Dersom det er sandt, hvad Ordsproget siger, at friskt vovet er halv vunden: saa er det ogsaa sandt, at Arbeidet er halv gjort, ja mere end halv gjort, naar Opgaven staaer fast.
If it is true, as the proverb says, that a good beginning is half the victory, then it is also true that the work is half finished, yes, more than half finished, when the task stands clearly out.
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard – Danish Protestant theologian an philosopher (1813-1855), known as one of the most important academics in Denmark, from “Edifying Discourses in Diverse Spirits”, part I “An Occasional Discourse” (“Opbyggelige Taler i forskjellig Aand”, “En Leiligheds-Tale”, 1847)