The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Plato · Socrates in the Republic, on the raising of children.

The partisan, when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions.

Plato · Phaedo, 91

The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.

Plato · Republic, X, 608–D

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

Plato · Laws, 808

More Success Quotes

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Often credited to Winston Churchill · Churchill never said it; Quote Investigator traces the idea to a 1938 Budweiser beer advertisement ("success was never final and failure never fatal. It was courage that counted") and finds the Churchill credit only from the 1960s.

They can because they think they can.

Virgil · The source reads: “Hos successus alit: possunt, quia posse videntur. These success encourages: they can because they think they can.”

You don't just luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.

Barbara Bush · The First Lady on luck.

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“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”

“The partisan, when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions.”

“The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.”

“Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.”

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

“They can because they think they can.”

“You don't just luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.”