Firsts Quotes

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Of course I made many boo-boos. At first this broke my heart, but then I came to understand that learning how to fix one's mistakes,… — Julia Child
Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first. — Josh Billings
You first parents of the human race...who ruined yourself for an apple, what might you have done for a truffled turkey? — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The appetite is sharpened by the first bites. — Jose Rizal
The first need of a free people is to define their own terms. — Stokely Carmichael
To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual whose day will… — Bertrand Russell
We advance in years somewhat in the manner of an invading army in a barren land; the age that we have reached, as the saying… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love. — Mahatma Gandhi
Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness. — John Dryden
Forgiveness does not mean that we suppress anger; forgiveness means that we have asked for a miracle: the ability to see through mistakes that someone… — Marianne Williamson
Freedom is first of all a responsibility before the God from whom we come. — Alan Keyes
Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants.… — Frederick Douglass
Here is my advice as we begin the century that will lead to 2081. First, guard the freedom of ideas at all costs. Be alert… — Gerard K. O'Neill
Hanging one scoundrel, it appears, does not deter the next. Well, what of it? The first one is at least disposed of. — H. L. Mencken
I start ... from a belief in individual freedom and that derives fundamentally from a belief in the limitations of our knowledge, from a belief… — Milton Friedman
If at first you don't succeed... so much for skydiving. — Henny Youngman
Life has a very simple plot: first you're here and then you're not. — Eric Idle
I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. I know that sounds completely nuts. But, since no one else is crazy… — Larry Page
Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first. — Anna Quindlen
Thankfully dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses. So whatever your dream… — Stephen Colbert

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