Category: beginnings...

seeing the sun rise at Pitt Island in New Zealand, in the first inhabited place for dawn each day (except for Antarctica)
a really fresh start on New Year's Day
starting a garden from scratch: designing it, tilling the soil, planting the seeds, watering, weeding
being the one to start a standing ovation
finding the beginning of your path
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. (Lao Tzu)
charity and education begin at home
There will never be a better time to begin than right now. Begin where you are.
Start over every morning.
Begin each meal by giving thanks, even silently.
Begin each day with a smile and say, I am awake and grateful to be alive.
There is no beginning too small. (HD Thoreau)
In the beginner's mind, there are many possibilities. Be willing to see everything as if for the first time.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. (T.I. Rubin)
Begin each activity with a gentle calm inhalation and exhalation.
An ending is a beginning in disguise.
The entire art of meditation is knowing how to begin again.
Being first is forever; you can only be first once.