Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.

Make a bad beginning and you’ll contend with troubles ever after.

The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It’s the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.

The problem is not slipping up; the problem is thinking that if you can not do something perfectly, then you shouldn’t do it at all...

A cookbook is only as good as its worst recipe.

Remember, too, that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start, and pass through many heartbreaking struggles before they ‘arrive’.

Your 1st blog post will be bad, but your 1000th will be great.

Your 1st workout will be weak, but your 1000th will be strong.

Your 1st meditation will be scattered, but your 1000th will be focused.

Put in your reps.

Past glories are poor feeding.

it is a curse to have everything go right on your first attempt.

In literature and in love we generally begin in bad taste.

Your first 50 reps of anything will suck.

But overcoming the fear of looking foolish as a beginner & embracing the monotony of practice is the only growth hack you need.

The first draft of anything is shit. — ERNEST HEMINGWAY

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

All my friends who work out all the time, they’re going for knee replacements, hip replacements — they’re a disaster

If you like an exercise, chances are you’re doing it wrong.