The end of a matter is better than its beginning;
Patience of spirit is better than haughtiness of spirit.Variations on this idea are throughout the chapter. I think what it's trying to say is that at the beginning, one is full of excitement, and energy, and naivete. One can see exactly how things are going to progress, and looks forward to it all.
However, the journey is rarely as expected. In the end, it's often more of a slog than of a race. You get to the end and look back, and you see how costly it's been, what's been spent and lost, the places where you went in the completely wrong direction and had to fight back. But at the end, you've made it, and there is at least a sense of accomplishment.
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