Beginners Quotes

• You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.

  Barbara Sher

  Inspirational, Life, Learning

  Barbara Sher (2010). “I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It”, p.201, Dell

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• Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.

  Muhammad Ali

  Firsts, Steps, Great Unknown

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• Every expert was once a beginner.

  Rutherford B. Hayes

  Experts

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• Be ready and willing to be a beginner every morning. That's how you grow and step into your greatness

  Joel Brown

  Morning, Greatness, Steps

  Twitter post from Mar 29, 2015

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• The beginner's humility and openness lead to exploration. Exploration leads to accomplishment. All of it begins at the beginning, with the first small and scary step.

  Julia Cameron

  Humility, Pride, Accomplishment

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.186, Souvenir Press

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• There never was a winner, who wasn't a beginner.

  Denis Waitley

  Winner

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• Every master was once a beginner. Every pro was once an amateur.

  Robin Sharma

  Masters

  FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from May 24, 2014

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• Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.

  Meister Eckhart

  Good Morning, New Beginnings, Good Day

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• We are not beginners forever, but we never stop learning.

  Sandra Scofield

  Forever, Never Stop Learning

  Sandra Scofield (2007). “The Scene Book: A Primer for the Fiction Writer”, p.15, Penguin

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• In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Inspirational, Teaching, Imagination

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.2, Shambhala Publications

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• An expert is a person who has few new ideas; a beginner is a person with many.

  Albert Einstein

  Ideas, Experts, Persons

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• Beginners are many; finishers are few.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

  Stephen M. R. Covey (2008). “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

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• Most beginners are too anxious for results. Real progress takes place over a long period of time.

  Mary Beth McKenzie

  Real, Long, Anxiety

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• Be a perpetual beginner. Always be inspired. It is that attitude of inspiration and belief that creates energy.

  Frederick Lenz

  Attitude, Inspiration, Energy

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• Miracles are for beginners.

  C. S. Lewis

  Miracle

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• I'm always tryin' to do something new, tryin' to look like a beginner.

  Meshell Ndegeocello

  Looks, Something New

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• The beginner's mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Compassion, Mind, Boundless

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.2, Shambhala Publications

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• Stick to a task 'til it sticks to you. . .for beginners are many, but finishers few.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Tasks, Sticks, Finishers

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• The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner's mind.

  Jack Kornfield

  Practice, Goal, Mind

  Jack Kornfield (2011). “The Buddha Is Still Teaching: Contemporary Buddhist Wisdom”, p.5, Shambhala Publications

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• Every artist was first an amateur.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VIII: Letters and Social Aims”, p.119, Harvard University Press

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• The grace to be a beginner is always the best prayer for an artist.

  Julia Cameron

  Prayer, Artist, Grace

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Mar 18, 2017

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• The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the experts, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all possibilities.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Doubt, Mind, Experts

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.14, Shambhala Publications

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• Before you dismiss a beginner's work, remember how much you sucked when you started. You probably sucked worse, actually.

  Jason Fried

  Life, Entrepreneur, Remember

  Twitter post from Feb 6, 2014

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• Every Chess master was once a beginner

  Irving Chernev

  Learning, Playing Chess, Enlightening

  Irving Chernev, Fred Reinfeld (2013). “Winning Chess: Reissue of the bestselling Irving Chernev instructional classic”, p.148, Pavilion Books

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• We do not want to be beginners. But let us be convinced of the fact that we will never be anything else but beginners, all our life!

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Prayer, Want

  "Contemplative Prayer".

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