We are at the beginning of a new year, a new start....We must become more faithful, more earnest, more devoted to the ideals that have been given by the Elder Brothers .... We must live the life not only in the outside world but right in the home. — Max Heindel

The beginnings of all things are small. — Cicero

Of a good beginning cometh a good end. — Heywood

Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth. — James 3:5

The principal part of everything is the beginning. — Law Maxim

Love is ever the beginning of knowledge as fire is of light. — Thomas Carlyle

Many a time . . . from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up. — Terence

All great actions the wish'd course do run,
That are, with their allowance, well begun. — Massinger

Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole. — Ausonius

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — John 1:1

Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth forever. — Psalm 119:160

Beware of the beginnings of vice. Do not delude yourself with the belief that it can be argued against in the presence of the exciting cause. Nothing but actual flight can save you. — Haydon

We must be watchful, especially in the beginning of temptation, because then the enemy is easier overcome, if he is not suffered to come in at all at the door of the soul, but is kept out and resisted at his first knock. — Thomas à Kempis

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.
— Revelations 21:6