The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.

The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.

Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.

For me, the team always comes first, and without the help of my colleagues, I am nothing.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.

You learn a lot when you're barefoot. The first thing is every step you take is different.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

The human voice is the first and most natural musical instrument, also the most emotional.

There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.

You gotta have confidence in yourself first before anybody else will. I've always had that.

Rosa Parks wasn't the first one to rebel against the segregated seats. I was the first one.

I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.

Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.

To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan... believe... act!

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

The first hundred thousand - that was hard to get, but afterwards, it was easy to make more.

Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end.

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

All first responders do noble work, and all of them deserve our respect and our appreciation.

In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right.

Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?

When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives.

You have to work hard for it, but first you have to want it, and then you have to dream on it.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football.

An ancient dictum says that when Zeus wanted to destroy someone, he would first drive him mad.

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.

Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next.

I was about four years old the first time I ever saw what happened when you acted up to whites.

In architecture you should live for 150 years, because you have to learn in the first 75 years.

If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I'd call.

I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.

Design is how you make your first impression with your consumers. Make sure it is a lasting one.

Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.

When you meet someone for the first time, that's not the whole book. That's just the first page.

The philistine provides the best definition of art. Anything that makes him rage is first class.

One of the scariest moments was being on Tyler Perry's first movie, 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman.'

I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.

In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to whom the idea first occurs.

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