For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.
In my end is my beginning
When most objects are truly functional, this technological age, which is just beginning, will be truly civilised. When all objects in this country are truly functional, Australia will be as beautiful in its own way as classical Greece.
A lot of actors talk about how much they love the people they work with, and that's true, to a certain extent, but Texas and I had a very strong bond, right from the beginning. I think Texas made a mental decision to just be on my side, 110%.
Beginning in 1978, Nike paid coaches to put their shoes on the team.
My goal in the beginning was to buy my mother a house. Now I realize, Okay, if I really focus and become a key player in business, then I can build an empire.
The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.
It's been cool to see on the Voice all these up-and-coming artists from all over the country just develop and follow their careers as well, because we were all at a beginning point together. Now, after seeing the business side and behind-the-scenes stuff, it's hard for me to watch reality TV and play along like they want you to.
Dance is the pure language of the soul - it's been with us from the very beginning.
There is no person alive who cannot make a new beginning.
I wanted to apprentice myself to the dailiness of the war's beginning phase. It's truer and more frightening that way - when you're afloat on a little dingy in the midst of it all.
Knowledge is the beginning of practice; doing is the completion of knowing.
A great sorrow, and one that I am only beginning to understand: we don’t get to choose our own hearts. We can’t make ourselves want what’s good for us or what’s good for other people. We don’t get to choose the people we are.
It's not possible to have a problem without believing a prior thought. To notice this simple truth is the beginning of peace.
Every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning, every poem an epitaph.
When we try to look farther into the universe we come to what appears to be the end of space but actually it's the beginning of time.
Forgiveness feels most dramatic when some ancient pattern of self-punishment collapses in a torrent of tears. But it is just as effective when practiced daily in tiny doses - relinquishing a pointless worry, getting wise to a self-destructive habit, serving notice on a cruel notion about yourself that has previously seemed justified. The beginning of forgiveness is alertness to false ideas.
Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
When I was younger, I would mess about and have a laugh with everyone. I was doing Atonement when I was about 12, and as we went to do this very serious scene, the director Joe [Wright] came up to me. . . I'd been giggling right up to the beginning of the take. And he came up to me and said, "Okay, you need to be serious now. " I completely idolized him.
Every ending is a new beginning. Through the grace of God, we can always start again. (Page 120. )