

"For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way. Something had to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."

Howland, Bette | Obstacles | 2 bookmarks

"A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying."

Burroughs, John | Blame | 2 bookmarks

"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire; you will what you imagine; and at last you create what you will."

Shaw, George Bernard | Imagination | 2 bookmarks

"Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination."

Harrison, Barbara Grizzuti | Fantasy | 3 bookmarks

"It is hard to begin to move when you don't know where you are moving, how to move, or if you are going to get there."

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio | Goals | 1 bookmarks

"Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed."

Anster, John | Action | 4 bookmarks

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others? Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little."

King Jr. Martin Luther | Service | 6 bookmarks

"There is a period near the beginning of every man's life when he has little to cling to except his unmanageable dream, little to support him except good health, and nowhere to go but all over the place."

White, Elwyn Brooks | Youth | 1 bookmarks

"Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark."

Mille, Agnes De | Life and Living | 1 bookmarks