I have never been any place where I was not first invited. And upon invitation, if I feel that there is potential for making some contribution to humanity, I will comply in spite of being tired.
Get the facts. Let’s not even attempt to solve our problems without first collecting all the facts in an impartial manner.
Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.
Almost everything worth doing in human life is very difficult in its early stages and the good we are aiming at is never available at first, to strengthen us when we seem to need it most.
When we pass through what we call death, we do not lose the world. Indeed, we see it for the first time as it really is.
Stop repeating what never worked in the first place. Stand back and ask for a new solution.
My focus is first of all, to remove every thought of violence from my own consciousness.
Forgiveness belongs to those who know how to love in the first place.
The whole banquet is in the first spoonful.
I can affect change by transforming the only thing that I ever had control over in the first place and that is myself.
First we make our attitudes. Then our attitudes make us.
The reason so many individuals fail to achieve their goals in life is that they never really set them in the first place.
The first best-kept secret of total success is that we must feel love inside ourselves before we can give it to others.
The first step toward success will be the biggest one.
First doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith. We must never allow doubt to hold us prisoner and keep us from the divine love, peace, and gifts that come through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Don’t get discouraged if you stumble at times. The first step to walking in righteousness is simply to try.
In the gospels the very first step a man must take is an act which radically affects his whole existence.
The first service that one owes to others consists in listening to them.
If you believe, take the first step, it leads to Jesus Christ. If you don’t believe, take the first step all the same, for you are bidden to take it.
My first recollection is that of a bugle call.