First Steps Quotes

• Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.

  Muhammad Ali

  Beginners, Firsts, Steps

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• The first step is to believe that it's possible. Once I had a taste of success, you start to believe in it a little more.

  Jarome Iginla

  Believe, Littles, Taste

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• I think this is the start of something really big. Sometimes that first step is the hardest one, and we've just taken it.

  Steve Jobs

  Taken, Thinking, Firsts

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• The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Positive, Faith

  Mother Jones Magazine, Vol.16, No.3, p.77, May - June 1991.

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• The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

  Chauncey Depew

  Motivation, Firsts, Steps

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• The most important step of all is the first step. Start something.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Important, Firsts, Steps

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• He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.

  James Huneker

  Wisdom, Stupid, Knowledge

  James Huneker (1913). “The Pathos of Distance: A Book of a Thousand and One Moments”

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• The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Change, Acceptance, Second Chance

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• The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.

  William Osler

  Inspirational, Success, Congratulations

  Sir William Osler, Mark E. Silverman, T. J. Murray, Charles S. Bryan, American College of Physicians--American Society of Internal Medicine (2003). “The Quotable Osler”, p.76, ACP Press

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  Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Atlanta Magazine, April 2008.

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• Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

  Julius Charles Hare

  Inspiring, Being Yourself, Inspiration

  Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1861). “Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed”, p.486

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• A KEY TO BEGIN FORGIVING: Become soft and tender with the person. The first step is to become soft in your mind and spirit. Lower your voice and relax your facial expressions. This reflects honor and humility; and as Proverbs 15:1 suggests, "A gentle answer turns away anger."

  Gary Smalley

  Humility, Keys, Expression

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• What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.

  Wendell Phillips

  Inspirational, Life, Leadership

  Wendell Phillips (1864). “Speeches, Lectures, and Letters”, p.282

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• Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Men, Challenges

  Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.62, Penguin

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• Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.

  Indira Gandhi

  Acting, Small Steps, Prejudice

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• Decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

  J. P. Morgan

  New Year, Where You Are, Unknown Motivational

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• Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

  William James

  Motivational, Happiness, Freedom

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• Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Change, Wise

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  This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

  Neil Armstrong

  Motivational, Positive, Moon

  In New York Times 31 July 1969, p. 20

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• A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational Life, Simple, Thinking

  Eleanor Roosevelt (1938). “My Days”

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• Every adventure requires a first step. Trite but true, even here.

  American McGee

  Adventure, Firsts, Steps

  "Alice". Video Game, m.imdb.com. 2000.

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• The first step of handling anything is gaining the ability to face it.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Faces, Firsts, Steps

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• The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

  Ben Stein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Ben Stein (2010). “How Successful People Win: Using Bunkhouse Logic to Get What You Want in Life”, p.18, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

  Richard Cecil

  Learning, Ignorant, Firsts

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