Quotes by category:Steps

It is a mark of wisdom not to kick away the very step from which we have risen higher. The removal of one step from a staircase brings down the whole of it.

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The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the Decline, we go down without taking notice on't.

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Step by step will those who trust Him find that 'God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.'

Mary Baker Eddy

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From reading over the notes for each session it was apparent that there had been improvement by more or less regular steps from almost complete terror at sight of the rabbit to a completely positive response with no signs of disturbance.

Mary Cover Jones

reading sight steps

The caretaking has to be done. "Somebody's got to be the mommy." Individually, we underestimate this need, and as a society we make inadequate provision for it. Women take up the slack, making the need invisible as we step in to fill it.

Mary Catherine Bateson

done steps needs

Where we are going, I don't know. It doesn't seem to be the place that is important but the steps in between.

Mary E. Pearson

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I think that maybe forgiveness is like change - it comes in small... by Mary E. Pearson

I think that maybe forgiveness is like change - it comes in small steps. (256)

Mary E. Pearson

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Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.

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It's that first step-getting out the door-that's the toughest. If you can do that, you've already won.

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The first step is the hardest – making a commitment to yourself,... by Mary Kay Ash

The first step is the hardest – making a commitment to yourself, for yourself.

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To gain a testimony, you must nourish it step by step. '[Your testimony] will increase as you make decisions to keep the commandments. As you lift and strengthen others, you will see your testimony continue to develop.'

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I never stop to plan. I take things step-by-step. by Mary McLeod Bethune

I never stop to plan. I take things step-by-step.

Mary McLeod Bethune

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Most of us die with our music underplayed...We should try to step out of our comfort zones and do the things we're capable of.

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Everything is change; and you cannot step twice into the same riv... by Mary Renault

Everything is change; and you cannot step twice into the same river.

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From class consciousness to class hatred was but a step. by Mary Roberts Rinehart

From class consciousness to class hatred was but a step.

Mary Roberts Rinehart

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So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein - more, far more, will I achieve; treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Build step by step. Push yourself, but not too hard. Learn. Keep it fun.

Matt Fitzgerald

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The first step in good reporting is good snooping. by Matt Drudge

The first step in good reporting is good snooping.

first-steps steps firsts

Attacking a belief can be the first step toward embracing it. by Mason Cooley

Attacking a belief can be the first step toward embracing it.

belief steps firsts

I have done what I could do in life, and if I could not do better, I did not deserve it. In vain I have tried to step beyond what bound me.

Maurice Maeterlinck

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