First Steps Quotes - Page 27

• It's all well and good to look back after the fact and see what we should have done, but we rarely know what path is best when we take that first step.

  Christine Feehan

  Should Have, Looks, Done

  Christine Feehan (2010). “Sea Storm”, p.174, Penguin

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• Often admitting our weakness and fear is the first step to finding rest in God. Our trust in Him isn't conveyed though superhuman confidence as much as it comes in the way of childlike reliance on Him.

  Tracie Peterson

  Way, Firsts, Steps

  Tracie Peterson (2010). “Morning's Refrain (Song of Alaska Book #2)”, p.92, Bethany House

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• I luv the book first step to forever by justin bieber

  Justin Bieber

  Book, Forever, Firsts

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• Sometimes you don’t know when you’re taking the first step through a door until you’re already inside.

  Ann Voskamp

  Doors, Firsts, Steps

  Ann Voskamp (2011). “One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are”, p.45, Zondervan

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• I'd learn that it's not just where you go, but how you choose to get there. So I pulled that sign off the green bike - ENJOY YOUR RIDE! - and went inside to take the first step toward doing just that.

  Sarah Dessen

  Green, Firsts, Steps

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• Percy climbed the first step, then the next, remembering the thousands of times she'd run through the door, in a hurry to get to the future, to whatever was coming next, to this moment.

  Kate Morton

  Running, Doors, Next

  Kate Morton (2011). “The Distant Hours: A Novel”, p.261, Simon and Schuster

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• The first step in conforming our intellect to God's truth is to die to our vanity, pride, and craving for respect from colleagues and the public. We must let go of the worldly motivations that drive us, praying to be motivated solely by a genuine desire to submit our minds to God's Word - and then to use that knowledge in service to others.

  Nancy Pearcey

  Letting Go, Motivation, Pride

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• The first step in the direction of a world rule of law is the recognition that peace no longer is an unobtainable ideal but a necessary condition of continued human existence. But to take even this step we must return to a calm and responsible frame of mind in which we can face the long patient tasks ahead.

  Margaret Mead

  Law, Long, Mind

  "Are Shelters the Answer?". The New York Times Magazine (p. 125), November 26, 1961.

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• The great goal of the backlash is to nurture a cultural class war, and the first step in doing so, as we have seen, is to deny the economic basis of social class. After all, you can hardly deride liberals as society's "elite" or present the GOP as the party of the common man if you acknowledge the existence of the corporate world - the power that creates the nation's real elite, that dominates its real class system, and that wields the Republican Party as its personal political sidearm.

  Thomas Frank

  Real, War, Party

  "What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America". Book by Thomas Frank, April 1, 2007.

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• The most difficult step in the study of language is the first step.

  Leonard Bloomfield

  Firsts, Steps, Study

  Leonard Bloomfield (1994). “Language”, p.21, Motilal Banarsidass Publishe

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• For thousands of years humankind's finest minds have been struggling with the theoretical problem of finding the forms that would give peoples the possibility, without the greatest of torment, without internecine strife, of living side by side in friendship and brotherhood. Practically speaking, the first step in this direction is only being taken now, today.

  Mikhail Kalinin

  Struggle, Taken, Years

  "Survivor From An Unknown War: The Life of Isakjan Narzikul" by Stephen Lee Crane, (p. 3), 1999.

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• The first step to dealing with a problem is admitting that you have a problem.

  Jase Robertson

  Admitting, Firsts, Steps

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• I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.

  T. D. Jakes

  Thinking, Giving, Doe

  "Lessons On Forgiveness From T.D. Jakes". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 5, 2012.

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• The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Truth, Errors

  Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.246, Shambhala Publications

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• Getting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you've started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can't get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?

  Joyce Meyer

  Goal, Focus, Important

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• Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them. If you allow yourself to be somewhat curious - and if you get into the habit of doing that - it's the first step to being open minded and realizing that your points of view aren't totally opposite.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Views, Opposites, People

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• We have said the first step was to designate the land, inform the owners. And the second would be to get the responses from the owners. And this will be openly done.

  Robert Mugabe

  Land, Would Be, Done

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron.

  Ted Rall

  Boss, Firsts, Steps

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• In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Real, Knowledge, Science

  Alfred North Whitehead (1997). “Science and the Modern World”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

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• The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

  Marianne Williamson

  Forgiveness, Forgiving, Firsts

  Marianne Williamson (2013). “Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage”, p.131, Random House

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• Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspiring, Morning, America

  Zig Ziglar (2010). “See You at the Top”, p.370, Pelican Publishing

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• The first step toward maintaining autonomy in any programmed environment is to be aware that there's programming going on. It's as simple as understanding the commercials are there to help sell things. And that TV shows are there to sell commercials, and so on.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Simple, Tv Shows, Understanding

  "Program or be Programmed: The GeekDad". Interview with Jason Cranfordteague, www.wired.com. July 29, 2011.

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• What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Taken, Firsts, Steps

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “2010: Odyssey Two”, p.224, RosettaBooks

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• Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.

  C. S. Lewis

  Dream, Wisdom, Love You

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• The first step to the knowledge of the wonder and mystery of life is the recognition of the monstrous nature of the earthly human realm as well as its glory, the realization that this is just how it is and that it cannot and will not be changed. Those who think they know how the universe could have been had they created it, without pain, without sorrow, without time, without death, are unfit for illumination.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Time, Pain

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