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Quotes about Beginnings — 17 Timeless Lines

17 quotes about beginnings, arranged the way they appear in Quote 2048: from the lightest line on the 2 tile to the crown quote on the 2048 tile, and on to 131072 in the app.

All quotes come from public-domain works or traditional proverbs; attributions were checked against their sources.

1. 2

   Well begun is half done

   — Proverb

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2. 4

   A journey of a thousand miles starts with one step

   — Laozi

   Original · Classical Chinese千里之行，始於足下

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3. 8

   There's no time like now

   — Traditional

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4. 16

   Even three days is still a start

   — Proverb

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5. 32

   Isn't learning and practice a joy

   — Confucius

   Original · Classical Chinese學而時習之，不亦說乎

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6. 64

   Chance favors only the prepared mind

   — Pasteur

   Original · FrenchDans les champs de l'observation, le hasard ne favorise que les esprits préparés.

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7. 128

   One spoonful won't fill you

   — Proverb

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8. 256

   You regret what you never tried

   — Traditional

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9. 512

   Knowing starts it; doing completes it

   — Wang Yangming

   Original · Classical Chinese知是行之始，行是知之成

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10. 1024

    Dare to know. Begin.

    — Horace

    Original · LatinSapere aude, incipe.

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11. 2048👑 Crown quote

    A great tree grows from a small sprout

    — Laozi

    Original · Classical Chinese合抱之木，生於毫末

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12. Levels 4096–131072 continue in the app.
13. 4096

    On a circle, the beginning and the end are one

    — Heraclitus

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14. 8192

    Here begins the new life

    — Dante

    Original · LatinIncipit vita nova.

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15. 16384

    The beginnings of all things are small

    — Cicero

    Original · LatinOmnium rerum principia parva sunt.

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16. 32768

    All make a start; few reach the end

    — The Book of Songs

    Original · Classical Chinese靡不有初，鮮克有終

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17. 65536

    The future enters us before it happens

    — Rilke

    Original · German…die Zukunft in solcher Weise in uns eintritt, um sich in uns zu verwandeln, lange bevor sie geschieht.

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18. 131072

    The greatest things under heaven are done in what is small

    — Laozi

    Original · Classical Chinese天下大事，必作於細

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