The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken.
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.
The cure of many diseases is unknown to physicians of Hellas, because they are ignorant of the whole, which ought to be studied also; for the part can never be well unless the whole is well.
Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken.