Quotes by category:Steps

Like all Israelis, I yearn for peace. I see the utmost importance in taking all possible steps that will lead to a solution of the conflict with the Palestinians.

Ariel Sharon

idaho steps peace

In practical matters the end is not mere speculative knowledge of what is to be done, but rather the doing of it. It is not enough to know about Virtue, then, but we must endeavor to possess it, and to use it, or to take any other steps that may make.

Aristotle

use matter steps

What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.

Arthur C. Clarke

taken steps firsts

Let me run over the principal steps. We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind, which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations.

Arthur Conan Doyle

blank-mind steps running

Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you know not whether for good or ill.

Arthur Conan Doyle

dramatic fate steps

There is but one step from the grotesque to the horrible.

Arthur Conan Doyle

grotesque horrible steps

It fortifies my soul to know That, though I perish, Truth is so: That, howsoe'er I stray and range, Whate'er I do, Thou dost not change. I steadier step when I recall That, if I slip Thou dost not fall.

Arthur Hugh Clough

soul steps fall

I feel very happy since the Lord called me to step out in faith, and I obeyed. The Lord is our inexhaustible treasure.

Arthur Wallis

treasure lord steps

Pointed in the wrong direction, trapped outside their own history and unable to retrace their steps because their footprints had been swept away.

Arundhati Roy

swept-away footprint steps

All Egyptians, not only the protestors, have broken through the fear barrier, therefore I expect only one outcome - protests will continue until Mubarak steps down from power.

Asmaa Mahfouz

outcomes broken steps

When you improvise, you work off the laughs from the audience, but when you step on stage to do standup, it's silent.

Aubrey Plaza

silent steps laughing

Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives and, taking that a step further, dealing with the erotic not only in sexual terms.

Audre Lorde

erotic recognition steps

He continues to smile expectantly. I take a step back. I don't want to catch whatever he has. He is a disturbing out-of-uniform Santa.

Augusten Burroughs

santa smile steps

[Milton] calls the university "A stony-hearted step-mother."

Augustine Birrell

mother steps education

When you're doing what's right, on and off the field, the Lord steps in and plays a part.

Austin Collie

fields play steps

I think when we get to a place that this is not the story, that everyone's story is a part of the story, then we can say this has changed. Until then, these are steps to change if they're consistent.

Ava DuVernay

stories steps thinking

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.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

muhammad roles steps

whose steps were a restless substitute for flight.

Ayn Rand

restless flight steps

She started off, walking fast, as if the speed of her steps could give form to the things she felt.

Ayn Rand

speed steps giving

I feel most miserable When I can't step "step up to the plate" You know? People often say Regret from doing it is better than regret for not doing it

Ayumi Hamasaki

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