First Steps Quotes - Page 9

• The first merit of pictures is the effect which they can produce upon the mind; — and the first step of a sensible man should be to receive involuntary effects from them. Pleasure and inspiration first, analysis afterward.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Art, Inspiration, Men

  "Star Papers: Or, Experiences of Art and Nature".

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• First, we should not be opening our coasts, all of our coasts, to oil drilling when we have not taken the first step, not the first step, to conserve oil.

  Sherwood Boehlert

  Taken, Oil, Firsts

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• Personal credibility has everything to do with how others perceive us and how we perceive ourselves. Sandy Allgeier’s book teaches the all-important truth that it doesn’t matter how much money, status, or power you have if nobody believes in you. Every parent should read The Personal Credibility Factor and instill its lessons in their kids.Achieving a full understanding of these principles is the first step in becoming a truly great human being.

  Michele Borba

  Believe, Book, Kids

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• Anyone who wants to vote probably shouldn't be allowed to vote. Voting is the first step towards zombification - trying to get something without actually working for it.

  Bill Bonner

  Voting, Trying, Want

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• For everyone, well-being is a journey. The secret is committing to that journey and taking those first steps with hope and belief in yourself.

  Deepak Chopra

  Journey, Secret, Firsts

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• The first step to success in any business is to ask your customers what they want.

  Kevin Stirtz

  Want, Firsts, Steps

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• Almost any trick can be improved by thinking through it slowlyThe first step is to not blink

  Jim Steinmeyer

  Thinking, Firsts, Steps

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• Turning a human being into a thing, an object, is almost always the first step towards justifying violence against that person. It is very difficult, perhaps impossible, to be violent to someone we think of as an equal, someone we have empathy with, but it is very easy to abuse a thing

  Jean Kilbourne

  Thinking, Empathy, Abuse

  Jean Kilbourne (1999). “Deadly Persuasion: Why Women and Girls Must Fight the Addictive Power of Advertising”

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• So the first step in seeking happiness is learning. We first have to learn how negative emotions and behaviors are harmful to us and how positive emotions are helpful.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Negative, Firsts

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.43, Penguin

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• Stop, look, investigate, ask the right questions, come to the right conclusions and have the courage to act on them and see what happens. The first steps may bring the roof down on your head, but soon the commotion will clear and there will be peace and joy.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Inspiration, Practice, Meditation

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• The first steps in self-acceptance are not at all pleasant, for what one sees is not a happy sight. One needs all the courage to go further.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Inspiration, Acceptance, Sight

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• Imagination is the first step in creation whether in words or trifles. The mental pattern must always precede the material form.

  William Walker Atkinson

  Art, Imagination, Patterns

  William Walker Atkinson (2016). “The Secret Of Success”, p.30, William Walker Atkinson

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• Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your Life.

  Michelangelo

  Inspirational Life, Lying, Passion

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• Asking is the first step in the Creative Process, so make it a habit to ask.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Law Of Attraction, Creative, Asking

  Rhonda Byrne (2011). “The Secret”, p.48, Simon and Schuster

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• To win countrywide victory is only the first step in a long march of ten thousand li.... The Chinese revolution is great, but the road after the revolution will be longer, the work greater and more arduous. This must be made clear now in the Party. The comrades must be helped to remain modest, prudent and free from arrogance and rashness in their style of work. The comrades must be helped to preserve the style of plain living and hard struggle.

  Mao Zedong

  Party, Struggle, Winning

  Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.101, Lulu.com

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• Looking beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind.

  Amit Ray

  Mind, World, Firsts

  Amit Ray (2010). “Meditation: Insights and Inspiration”, p.98, INNER LIGHT PUBLISHERS

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• Love won't come through unless the heart is open. To work with an open heart is to love or care for something or someone more than you do for yourself. This is the first step to the divine love that we all are looking for.

  Harold Klemp

  Heart, Care, Firsts

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• To change the world
  It starts with one step
  However small
  First step is hardest of all.

  Dave Matthews

  World, Firsts, Steps

  "Song: 'You Might Die Trying'". 2005.

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• It's that first step-getting out the door-that's the toughest. If you can do that, you've already won.

  Mary J. Blige

  Doors, Firsts, Steps

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• The first step in this process of mindfulness is radical self-acceptance .

  Stephen Batchelor

  Acceptance, Self, Mindfulness

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• This is the first step toward understanding the process of real, lasting change: simply knowing with certainty that you can do whatever you need to do. This understanding has a dual edge: On the one hand it increases your confidence and dignity. On the other hand, it places full responsibility on you if you fail to make the change you set out to make. But this is a good thing, not a guilt trip.

  Bo Lozoff

  Real, Responsibility, Lasting Change

  Bo Lozoff (2001). “It's a Meaningful Life: It Just Takes Practice”, p.41, Penguin

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• Humility is the first step towards learning. You can’t learn until you are humble enough to realize there is something for you to learn.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Learning, Humble, Humility

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from Jan 12, 2013

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• In the gospels the very first step a man must take is an act which radically affects his whole existence.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Men, Firsts, Steps

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.22, SCM Press

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• Being a smart shopper is the first step to getting rich.

  Mark Cuban

  Smart, Firsts, Steps

  "Mark Cuban's guide to getting rich". www.businessinsider.com. September 10, 2015.

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• It is pointless trying to know where the way leads. Think only about your first step, the rest will come.

  Shams Tabrizi

  Thinking, Trying, Way

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