A good beginning makes a good ending.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
- Boni principii bonus finis. A good beginning has a good end.
- Quale principium, talis est clausula. As a principle, such is the clause.
French
- Un ouvrage bien commencé est plus d'à moitié fait. A job well begun is more than half done.
- Qui bien engrène bien finit. What goes around comes around.
- De bon commencement bonne fin. From good beginning to good end.
- Sagement entreprendre fait bien éxécuter. Wisely undertaken, well executed.
German
- Anfang gut, alles gut. Start well, all is well.
- Anfang und Ende reichen einander die Hände. The beginning and the end join hands.
- Guter Anfang gutes Ende. Good beginning good end.
Czech
- Jaký začátek — takový konec. Like the beginning, like the end.
- Dobrý začátek dobrý konec. Good beginning good ending.
- Dobrý začátek slibuje dobrý konec. A good beginning promises a good ending.