"When it comes to our everyday habits, it's important to ask: 'Am I putting God first?'"
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"We humans have two great problems: the first is knowing when to begin; the second is knowing when to stop."
"Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money."
"Lampis the ship owner, on being asked how he acquired his great wealth, replied, My great wealth was acquired with no difficulty, but my small wealth, my first gains, with much labor."
"Good guys are most likely to finish last, but also most likely to finish first."
"After the first death, there is no other."
"Put God first in everything you do."
"Sometimes I will look away very quickly, and freeze frame that first impression, pleased with myself that I have outsmarted my own smartness, and perceived a colour as it actually is."
"To work our way towards a shared language once again, we must first learn how to discover patterns which are deep, and capable of generating life."
"When I attack a role, be it TV, film or stage, the first thing I say is, I don't want to know anything. If it's good I don't want to hear it; if it's bad I don't want to hear it. The only thing either thing can do is distract me. I like to stay focused"
"First rate mathematicians choose first rate people, but second rate mathematicians choose third rate people."
"I see, sir, you are liberal in offers. You taught me first to beg, and now methinks You teach me how a beggar should be answered."
"Mankind divides itself into two classes,--benefactors and malefactors. The second class is vast; the first a handful."
"A blaze first pleases and then tires the sight."
"Everywhere's been where it is ever since it was first put there. It's called geography."
"My three P's would be pray, pray first. Second, prepare, and then persist."
"All moral elevation consists first and foremost of being weaned from the momentary."
"Artists die twice. First creatively. Then physically. The second one is the easiest."
"Hogwarts was the first and best home he had known. He and Voldemort and Snape, the abandoned boys, had all found home here."
"Your first encounter of the day has a more direct bearing on your attitude for that day than your next five encounters."