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Quotes About Starting

You don't have to get it perfect, you just have to get it going. Babies don't walk the first time they try, but eventually they get it right
~ Jack Canfield
Justice is a machine that, when someone has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself. - John Galsworthy, Justice [1910], act II
~ John Galsworthy
Don't be afraid to start over again. This time you're not starting from scratch, you're starting from experience.
~ Unknown
The first step is crucial - keep it tiny. Do not be ambitious yet. That leads to failure. Consistency is what you're shooting for here so make the hurdle as low as possible.
~ Eric Barker
In all failures, the beginning is certainly the half of the whole.
~ George Eliot
I don't place much faith in my intuitions, except as a starting place for designing experiments.
~ Elizabeth Spelke
I have to break free, before everything breaks me. There's got to be another way to start again, and erase this pain.
~ Unknown
Never punish your new love for something an old love did to you. Start each new relationship like you have never been hurt.
~ Unknown
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
~ Unknown
Do not give up, the beginning is always the hardest.
~ Unknown
Running has taught me, perhaps more than anything else, that there's no reason to fear starting lines... or other new beginnings.
~ Amby Burfoot
I suffer as always from the fear of putting down the first line. It is amazing the terrors, the magics, the prayers, the straightening shyness that assails one.
~ John Steinbeck
When some people acquire success they tend to forget that in order to reach the top they had to start at the bottom.
~ Unknown
No more regrets, No more tears, No more broken hearts, No more fears, I'm starting over even if that means from here.
~ Unknown
You're never too old, never too bad, never too late and never too sick to start from the scratch once again.
~ Unknown
Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go but rather learning to start over.
~ Unknown
Tomorrow never comes, yesterday is a goodbye, and today is a chance to start over.
~ Unknown
The only journey one can't see the end is life. Don't ever think you are the finishing line, because the end of your line is the starting point of others.
~ Unknown
Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
~ Unknown
Starting at the bottom is not about humiliation. It's about humility—a realistic assessment of where you are in the learning curve.
~ Maria Shriver
Every ending is a new beginning. Through the grace of God, we can always start again. (Page 120.)
~ Marianne Williamson
When the finish line seems too far away, remember how you felt when you were back at the starting line. Regain that motivation to recharge your momentum.
~ Toni Sorenson
Sure, I have advice for people starting to write. Don't. I don't need the competition.
~ Robert B. Parker
Today Is A New Day. You Will Get Out Of It's Just What You Put Into It. If You Have Made Mistakes, There Is Always Another Chance For You. And Supposing You Have Tried And Failed Again And Again, You May Have A Fresh Start Any Moment You Choose, For This Thing We Call 'Failure' Is Not The Falling Down, But The Staying Down.
~ Unknown