The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.
Voltaire

The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
William Osler

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
Jane Austen

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.
Jane Austen

The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.
Pope John Paul II

Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power.
Malcolm X

The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.
Thomas Merton

Every step of life shows much caution is required.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.
Rumi

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.
Marianne Williamson

Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.
Robert Collier

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.
George Bernard Shaw

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
Lee Iacocca

I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
Orson Welles

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
Orson Welles

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
Albert Schweitzer

No matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close.
Chuck Palahniuk