One of the most important things when starting a business is having the drive and motivation to see your idea through. It can be tough, especially in the beginning, but it’s worth it in the end. That’s why it’s important to have some words of encouragement and wisdom to help you along the way. Here are some inspiring quotes from successful entrepreneurs that will motivate you to get started on your journey.

1. From the end spring new beginnings. — Pliny the Elder
2. We’re starting from the beginning from my first memory and hopefully we can go all the way up to the super bowl. — Taylor Swift
3. For all at last return to the sea–to Oceanus, the ocean river, like the ever–flowing stream of time, the beginning and the end. — Rachel Carson
4. The problem with procrastination is it’s been around since the beginning of time it seems. — Stephen Richards, The Secret of Getting Started: Strategies to Triumph over Procrastination
5. You said this was only the beginning, I didn’t realize that meant starting a new chapter without you as part of my story. — Tanzy Sayadi, Write like no one is reading 2
6. No matter how fleeting Your smile is, Your smile is the very beginningOf your wisdom–light. — Sri Chinmoy, The Jewels of Happiness: Inspiration and Wisdom to Guide Your Life–Journey
7. Love the one who proves to you that ‘happily ever after’ is only the beginning. — Nina Lane, Awaken
8. Those who think they ‘know’ from the beginning will never in fact come to know anything. — Thomas Merton
9. This isn’t the end, and a beginning looks different. This is the moment in between, when everything still looks possible. — Zoran Drvenkar
10. Link Wray… He was the beginning of Grunge, way before anybody you know. — Neil Young
11. As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness. — R.C. Sproul, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith
12. Your tears come easy, when you’re young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you’re old, and leaving it. I burst out crying. — Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone
13. Music’s always been at the heart of Apple. It’s deep in our DNA. We’ve sold Macs to musicians since the beginning of Macs. — Tim Cook
14. We may our ends by our beginnings know. — Sir John Denham
15. The ultimate form of our technological achievement will be identical to the beginning state of this nature. — Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
16. Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible. — Norman Rockwell
17. I mean, I felt terrible. And in the beginning, I mean, I was completely devastated. I mean, can you imagine the kind of guilt that you would feel, and the responsibility? — Monica Lewinsky
18. All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time. — Mitch Albom
19. ‘the thing that makes you say, ”I want to do something”–that is the beginning of talent.’ — Stella Adler, The Art of Acting
20. Fate determines a man’s beginning. The man, by choice, determines his end. — Ogwo David Emenike
21. Drugs feel great in the beginning and become a drag later on. — Stefan Sagmeister
22. The false hope I filled myself with is fleeing and I’m beginning to feel scared again. — S.A. Tawks, Misadventurous
23. A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end–and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral. — Maynard James Keenan
24. A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. — Thomas Carlyle
25. To show our simple skill, That is the true beginning of our end. — William Shakespeare
26. That’s the beginning of magic. Let your imagination run and follow it. — Patricia A. McKillip, Alphabet of Thorn
27. From the beginning of my rap career, since I was seen and heard, I always had a store. — Nipsey Hussle
28. The problem with procrastination is it’s been around since the beginning of time it seems. — Stephen Richards, The Secret of Getting Started: Strategies to Triumph over Procrastination
29. I dread the beginning of her new life more than words can tell, but I see some hope for her if she travels–none if she remains at home. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
30. As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of non–fictional history, particularly historical biography. — Norman Spinrad
31. Many people do not like the idea that time has a beginning, probably because it smacks of divine intervention. — Stephen Hawking
32. I dread the beginning of her new life more than words can tell, but I see some hope for her if she travels–none if she remains at home. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
33. The Clinton Administration has turned out to be a boon. I knew that he would be wonderful, I just knew it from the beginning. From Arkansas? Shoot. — Pat Paulsen
34. I embraced EDM from the beginning. — Rick Ross
35. ‘the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, but love is the perfection of it”.’Perfection’ — Steve Copland
36. Boredom is the beginning of all destruction and everything that is negative. — Robert Plant
37. They had kissed so often in lust, in passion, but never like this.This felt like a renewal, a pledge… A beginning. — J.C. Owens, The Emperor’s Wolf
38. It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement. — Markus Zusak
39. For me, as a beginning novelist, all other living writers form a control group for whom the world is a placebo. — Nicholson Baker
40. The democratic world has come to a dead end; likewise, the communist world has come to a dead end. But the Unification Church is just beginning! — Sun Myung Moon
41. If I am a sword, I am a sword made of glass, and I feel myself beginning to shatter. — Victoria Aveyard
42. You see. No shock. No engulfment. No tearing assunder. What you feared would come like an explosion is like a whisper. What you thought was the end is the beginning. — Rod Serling
43. Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It’s just a cycle. — Mike Tyson
44. Only the peak feels so sound and stable that the beginning of the falling is hidden for a little while. — William Faulkner
45. The fight to end donald trump’s presidency is just beginning, it ain’t over man. we’re just getting started. — joe biden
46. When there’s a disappointment, I don’t know if it’s the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure. — Pema Chodron
47. Those who think they ‘know’ from the beginning will never in fact come to know anything. — Thomas Merton
48. I am firmly convinced that you shouldn’t necessarily emphasize hedonism, especially at the beginning of a career, but should instead focus entirely on performance. — Oliver Kahn
49. At the beginning of his struggle, the Warrior says: ‘I have dreams. — Paulo Coelho
50. The end is in the beginning and yet you go on. — Samuel Beckett