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| A bad beginning makes a good ending. German. | 1 |
| A beginner is always a good man. Martial. | 2 |
| A good beginning is half the work. German. | 3 |
| A good beginning makes a bad ending. | 4 |
| A good beginning makes a good ending. | 5 |
| All beginnings are easy, said the ragpicker. German. | 6 |
| All beginnings are hard, said the thief, and began by stealing an anvil. Dutch. | 7 |
| Begin in time to finish without hurry. German. | 8 |
| Beginning and ending shake hands. German. | 9 |
| Begun is half done. German. | 10 |
| Better not begin than not end. German. | 11 |
| Everything must have a beginning. French, Italian, Portuguese, German. | 12 |
| For a web begun God sends thread. French, Italian. | 13 |
| From small beginnings come great things. Dutch. | 14 |
| Good to begin well, better to end well. | 15 |
| He is not done who is beginning. French. | 16 |
| He is half done who has made a beginning. Horace. | 17 |
| He who begins and does not finish loses his labor. French. | 18 |
| He who begins badly ends badly. Spanish. | 19 |
| He who begins much finishes little. German. | 20 |
| If you know the beginning well the end will not trouble you. Woloffs.—(Africa.) | 21 |
| If you wish to reach the highest begin at the lowest. Publius Syrus. | 22 |
| Ill begun ill done. Dutch. | 23 |
| It is better to begin in the evening than not at all. | 24 |
| Mischief lurks in the beginning, a good beginning is half the task. Euripides. | 25 |
| No beginnings of things however small are to be neglected because continuance makes them great. Plutarch. | 26 |
| Right beginning makes right ending. German. | 27 |
| So begun, so done. Dutch. | 28 |
| Some think they are done when they are only beginning. French. | 29 |
| The beginning and the end are seldom alike. German. | 30 |
| The beginning and the end extend hands to each other. German. | 31 |
| The beginning hot, the middle lukewarm, the end cold. German. | 32 |
| The beginning is half the whole. Hesiod. | 33 |
| The beginning is no masterpiece. German. | 34 |
| The beginning of excellence is to be free from error. Quintillian. | 35 |
| The beginning of the dollar is the bank shilling. German. | 36 |
| The golden rule in life is “make a beginning.” | 37 |
| The merit belongs to the beginner should his successor do even better. Egyptian. | 38 |
| To men who would be fortunate the beginning is everything. Don Quixote. | 39 |
| Well begun is half done. French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Dutch. | 40 |
| What raging rashly is begun, challengeth shame before half done. | 41 |
| Who begins amiss ends amiss. German. | 42 |
| Who begins too much accomplishes little. German. | 43 |
| Everything is difficult at first. Chinese. | 44 |
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