The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life.

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

A zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel.

The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them