Firsts Quotes

20399 Firsts quotes by 9251 unique authors

The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary. — Thomas A. Edison
We must radiate success before it will come to us. We must first become mentally, from an attitude standpoint, the people we wish to become. — Earl Nightingale
The timid and fearful first failures dismay, but the stout heart stays trying by night and by day. He values his failures as lessons that… — Edgar Guest
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them. — Harvey Mackay
You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls… — George Lucas
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others. — Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Acceptance is not a state of passivity or inaction. I am not saying you can't change the world, right wrongs, or replace evil with good.… — Peter McWilliams
Success requires first expending 10 units of effort to produce one unit of results. Your momentum will then produce 10 units of results with each… — Charles J. Givens
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss. — Thomas a Kempis
There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened.… — Mary Kay Ash
Marriage is a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose. — Beverley Nichols
I had to grow to love my body. I did not have a good self-image at first. Finally it occurred to me, I'm either going… — Queen Latifah
Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away. — Fay Weldon
I think no matter what you look like, the key is to first of all be happy with yourself. And then you know if you… — Adele
Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation. — Leo Tolstoy
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of… — Logan Pearsall Smith
Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth of the… — P.J. O'Rourke
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward. — Vern Law
Was it love at first sight? It wasn't then - but it sure is now. — Unknown Author
When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was… — James M. Barrie

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