"Trying is the first step toward failure."
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"I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability that dogs your steps."
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"... the Apostle says, 'he that says he abides in Christ ought himself also to walk as He walked' (I Jn. 2:6). Otherwise we make a vain pretence and show, if we follow not His steps, Whose name we glory in, and assuredly they would not be irksome to us, but would free us from all dangers, if we loved nothing but what He commanded us to love."
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"May your mind be thoroughly impressed with the absolute necessity of universal virtue and goodness, as the only sure road to happiness, and may you walk therein with undeviating steps."
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"Survey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly on raw impulse."
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"Only in our creative acts do we step forth into the light and see ourselves whole and complete."
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"A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it... Skepticism is the first step toward truth."
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"Sin is like a journey, it begins with one step."
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"I'll tell you how to solve this abortion thing...Those unwanted babies...? Leave about 12 of them on the Supreme Court steps."
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"What before seemed a...frustrating wall, the comic deftly and fearlessly steps through, proving the absurdity of it all."
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"Business art is the step that comes after Art. I started as a commercial artist, and I want to finish as a business artist."
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"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it."
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"As soon as something like Monty Python's 'The Life of Brian' appears with a Muhammad figure as the main lead, directed by an Arabic Theo van Gogh, the controversial late Dutch filmmaker, we will have taken an enormous step forward."
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"Massive elimination is the most important step and the most neglected step for entrepreneurs."
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"Realize that the hardest step in achieving anything is making a true commitment."
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"Focus on where you're going and you'll know what steps to take. Focus on the steps you're taking and you won't know where you're going."
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"Being able to step outside of yourself in order to help someone else is why we're all here, it's what we should all be doing if we can."
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"If you step out of a tenth story window you do not break the law of gravity, you confirm it."
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"Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create."
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"What is most important is to find peace and to share it with others. To have peace, you can begin by walking peacefully. Everything depends on your steps."
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