Quotes
Quotes about End
Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions, Setting endeavor in continual motion; To which is fixed as an aim or butt Obedience; for so work the honeybees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom. They have a king, and officers of sorts, Where some like magistrates correct at home, Others like merchants venture trade abroad, Others like soldiers armed in their stings Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor, Who, busied in his majesties, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil citizens kneading up the honey, The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate, The sad-eyed justice with his surly hum Delivering o'er to executors pale The lazy yawning drone.
To apprehend thus Draws us a profit from all things we see, And often, to our comfort, shall we find The sharded beetle in a safer hold Than is the full-winged eagle.
To get thine ends, lay bashfulnesse aside; Who fears to aske, doth teach to be deny'd.
Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks, but I thank you; and sure, dear friends, my thanks are too dear a halfpenny.
A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end.
In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made. [Lat., In omnibus negotiis prius quam aggrediare, adhibenda est praeparatio diligens.]
It began of nothing and in nothing it ends. [Lat., Et redit in nihilum quod fuit ante nihil.]
Thou beginnest better than thou endest. The last is inferior to the first. [Lat., Coepisti melius quam desinis. Ultima primis cedunt.]
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end. [Lat., Deficit omne quod nascitur.]
Whatever begins, also ends. [Lat., Quicquid coepit, et desinit.]
To show our simple skill, That is the true beginning of our end.
It is the beginning of the end. [Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.]
The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days. [Fr., Le premier pas, mon fils, que l'on fait dans le monde, Est celui dont depend le reste de nos jours.]
The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
A good beginning makes a good end.
Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.
Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit. -William James.
The old mayor climbed the belfry tower, The ringers ran by two, by three; "Pull, if ye never pulled before; Good ringers, pull your best," quoth he. "Play uppe, play uppe, O Boston bells! Ply all your changes, all your swells, Play uppe The Brides of Enderby."
Around, around, Companions all, take your ground, And name the bell with joy profound! Concordia is the world we've found Most meet to express the harmonious sound, That calls to those in friendship bound.
Softly the loud peal dies, In passing winds it drowns, But breathes, like perfect joys, Tender tones.
God defend me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself.
You tend to be afraid when someone seems foreign to you. But if you aren't careful, that can lead to bigotry
That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
