#begins

Revolution begins with the self, in the self. ↗

— Toni Cade Bambara

#revolution #self

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

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A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude. ↗

— Ruth Benedict

#begins #gratitude #himself #his #indebtedness

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house. ↗

— Maria Callas

#becomes #before #begins #come #curtain

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#act #bed #begins #courage #day

When an army unit returns from service in Iraq or Afghanistan, it barely gets a breather before it begins training for its next deployment. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#army #barely #before #begins #deployment

He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#better #christianity #church #end #himself

After some reflection I have decided that while I am the president of Ecuador, I will not attend any Summit of the Americas until it begins to make the decisions required. ↗

— Rafael Correa

#am #americas #any #attend #begins

Libraries are where it all begins. ↗

— Rita Dove

#libraries #where

Wisdom begins at the end. ↗

— Daniel Webster

#begins #end