A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.