One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes. Jack Canfield
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. Oscar Wilde
Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas of life on earth. Margaret Atwood
Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life. Tonynn robbins
The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less. Arthur Miller
The best way to make a silk purse from a sow's ear is to begin with a silk sow. The same is true of money. Norman Ralph Augustine
The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others. James A.Baldwin
True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale. Harold Brodkey
We help people to begin truly healthful diets, and it is absolutely wonderful to see, not only their success, but also their delight at their ability to break old habits and feel really healthy for a change. Neal Barnard
When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance. David Brin
When our assists lead to baskets, that's us playing our best, and we begin knocking down shots. Tim Duncan
When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out. Casey Stengel
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old. Mark Twain
Write as if you were dying. At the same time, assume you write for an audience consisting solely of terminal patients. That is, after all, the case. What would you begin writing if you knew you would die soon? What could you say to a dying person that would not enrage by its triviality? Annie Dillard
You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics. Charles Bukowski
You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself. James A.Baldwin