Firsts Quotes - Page 39

Tradition is the living faith of the dead; traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. Tradition lives in conversation with the past, while remembering where we are and when we are and that it is we who have to decide. Traditionalism supposes that nothing should ever be done for the first time, so all that is needed to solve any problem is to arrive at the supposedly unanimous testimony of this homogenized tradition.

We cannot go beyond the consumer society unless we first understand that obligatory public schools inevitably reproduce such a society, no matter what is taught in them.

I did a picture for the First Barbie doll box.

If you want a recipe for relationship failure, just wait for the other person to change first.

There is no first strike in Karate.

You cannot truly express yourself until you first discover who you are.

Trade protection accumulates upon a single point the good which it effects, while the evil inflicted is infused throughout the mass. The one strikes the eye at a first glance, while the other becomes perceptible only to close investigation.

Damned, damned be the rich! May not even their fingernails be left!... I'm sure that they are going to Hell head-first.

Muslims are the first victims of Islam. To liberate a Muslim from his religion is the best service that one can render him!

Let your first business be to perform your duties at home. But, inasmuch as you are wise stewards, you will find time for social duties. . . . By seeking to perform every duty you will find that your capacity will increase, and you will be astonished at what you can accomplish.

To destroy is always the first step in any creation.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.

It is fatal to let people suppose that Christianity is only a mode of feeling; it is vitally necessary to insist that it is first and foremost a rational explanation of the universe.

The first step toward change is awareness. If you want to get from where you are to where you want to be, you have to start by becoming aware of the choices that lead you away from your desired destination.

The first time you do something, it's science. The second time, it's engineering. The third time, it's just being a technician. I'm a scientist. Once I do something, I want to do something else.

She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself.

If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.

With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.

First drafts are for learning what your story is about.

Once you tell your first lie, the first time you lie for him, you are in it with him, and then you are lost.

Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your employees first.

But if you want to find peace, you must first be able to hope it is possible.

First of all, there was a volcano of words, an eruption of words that Shakespeare had never used before that had never been used in the English language before. It's astonishing. It pours out of him.

Just as a person who is always asserting that he is too good-natured is the very one from whom to expect, on some occasion, the coldest and most unconcerned cruelty, so when any group sees itself as the bearer of civilization this very belief will betray it into behaving barbarously at the first opportunity.