中國人常說：“做事要有始有終”。“有始有終”，漢語成語，字面意思是有開頭也有收尾（have a beginning and an end），比喻做事能堅持到底。可以翻譯爲“carry something through to the end”或“ finish what has been started”。
例句：
我們無論做什麼都要有始有終，不可半途而廢。
In doing anything, we must go through it from start to finish and never drop it halfway.