43 Inspiring Beginning Quotes

Embarking on a new journey, stepping into the unknown, or simply turning the page to a fresh chapter in life—beginnings hold a special kind of magic. Whether you're starting a new job, moving to a different city, or just looking for a dose of motivation to kick-start your day, a few well-chosen words can ignite that initial spark. In this blog post, we’ve curated a selection of the top 43 inspiring beginning quotes to help you embrace new opportunities and face challenges with renewed enthusiasm. Let these quotes be your guide and companion as you venture into the exciting realm of new beginnings.

1. “The beginning is always today.” - Mary Shelley

2. “Der Anfang ist die Hälfte vom Ganzen.” - Aristotle

3. “Aus Furcht vor einem Fehler nichts anzufangen ist das Zeichen eines schlechten Mannes.” - Hitopadesa

4. “I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks; and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end. (Jo March)” - Louisa May Alcott

5. “I am an old man, and I am dying...Will you remember me, Jacob?"I promise, one day, I will join you, Mr. Gold."Mr. Gold's laughter sounded like a trumpet and brought light to the corners of the room.” - Noah BenShea

6. “The role played by time at the beginning of the universe is, I believe, the final key to removing the need for a Grand Designer, and revealing how the universe created itself. … Time itself must come to a stop. You can’t get to a time before the big bang, because there was no time before the big bang. We have finally found something that does not have a cause because there was no time for a cause to exist in. For me this means there is no possibility of a creator because there is no time for a creator to have existed. Since time itself began at the moment of the Big Bang, it was an event that could not have been caused or created by anyone or anything. … So when people ask me if a god created the universe, I tell them the question itself makes no sense. Time didn’t exist before the Big Bang, so there is no time for God to make the universe in. It’s like asking for directions to the edge of the Earth. The Earth is a sphere. It does not have an edge, so looking for it is a futile exercise.” - Stephen W. Hawking

7. “In literature and in life we ultimately pursue, not conclusions, but beginnings.” - Sam Tanenhaus

8. “In every end, there is also a beginning.” - Libba Bray

9. “Death isn't the end, it's the beginning.” - Jennifer Love Hewitt

10. “The beginning is the most important part of the work.” - Plato

11. “Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” - Meister Eckhart

12. “In the beginning..when ray and day hadn't yet come into existence at all, there was a kind of radiance that illuminates universe. That radiance is the light of knowledge and goodness. That radiance will persistently and consistently shines brightly even after all the stars and moons in this vast universe died out.” - Toba Beta

13. “At the beginning was The Word. Today I see That in great quotes.” - Toba Beta

14. “The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.” - Ezra Pound

15. “William the Conqueror, it is said, began by eating a mouthful of English sand.” - Salman Rushdie

16. “My dream went all the way back to the beginning. The rain rose into the clouds, and the animals descended the ramp.” - Jonathan Safran Foer

17. “I had been riding horses before my memory kicked in, so my life with horses had no beginning. It simply appeared from the fog of infancy. I survived a difficult childhood by traveling on the backs of horses, and in adulthood the pattern didn't change.” - Monty Roberts

18. “The difference between a beginning teacher and an experienced one is that the beginning teacher asks, "How am I doing?" and the experienced teacher asks, How are the children doing?” - Esme Raji Codell

19. “Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” - Ralph Blum

20. “I wouldn't know where to start.""He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to." "Thoreau?""Harry Emerson Fosdick...” - Kami Garcia

21. “As the earth dies your spirit will bloom; as the world fades your soul will rise and glisten. Amongst the dehydrated crevices of a desert earth you will stumble upon your diamonds; in between the dry skulls and cracked bones you will find your sapphires.” - C. JoyBell C.

22. “Los peores sitios del mundo se pueden soportar si la gente que allí habita es interesante y amable.” - Lemony Snicket

23. “Algunas veces, sólo decir que odias algo y que alguien esté de acuerdo contigo puede hacer que te sientas mejor, a pesar de lo terrible de la situación.” - Lemony Snicket

24. “La adopción es una decisión muy importante, algo que no suele suceder de forma impulsiva. Estoy seguro de que vosotros habéis deseado en algún momento de vuestra vida haber sido educados por gente distinta a la que os está educando, pero en el fondo de vuestro corazón sabíais que las posibilidades eran mínimas.” - Lemony Snicket

25. “No lo entendían, pero, como tantos otros sucesos desafortunados de la vida, no por no entenderlos dejan de ser ciertos” - Lemony Snicket

26. “Pero un tipo de libro que a casi nadie le gusta leer es un libro sobre leyes. Los libros sobre leyes son muy largos, muy aburridos y muy difíciles. Es una de las razones por las que muchos abogados ganan tanto dinero. El dinero es un incentivo —la palabra «incentivo» significa aquí «recompensa ofrecida para que hagas algo que no quieres hacer»— para leer libros largos, aburridos y difíciles.” - Lemony Snicket

27. “«Reconocer el terreno» significa observar un lugar concreto para poder urdir un plan. Por ejemplo, si eres un ladrón de bancos —aunque espero que no sea así—, quizá vayas al banco unos días antes de robarlo. Quizá con un disfraz, mires aquí y allá, observando a los guardas de seguridad, las cámaras y otros obstáculos, para poder planear cómo evitar que te capturen o te maten en el transcurso del robo.” - Lemony Snicket

28. “Tu opinión inicial acerca de casi cualquier cosa puede cambiar con el paso del tiempo.” - Lemony Snicket

29. “pero es una triste realidad de la vida que, cuando alguien ha perdido a un ser querido, a veces los amigos le esquivan, justo en el momento en que su presencia es mucho más necesaria.” - Lemony Snicket

30. “Pero las leyes son un poco raras. Por ejemplo, un país de Asia tiene una ley que obliga a que todas las bicicletas tengan las ruedas del mismo tamaño. Una isla tiene una ley que prohíbe que nadie recoja la fruta. Y una ciudad no demasiado alejada de donde vivimos tiene una ley que me prohíbe acercarme a menos de ocho kilómetros de sus límites.” - Lemony Snicket

31. “Seguro que sabéis que cuando uno está en su propia habitación, en su propia cama, una situación triste puede mejorar un poco” - Lemony Snicket

32. “Así pues, a menos que hayáis sido muy, muy afortunados, sabréis que una buena y larga sesión de llanto a menudo puede haceros sentir mejor, aunque vuestras circunstancias no hayan cambiado lo más mínimo.” - Lemony Snicket

33. “It all began when... they're funny, those words. Everyone uses them, without thinking what they mean. When does anything begin? With everyone it begins when you're born. Or before that, when your parents got married. Or before that, when your parents were born. Or when your ancestors colonised the place. Or when humans came squishing out of the mud and slime, dropped off their flippers and fins, and started to walk. But all the same, all that aside, for what's happened to us there was quite a definite beginning” - John Marsden

34. “The ending is nearer than you think, and it is already written. All that we have left to choose is the correct moment to begin.” - Alan Moore

35. “For one entire day I let his kiss burn on my cheek and into my blood and I don't push the memory away... This kiss, these words, they feel like beginning.” - Ally Condie

36. “Heaven and Earth are meeting in a storm that, when it's over, will leave the air purer and the leaves fertile, but before that happens, houses will be destroyed, centuries- old trees will topple, paradises will be flooded.” - Paulo Coelho

37. “The story I am going to tell has more than one beginning and without an end.” - T. Afsin Ilgar

38. “Existence is the end of endless eternity without a beginning or an end.” - Dejan Stojanovic

39. “Infinity is the end. End without infinity is but a new beginning.” - Dejan Stojanovic

40. “The future begins today.” - Wayne Gerard Trotman

41. “Go on till you come to the end; then stop.” - Lewis Carroll

42. “Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.” - Jack Kornfield

43. “Beginning a novel is always hard. It feels like going nowhere. I always have to write at least 100 pages that go into the trashcan before it finally begins to work. It's discouraging, but necessary to write those pages. I try to consider them pages -100 to zero of the novel.” - Barbara Kingsolver