The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.
Upon arriving, meeting their teachers and signing up for classes, these students began to realize that their attendance at Delaware State University was not a goal achieved, but rather a dream being sewn - a first step, if you will.
The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.
We have said the first step was to designate the land, inform the owners. And the second would be to get the responses from the owners. And this will be openly done.
As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of the torrent, then we have taken the first step to imagining what we might want to do about it.
The first step to eternal life is you have to die.
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
The first step in exceeding your customer's expectations is to know those expectations.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.
A zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel.
The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.
The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.
In order to get what you want, you must first decide what you want. Most people really foul up at this crucial first step because they simply can't see how it's possible to get what they want, so they don't even let themselves want it.
The launch of phase 1 Ebola vaccine studies is a first step in developing a vaccine that could be licensed and used in the field to protect not only the front line health care workers but also those living in areas where Ebola virus exists.
A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.
In the Reagan administration, a great speech was just the first step in a long process. In the Obama administration, it's the only step.
Night raids are only the first step in the American detention process in Afghanistan. Suspects are usually sent to one of a series of prisons on U.S. military bases around the country. There are officially nine such jails, called Field Detention Sites in military parlance.
