The beginning is the most important part of any work.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step beneath your feet.

Handle the difficult while it is still easy; accomplish the great while it is still small.

Whenever you pull the fish from the water, it is fresh — it is never too late to begin.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

No great thing comes into being suddenly, any more than a cluster of grapes or a fig. There must be time: let it flower first, then bear fruit, then ripen.

It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows.

To make a mistake and not correct it — that is the real mistake.

Drop by drop, a lake is made.

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.

Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.

Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.

The earth is supported by the power of truth it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow indeed all things rest upon truth.

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.

Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure.

When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge.

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.