55 Inspiring Beginning Quotes

Embarking on new journeys can be both exciting and daunting, and sometimes all we need is a little inspiration to take that first step. Whether you're starting a new project, moving to a new city, or simply embracing a fresh chapter of life, the right words can ignite your motivation and pave the way forward. In this blog post, we've curated a collection of the top 55 inspiring beginning quotes to fuel your drive and encourage you to embrace every new beginning with confidence and enthusiasm. Dive in, and let these powerful words uplift your spirit and propel you toward your dreams.

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. “It’s the place of the story, beginning here, in the meadow of late summer flowers, thriving before the Atlantic storms drive wet and winter upon them all.” - Gregory Maguire

5. “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

6. “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

7. “It makes me so happy. To be at the beginning again, knowing almost nothing.... A door like this has cracked open five or six times since we got up on our hind legs. It's the best possible time of being alive, when almost everything you thought you knew is wrong.” - Tom Stoppard

8. “Have you ever seen the dawn? Not a dawn groggy with lack of sleep or hectic with mindless obligations and you about to rush off on an early adventure or business, but full of deep silence and absolute clarity of perception? A dawning which you truly observe, degree by degree. It is the most amazing moment of birth. And more than anything it can spur you to action. Have a burning day.” - Vera Nazarian

9. “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

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

11. “Maybe it was a storybook beginning.” - Daniel Nayeri

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

13. “Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring.” - Truman Capote

14. “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

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

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

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

18. “The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.” - Ralph Ellison

19. “There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made.” - J.R.R. Tolkien

20. “Like a blinking cursor on an empty page, it was just the first thing. The beginning of the beginning. But at least it was done.” - Sarah Dessen

21. “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

22. “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

23. “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

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

25. “Elephants can sense danger. They're able to detect an approaching tsunami or earthquake before it hits. Unfortunately, Jack did not have this talent. The day his life was turned completely upside down, he was caught unaware.” - Jennifer Richard Jacobson

26. “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.

27. “A menos que hayáis sido muy, muy afortunados, habréis experimentado sucesos en vuestra vida que os habrán hecho llorar. 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

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

29. “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

30. “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

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

32. “Es muy útil, cuando uno es joven, aprender la diferencia entre «literal» y «figurado». Si algo ocurre de forma literal, ocurre realmente; si algo ocurre de forma figurada, es como si estuviese ocurriendo. Si tú estás literalmente volando de alegría, por ejemplo, significa que estás saltando en el aire porque te sientes muy contento. Si, en sentido figurado, estás saltando de alegría, significa que estás tan contento que podrías saltar de alegría, pero que reservas tu energía para otros asuntos.” - Lemony Snicket

33. “Si conocieseis al Conde Olaf y éste de repente os sirviese el desayuno, ¿no temeríais que contuviese algo terrible, como veneno o cristal hecho añicos?” - Lemony Snicket

34. “Cualquiera que conociese a Violet se hubiera dado cuenta de que estaba pensando intensamente, porque llevaba la larga melena recogida con una cinta para que no se le metiera en los ojos. Violet tenía el don de inventar y construir extraños aparatos, y su cerebro se veía inundado a menudo con imágenes de poleas, palancas y herramientas, y ella no quería que algo tan trivial como su cabello la distrajese.” - Lemony Snicket

35. “«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

36. “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

37. “El olor de comida cocinándose es a menudo relajante.” - Lemony Snicket

38. “Estoy seguro de que en el transcurso de vuestra vida os habréis dado cuenta de que las habitaciones de las personas reflejan su personalidad. En mi habitación, por ejemplo, he reunido una colección de objetos que son importantes para mí, y que incluyen un polvoriento acordeón en el que puedo tocar algunas canciones tristes, un legajo de notas sobre las actividades de los huérfanos Baudelaire y una fotografía borrosa, hecha hace mucho tiempo, de una mujer llamada Beatrice. Son objetos muy valiosos e importantes para mí.” - Lemony Snicket

39. “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

40. “Es inútil que os describa lo mal que se sintieron Violet, Klaus y Sunny el tiempo que siguió. Si habéis perdido a alguien muy importante para vosotros, ya sabéis lo que se siente; y, si nunca habéis perdido nadie, no os lo podéis imaginar.” - Lemony Snicket

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

42. “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

43. “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

44. “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

45. “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

46. “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

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

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

49. “The direction you choose to face determines whether you're standing at the end or the beginning of a road.” - Richelle E. Goodrich

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

51. “From the very beginningperplexing and wanderingfrom one ocean to anotheran everlasting wander” - Rixa White

52. “No ordinary effort stops the wheel.In sleep it spins without resistance.Passively, falling deeper, lacking the will to activate any change.” - Stephen Demone

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

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

55. “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