Quotes of: Be-the-first Keyword

He who wants a new world must first buy the old.

Dutch

Our time runs on like a stream; first fall the leaves and then the tree.

Dutch

When two men quarrel, the one who yields first displays the nobler character.

Hebrew

Your health comes first -- you can always hang yourself later.

Hebrew

First the man takes a drink; then the drink takes a drink; after that the drink takes the man.

Japanese

He who makes the first bad move always loses the game.

Japanese

You can't get at the precious sago without first breaking the bark.

Malay

A wife is frightened of her first husband and a husband is frightened of his second wife.

Serbian

Perfect love sometimes does not come till the first grandchild.

Welsh

The first law of attraction is use Cosmic Ordering now.

Cosmic Ordering: You can be successful

The first step is the most important. It is the most crucial and the most effective as it will initiate the direction you have chosen.

The Champion in all of Us: 12 Rules for Success

This life is a wading pool compared to the ocean call eternity.

Dancing with God: First Year Thoughts on the Loss of My Daughter

The cabin on the lake is nothing compared to my mansion in eternity!

Dancing with God: First Year Thoughts on the Loss of My Daughter

Joy is found in simple things.

Dancing with God: First Year Thoughts on the Loss of My Daughter

She felt like Captain Ahab, for the first time sighting his great white whale.

Doctor Sleep

Until you take the first step forward, failure remains reassuringly impossible.

The Extremely Successful Salesman's Club

For the first time, Ender had found a living mind he could admire.

Ender's Game

The most wonderful inspirations die with their subject, if he has no hand to paint them to the senses.

Essays, First Series

Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue?

Essays, First Series

When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.

Essays: First Series

...People are not one-dimensional. People do not live on one plane...

First Kiss: The Widow Darcy Journals, Book 1