Firsts Quotes

20399 Firsts quotes by 9251 unique authors

Second place is meaningless. You can't always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been - that you were never beaten… — Vince Lombardi
My first-grade teacher told me I was the dumbest student she ever had. She did me a favor. If she told me I was very… — Ernest Gallo
I was facing life for the first time. I was 12 years old, but I felt like a 20 year old. I knew then what… — Li Ka-shing
The most universally awesome experience that mankind knows is to stand alone on a clear night and look at the stars. It was God who… — J I Packer
The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself. — Wes Craven
Well, here's all you need to know. Classes, nothing before 11. Beer, its your best friend, you drink a lot of it. Women, you're a… — Jeremy Piven
The first drugs I ever took, I was still at art school, with the group - we all took it together - was Benzedrine from… — John Lennon
We first got marijuana from an older drummer with another group in Liverpool. We didn't actually try it until after we'd been to Hamburg. I… — George Harrison
I did cocaine for about a year around the time of Sgt Pepper. Coke and maybe some grass to balance it out. I was never… — Paul McCartney
Of the widow's countless death-duties there is really just one that matters: on the first anniversary of her husband's death the widow should think I… — Joyce Carol Oates
That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness or a… — George Eliot
During all the first part of the Middle Ages, no other people made as important a contribution to human progress as did the Arabs, if… — Unknown Author
First, there is no typical grief cycle, and second, it's not something I went through. I'm still grieving. — Tony Dungy
Prayer is that which enables the soul to realize its divinity. Through prayer human beings worship absolute truth, and seek an eternal reward. Prayer is… — Avicenna
Your nafs (soul/desires) is your first battlefield. If you are victorious over it, then you will find the other battlefields easier. — Hassan al-Banna
Two kinds of people live a life without care: one kind are extremely worthy of praise, the other kind are extremely worthy of criticism. The… — Ibn Hazm
To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate. -Imam Al — Al-Ghazali
The second effort was spreading the word among the people, first, in a bid to raise their morale, and second to instil in them a… — Hassan Nasrallah
Only that which was effective for the first of this community will be effective for the last of it — Malik ibn Anas
By Allah, whenever I endure any adversity I gain four blessings of Allah in exchange. The first of them is, when the adversity is not… — Unknown Author
Be willing to make bold decisions and be willing to make glorious mistakes. Learn from your mistakes, but you've got to be willing to make… — Gavin Newsom
One of my prized possessions is still the prefect's tie that I got in this school. I keep it with me. It was the first… — Julia Gillard
How does one get rid of fear? Ramana: What is fear? It is only a thought. If there is anything besides the Self there is… — Ramana Maharshi
God bless those runners because they get you the first down, give you ball control and keep your defense off the field. But if you… — Sid Gillman
My reputation when I was first here was that I had every single answer in the book. I don't know, maybe I portrayed that somehow.… — Mike Holmgren

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