First Steps Quotes - Page 7

• The decisive step in evolution, the first step toward macroevolution, the step from one species to another, requires another evolutionary method than that of sheer accumulation of micromutations.

  Richard Goldschmidt

  Science, Firsts, Steps

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• If you ask, what is the first step in the way of truth? I answer humility," saith St. Austin. "If you ask, what is the second? I say humility. If you ask, what is the third? I answer the same - humility.

  Antony C. Sutton

  Humility, Austin, Answers

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• The first step to getting what you want is to have the courage to get rid of what you don't.

  Zig Ziglar

  Self, Getting What You Want, Firsts

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from May 29, 2014

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• When I write about "realizations," I am describing a state in which a practitioner has wisdom of who she or he is, and has embodied that wisdom; it has become integrated into daily life, thoughts, and activities. We often view "awakening" as first step towards such realization. Awakening can occur in the blink of an eye, frequently through the direct, heart-opening (heart-breaking) transmission of grace from an awakened teacher.

  Russell Targ

  Teacher, Writing, Heart

  Russell Targ (2010). “Limitless Mind: A Guide to Remote Viewing and Transformation of Consciousness”, p.15, New World Library

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• It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realise that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality. The first step therefore is to make the black man come to himself; to pump back life into his empty shell; to infuse him with pride and dignity, to remind him of his complicity in the crime of allowing himself to be misused and therefore letting evil reign supreme in the country of his birth.

  Steven Biko

  Country, Pride, Men

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• In silence, we have an opportunity to reflect, listen, and gain new insights about ourselves. In silence, we can think, feel, and most important of all, breathe. When you seek guidance, understanding, clarity, or peace of mind, the first step is to master the art of silence and to rethink the value of solitude.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Art, Opportunity, Thinking

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Apr 17, 2016

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• It is man's pretence that because he has choice he is free. Freedom is pure observation without direction, without fear of punishment and reward. Freedom is without motive; freedom is not at the end of the evolution of man but lies in the first step of his existence.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Lying, Men, Choices

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (2000). “To Be Human”, p.6, Shambhala Publications

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• All transformation begins with an intense, burning desire to be transformed. The first step in the 'renewing of the mind' is desire. You must want to be different [and intend to be] before you can begin to change yourself. Then you must make your future dream a present fact. You do this by assuming the feeling of your wish fulfilled. By desiring to be other than what you are, you can create an ideal of the person you want to be and assume that you are already that person. If this assumption is persisted in until it becomes your dominant feeling, the attainment of your ideal is inevitable.

  Neville Goddard

  Dream, Feelings, Mind

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• Every great accomplishment starts with a first step. No matter how big your goals are. No matter how great your plans are. No matter how immense your dreams are. It all begins with a single step. Take that step today!

  Clifton Anderson

  Dream, Accomplishment, Goal

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• Recognizing your own ignorance is the first step toward wisdom.

  Laurence Overmire

  Learning, Ignorance, Firsts

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• I taught you to take the first step: to learn to believe in belief. And one day you will take the second step and find what is it you believe in.

  Paul Torday

  Believe, One Day, Firsts

  Paul Torday, Susan Howe (2008). “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”, p.323, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• They say learning to love yourself, Is the first step, That you take when you want to be real...

  Tiesto

  Real, Love You, Want

  "Song: Just Be". October 11, 2004.

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• The first step on the path to positive change is acknowledgement that change is necessary and possible. Open yourself to the possibility of seeing the world in a new way. What do you have to lose?

  Alex Blackwell

  World, Way, Path

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• Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum.

  Emma Bonino

  Firsts, Steps, Constitution

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• The U.S. should support the historic Gaza withdrawal as a first step toward a final settlement: a permanent Palestinian state in Gaza and nearly all of the West Bank.

  Lee H. Hamilton

  Support, West, Firsts

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• The prison was very important - as everywhere on earth. Everywhere the building of a prison is the first step in the organization of a civilized state.

  B. Traven

  Organization, Important, Earth

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• Most of the methods of training the conscious side of the writer-the craftsman and the critic in him- are actually hostile to the good of the artist's side; and the converse of this proposition is likewise true. But it is possible to train both sides of the character to work in harmony, and the first step in that education is to consider that you must teach yourself not as though you were one person, but two.

  Dorothea Brande

  Character, Artist, Two

  Dorothea Brande (2016). “Becoming a Writer”, p.15, Lulu.com

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• If you are angry or in pain, separate yourself from anger and pain and watch them. Externalization is the first step to liberation.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Pain, Watches, Firsts

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• Removing old conditionings from the mind and training the mind to be more equaimous with every experience is the first step toward enabling one to experience true happiness.

  S. N. Goenka

  Training, Mind, Enabling

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• The man who realizes his ignorance has taken the first step toward knowledge.

  Max Heindel

  Taken, Ignorance, Men

  Max Heindel (1920). “The Rosicrucian Cosmo-conception: Or, Mystic Christianity ; an Elementary Treatise Upon Man's Past Evolution, Present Constitution and Future Development”, p.21, Lulu.com

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• The personal revolution is far more difficult, and is the first step in any revolution.

  Michael Franti

  Firsts, Revolution, Steps

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• If you have feelings about reading, you feel the rhythm of prose or of a poem like music. It awakens something in your soul and then of course you study, read, you grow up and you begin to understand the message and that is the first step towards understanding life.

  Maria Kodama

  Growing Up, Reading, Understanding

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• Today many people are switching to free software for purely practical reasons. That is good, as far as it goes, but that isn't all we need to do! Attracting users to free software is not the whole job, just the first step.

  Richard Stallman

  Jobs, People, Today

  "Why 'Free Software' is better than 'Open Source'". www.gnu.org. 1998.

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• The three most ancient opinions concerning God are Anarchia, Polyarchia, and Monarchia. The first two are the sport of the children of Hellas, and may they continue to be so. For Anarchy is a thing without order; and the Rule of Many is factious, and thus anarchical, and thus disorderly. For both these tend to the same thing, namely disorder; and this to dissolution, for disorder is the first step to dissolution. But Monarchy is what we hold in honor.

  Gregory of Nyssa

  Sports, Children, Order

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• [I am] confident that Congress will pass the Kennedy-Hatch KidCare bill, a first step toward the single-payer socialized medicine system that the NEA [National Education Association] has endorsed for years.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Years, Medicine, Care

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