Firsts Quotes - Page 53

Souls generally do not fall away from Christ because of the Creed; they first have difficulty with the Commandments.

The first theory is that if we make the rich richer, somehow they will let a part of their prosperity trickle down to the rest of us. The second theory was the theory that if we make the average of mankind comfortable and secure, their prosperity will rise upward through the ranks.

When you first get a hill in sight, look at the top of it only once. Then imagine yourself at the bottom of the other side.

According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms from one condition of existence to another.

The first step in the elevation of women under all systems of religion is to convince them that the great Spirit of the Universe is in no way responsible for any of these absurdities.

Pure phenomenology claims to be the science of pure phenomena. This concept of the phenomenon, which was developed under various names as early as the eighteenth century without being clarified, is what we shall have to deal with first of all.

I know, basketball is a dance. I didn't understand the significance of that type of training at first. I was supposed to read poems.

Stop repeating what never worked in the first place. Stand back and ask for a new solution.

Miserable Orpheus who, turning to lose his Eurydice, beholds her for the first time as well as the last.

Friends are the twenty-first-century version of extended families.

Nonviolence is a method that transforms, first of all, the individual once you understand it and embrace it. It begins with you and, if you can, about transforming individuals so that they love unconditionally.

From when I was really young one of the first things I did was to perform and do shows. It was like a natural instinct.

I have often wondered who was the first person to realize that eating an artichoke was a good idea.

When I first heard music, I thought it should be very clean, very precise. Something that people could understand, something that was beautiful.

Let each one of us, if we have done nothing for Christ, begin to do something now. The distribution of tracts is the first thing.

All power that anyone can possibly use is within, waiting to be made visible, first by recognizing it, then affirming it as ours.

The Past Is Gone, And Cannot Harm You Any More & While The Future Is Fast Coming For You, It Always Flinches First. And Settles In As The Gentle Present.

The international proletariat first appeared on the scene in the early Thirties of the nineteenth century, and its first great action was the French Revolution of 1848.

The first step in building a solid, dependable attitude is to be realistic, not only about your inherent capabilities, but also about how well you are playing to those capabilities on any given day.

I don't feel that because I'm First Lady, I'm very different from what I was before. It can happen to anyone. After all, it has happened to anyone.

By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.

People exaggerate Corruption in Nigeria. It is not even our first or second problem, maybe the third

First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.

I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.

An important technology first creates a problem and then solves it.