First
Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.
Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preeminence in the combined effect.
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First Quotations
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"
Martin Luther King, Jr.
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
Buddha
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Abraham Lincoln
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
Mark Twain
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
T. S. Eliot
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Winston Churchill
Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.
Winston Churchill
First Translations
first in Afrikaans is eers, eerste
first in Dutch is eerste
first in French is premier
first in Italian is primo, dapprima
first in Latin is primo, primitus, primoris, primoris, primoris
first in Portuguese is primeiramente, primeiro
first in Spanish is primeramente, primera, primero
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