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1 " We Americans pride ourselves on our freedom to speak, to say what we believe. But of what use is it to speak if only those who already agree with us listen? A first step toward the abolition of war is learning to listen with respect and sympathy. "
― Nel Noddings , Peace Education: How We Come to Love and Hate War
2 " I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all. "
― Alexis de Tocqueville
3 " The first step to success is knowing that you failed to do something because many people don't even realise. Second step is to take a first step towards making your dreams true. "
― Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma , Guru with Guitar
4 " If your body is screaming in pain, whether the pain is muscular contractions, anxiety, depression, asthma or arthritis, a first step in releasing the pain may be making the connection between your body pain and the cause. “Beliefs are physical. A thought held long enough and repeated enough becomes a belief. The belief then becomes biology. "
― , Miss America by Day
5 " Sometimes taking a first step is the biggest and most important journey of them all. "
― Darlene Craviotto , An Agoraphobic's Guide to Hollywood: How Michael Jackson Got Me Out of the House
6 " Life's full of events - they occur and you adjust, you roll and move on. But at some point you realize some events are actually developments. You realize there's a big plan out there you know nothing about, and a development is a first step in that new direction. Sometimes things feel like big-time developmens but in time you adjust, you find a new way and realize they didn't throw you off course, they didn't change you. They were just events. The tricky part is telling the difference between the two. "
― Adam Johnson , Fortune Smiles
7 " We don't need to start our dream from the top all we need is to make a first step where we are standing right now and say my journey starts now "
8 " Starting isn’t like that. Starting something is not an event; it’s a series of events. You decide to walk to Cleveland. So you take a first step in the right direction. That’s starting. You spend the rest of the day walking toward Cleveland, one step at a time, picking your feet up and putting them down. At the end of the day, twenty miles later, you stop at a hotel. And what happens the next morning? Either you quit the project or you start again, walking to Cleveland. In fact, every step is a new beginning. Sure, you’re closer than you were yesterday or last week, but you’re still... "
― Seth Godin , Poke the Box
9 " CRITICISM'' is a first step of a Success "
10 " Authenticity is imperative, it brings forth respect,trust, love and confidence. This simply means you'll be respected, trusted, loved by many people and you'll be confident enough to take a first step towards your dreams. It also gives you independent thinking and understanding of things in general. Just be you, live original and you'll benefit great things from it. "
― Euginia Herlihy
11 " A common language is a first step towards communication across cultural boundaries. "
12 " A zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel. "
13 " As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in disarmament by abolishing the weapons forbidden to the Central Powers by the Peace Treaties. "
14 " I'm not saying that putting on makeup will change the world or even your life, but it can be a first step in learning things about yourself you may never have discovered otherwise. At worst, you could make a big mess and have a good laugh. "
15 " It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict, we must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own government with a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce its international laws and keep the peace. "
