The first step to take to wake up earlier is to have a nighttime routine that not only encourages you to fall asleep but also guarantees you'll sleep soundly each and every night.
The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.
A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.
Pride is the first step in people unraveling and companies unraveling and relationships unraveling.
If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers.
The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.
Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.
Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.
Singling out political opponents for working against the ruling party is precisely the tactic of every tyrannical government from Red China to Venezuela. The first step in the process is creating unfounded public suspicion of political opponents, followed by arresting and jailing any who continue speaking against the regime.
Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.
Replacing General McChrystal with David Petraeus was a good first step, but more will be needed.
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.
Global warming is a fact. Now it's up to liberals to make it a reality. Hence there is crucial importance in preventing powerful, greedy free market forces from getting in the way of worsening storms and rising sea levels. The Kyoto Accord is a good first step.
The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.
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.
A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.
The first step in community organization is community disorganization.
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.
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
The first step in good reporting is good snooping.
Funding privatized accounts with Social Security dollars would not only make the program's long term problems worse, but many believe it represents a first step toward undermining the program's fundamental goals.
The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
While awareness-building is a crucial first step, cohesive efforts are needed to translate this into real-world change.
To imagine yourself inside another person... is what a storywriter does in every piece of work; it is his first step, and his last too, I suppose.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them. If you allow yourself to be somewhat curious - and if you get into the habit of doing that - it's the first step to being open minded and realizing that your points of view aren't totally opposite.
Getting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you've started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can't get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?
I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy.
The Iraqi elections were an important first step.
It's time to start really writing some stuff, and I really wanted to write some stuff in the vein of the original Misfits, and this was really the first step in that direction.
I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
