The starting point of all achievement is desire.
In the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the starting point in the development of a new branch of knowledge.
A great accomplishment shouldn't be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward.
Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.
The starting point for energy security today as it has always been is diversification of supplies and sources.
Interactions between fathers and children are the starting point of education.
A novel is, hopefully, the starting point of a conversation, one in which the author engages readers and asks that they see things from a different point of view than they might otherwise.
Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.
History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is a compass they use to find themselves on the map of human geography. It tells them where they are but, more importantly, what they must be.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.