a good beginning makes a good ending

English

Proverb

a good beginning makes a good ending

1. Start off on a good note to reap the benefits at the end.

Related terms

• well begun is half done

Translations

good beginnings promise a good end

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一個良好的開端是成功的一半／一个良好的开端是成功的一半, 一个良好的开端是成功的一半 (yī gè liánghǎo de kāiduān shì chénggōng de yībàn)

• Finnish: alku hyvin, loppu hyvin
• French: bien commencer amène à bien terminer
• Italian: chi ben comincia è a metà dell'opera
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• Japanese: 始め良ければ終わりよし (はじめよければおわりよし, hajime yokereba owari yoshi)
• Korean: 시작이 반이다. (sijagi banida.)
• Persian: خشت اول چون نهد معمار کج تا ثریا می‌رود دیوار کج
• Russian: хоро́шее нача́ло полде́ла откача́ло (xoróšeje načálo poldéla otkačálo)
• Spanish: lo que bien empieza bien acaba, quien bien empieza bien acaba