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"Even when things are stable, that's not easy [to work in Africa] because there are not roads, and the weather is tough, the education system hasn't been there. But this is how you get great countries, is step by step."
"Initiation means the Journey Inwards: nothing is changed or can be changed; but all is trulier understood with every step."
"Let me run over the principal steps. We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind, which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations."
"Life is like walking you take one step at a time."
"When we cannot use the compass of mathematics or the torch of experience...it is certain we cannot take a single step forward."
"Let the enemies of life step down."
"Often admitting our weakness and fear is the first step to finding rest in God. Our trust in Him isn't conveyed though superhuman confidence as much as it comes in the way of childlike reliance on Him."
"If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It's a step process."
"You gotta climb the steps... you can't skip them"
"[Aristotle formal logic thus far (1787)] has not been able to advance a single step, and hence is to all appearances closed and completed."
"There's a real simple analogy. You have to perceive it from the ground up. You have to lay a firm foundation, then every step becomes part of a logical process."
"Knowing where the trap is-- that's the first step in evading it."
"The real universe is always one step beyond logic."
"I have climbed these steps so often I know each one by name."
"To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense."
"Every piece of work in the shops moves. Save 10 steps a day for each of the 12,000 employees, and you will have saved 50 miles of wasted motion and misspent energy."
"Those who love are but one step from heaven."
"To go far you must begin near, and the nearest step is the most important one."
"They wanted genuine intimacy, but they could not get even normally near to anyone, because they scorned to take the first steps, they scorned the triviality which forms common human intercourse."
"When people ask me how they can know Gods plan for their lives, I tell them the best first step is to know God."
