Echoes

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.

One cannot grow fine flowers in a thin soil.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

The beginnings of all things are small.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances fit in with them.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

Relentless toil conquers all.

They can, because they think they can.

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.

He who endures, conquers.

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.

If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.