Quotes & Sayings About Firsts In Life

A person's own opinion is the best companion of his life, but first search it on web to ensure that it is truly his own and not others thrown or well known in one or other words form. — Anuj

We must first give to life if we expect life to give anything in return. This is the divine law. — Harold Klemp

I thought I was long done with the Firsts. First Easter since his death, First Birthday, First Trip to IHOP, First Phillies Game. But everything we ever did together, that we'd never share again
like Longwood Gardens at Christmas
still waited before me. In that moment, I dreaded the rest of my life. — Jeri Smith-Ready

In real life, when someone's partner calls them, they can tell from the first word their partner says what their mood is. — Abbas Kiarostami

It is the first rule in oratory that a man must appear such as he would persuade others to be: and that can be accomplished only by the force of his life. — Jonathan Swift

I've had a lot of clouds in my life since I got into pro football
too many
but now I feel like I can see really clearly for the first time. And I can see the Super Bowl from here. — Ricky Williams

I dont want to sound gloomy, but, at some point of your lives, every one of you will notice that you have in your life one person, one friend whom you love and care for very much. That person is so close to you that you are able to share some things only with him. For example, you can call that friend, and from the very first maniacal laugh or some other joke you will know who is at the other end of that line. We used to do that with him so often. And then when that person is gone, there will be nothing like that in your life ever again. — Christopher Lee

I do remember how sexy my collection was after I first got involved with Stephan [Weiss]. That's one thing I don't have in my life now and ... if anything, that's one thing I would love. — Donna Karan

Well, the first thing I had to do was to read a lot. First of all, about education ... and looking at education from the Middle Ages right through to the 20th Century. The second major area was country life in the 19th Century, which I don't know much about these days. — Michael Haneke

Everything in life that deviates from the straight and, so to speak, normal line, makes people first curious and then indignant. — Stefan Zweig

To believe in immortality is one thing, but it is first needful to believe in life. — Robert Louis Stevenson

God does love you and that, hopefully, you get to the point that you realize that having a relationship with God should be first and foremost in your life. — Amy Weber

It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to "seeking first the kingdom." — John Ortberg

The beauty of any first time is that it leads to a thousand others ... — Pico Iyer

The call to adventure is the point in a person's life when they are first given notice that everything is going to change, whether they know it or not. — Joseph Campbell

Historically the first philosopher to enquire deeply into the nature of corruption in society was Ibn Khaldun (1322-1406), whose wandering life was largely spent in the northern littoral of Africa at a time when kingdoms and sultanates were crumbling. — Robert Payne

The difference between successes and failures in life is simply that winners take the first step. — Brian Tracy

To reach our full potential we must first clear the mind and be present in the flow of life current. — Justin Nozuka

The first 50 years are for learning, and the second 50 years are for living. Life just begins when you're in your 50s. — Vy Higginsen

The first part of my name, Khalil Gibran, seems to be paying huge dividends in terms of the artistic life of the poet from whom my name was inspired. — Khalil Gibran Muhammad

Motivation is a mystery.Why does one salesperson see his first prospect at seven in the morning and another salesperson is just getting out of bed at eleven?I don't know.It's part of the mysteries of life. — Jim Rohn

First I think I was interested in the stories, and later on, I became more interested in the language itself, so the stories became almost secondary, but it was kind of a background music for my life. — Tom Robbins

If you will make time with God your first priority, everything else in your life will fall into place. — Joyce Meyer

When, in the autumn of 1947, I was fired from the first and only job I have ever held, I wanted one thing out of life: to become a writer. — William Styron

Husband and wife have so many interests in common that when they have jogged through the ups and downs of life a sufficient time, the leash which at first galled often grows easy and familiar. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

I was impossible. I don't know how anyone could have lived with me. For the first time in my life, I was on the scrap heap, an unemployed worker. — Paul McCartney

Perhaps this was a day of firsts. The day one dies, of course, is a first in any life. — Dean Koontz

In the study of this membrane [the retina] I for the first time felt my faith in Darwinism (hypothesis of natural selection) weakened, being amazed and confounded by the supreme constructive ingenuity revealed not only in the retina and in the dioptric apparatus of the vertebrates but even in the meanest insect eye ... I felt more profoundly than in any other subject of study the shuddering sensation of the unfathomable mystery of life. — Santiago Ramon Y Cajal

There have been two great revelations in my life: The first was bepop, the second was homeopathy. — Dizzy Gillespie

In Frankenstein there is a transfer first of life into death (in the creation and animation of the monster), and then of death into life, as the monster takes his revenge on the father who gave him life but withheld recognition. — Laura Mullen

It seems to be typical of life in America ... that the second generation has no time to talk to the first. — James A. Baldwin

So many American plays are about family. When you're in the first part of your life, you write about family a lot. I find with my absurdist plays that I was actually writing about my family, but so disguised I didn't realize it myself. — Christopher Durang

I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it was. — Diane Wakoski

We first share the life by which things exist, and afterwards see them as appearances in nature, and forget that we have shared their cause. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

If marriage isn't a first priority in your life, you're not married. — Joseph Campbell

That earliest shock in one's life which occurs to all of us; which first makes us think. — Benjamin Disraeli

For the first time in my life I've done something for me and by choice and not because somebody told me it was good or bad. — Lauren Oliver

Organize priorities so that God is first in our lives. — John H. Groberg

The first condition of nonviolence is justice all round, in every department of life. — Mahatma Gandhi

Thinking is the first step to a revolution in your life that is incredibly significant. — T.D. Jakes

I think the one thing I would point to as a primary reason, basically, is that I was a gigantic ass, ... It's the first time I got dumped in my life. — David Letterman

Whereever you are in life, however old you are, begin thinking about every day as the first day of your life. — Chris Guillebeau

Breath is perhaps the first thing we have in life. It's how we measure the starting of life and it's how we measure the ending of life. — Paul Harvey

[T]he first transactions of a nation, like those of an individual upon his first entrance into life make the deepest impression, and are to form the leading traits in its character. — George Washington

She could feel the press of Kaz's fingers against her skin, feel the bird'swing brush of his mouth against her neck, see his dilated eyes. Two of the deadliest people the Barrel had to offer and they could barely touch each other without both of them keeling over. But they'd tried. He'd tried. Maybe they could try again. A foolish wish, the sentimental hope of a girl who hadn't had the firsts of her life stolen, who hadn't ever felt Tante Heleen's lash, who wasn't covered in wounds and wanted by the law. Kaz would have laughed at her optimism. — Leigh Bardugo

Recycling is what we do when we're out of options to avoid, repair, or reuse the product first. Firstly: Reduce. Don't buy what we don't need. Repair: Fix stuff that still has life in it. Reuse: Share. Then, only when you've exhausted those options, recycle. — Annie Leonard

In order to change your life outside, you must first change inside — Louise Hay

I remember seeing Richard Pryor's first movie; it was a midnight movie when I was in high school. I must have been about fifteen. It was one of the most cathartic experiences of my life. I'd never laughed that much. — Marc Maron

Marrying the first person who offers you a decent position in society. Love can wait. — Paulo Coelho

If you want to empower anyone else in your life, you need to start living the most empowered version of yourself first! — Michael Eisen

And what we called photojournalism, the photos seen in places like Life magazine, didn't interest me either. They were just not good-there was no art there. The first person who I respected immensely was Henri Cartier-Bresson. I still do. — William Eggleston

You have an advantage in life when you start where others talk first. — Toni Kroos

She wondered if all the firsts in her life would go by so quickly, and be forgotten just as quickly. — Judy Blume

Love is why I came here in the first place. — John Denver

Give God the first part of every day. Give God the first day of every week. Give God the first portion of your income. Give God the first consideration in every decision. Give God the first place in your life. — John C. Maxwell

The second I learned to read in first grade, when I was 5, I preferred it to life. And I still do. — Fran Lebowitz

I was so happy and content with in life playing music. Music was always my first job and my day gig was my second job. — Bo Bice

Adolescence-is it the first time in life we discover that we have something terrible to hide from those who love us? — John Irving

[W]e have ceased to see the life in which we live. It is my intent to cause the viewer to revisit the gifts we are surrounded by and see them as if for the first time. — Harold Feinstein

It's been said that the first hour is the rudder of the day. I've found this to be very true in my own life. If I'm lazy or haphazard in my actions during the first hour after I wake up, I tend to have a fairly lazy and unfocused day. — Steve Pavlina

In order to live a life of holiness, we must first receive new life from God - we must be born from above. — J. Vernon McGee

For the first time in my life, I have tasted life. Life is wonderful but very dangerous. If you have the courage to live it - it's marvelous! — Lionel Barrymore

In life and business, there are two cardinal sins. The first is to act precipitously without thought and the second is to not act at all. — Carl Icahn

I felt so good when I fought Larry [Holmes]. When I fought Larry the first time, I mean, first time in my life, I mean, I could remember I wanted to fight. — Michael Spinks

At first you think that your sadhana Is a limited part of your life. In time you realize that Everything you do is part of your sadhana. — Ram Dass

Many times we say Jesus is first in our life, and i get that, but Jesus should not be first, He should be center of everything. — Israel Houghton

There are only 2 reasons that someone would want something in their life and not get it. First, they don't know what to do and second, they know what to do and don't know how to get themselves to do it consistently, if at all. — Marshall Sylver

If you enter into the spirit of Life, you are really reproducing in yourself the qualities of the Creator of that which allows something to be manifested and created in the first place. — Wayne Dyer

If u behave differently, u will be expelled from the tribe because u can infect others and destroy something that was extremely difficult to organize in the first place. — Paulo Coelho

All I know is that the six months when I recorded this music was the most productive time of my life, and I'll always remember it as the first time in my life that I ever felt like I was one with my dreams. — John Frusciante

The first step to truly living a good and fearless life, is accepting responsibility for your actions. Accepting what part you had in any situation. Difficult, to say the least, but liberating. — Jann Arden

In life, the first act is always exciting but it is the second act - that's where the depth comes in. — Joyce Van Patten

First person to appreciate the good points of others is always special in life as he or she manifests his or her leadership through initiatives. — Anuj

It's not unheard of, in the course of life, that if there's enough interest in it, we could consider going a second season or doing another chapter. I keep looking at it as books in a series, and this season is the first book. — Remi Aubuchon

To survive in modern times, a company must have an organizational structure that accepts change as its basic premise, lets tribal customs thrive, and fosters a power that is derived from respect, not rules. In other words, the successful companies will be the ones that put quality of life first. Do this and the rest - quality of product, productivity of workers, profits for all - will follow. — Ricardo Semler

One of the first things to be noted in business life is its imperialism. Business is exacting, engrossing, and inelastic. — Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

I never would've imagined in the first part of my life that I could've stood up and said anything. The war in Vietnam changed me. I was so angry. Some of my speeches probably weren't well considered. — Jane Fonda

My whole life has been spent waiting for an epiphany, a manifestation of God's presence, the kind of transcendent, magical experience that let's you see your place in the big picture. And that is what I had with my first compost heap. — Bette Midler

[But] the man who dares not expose his life in the defence of his children and his property, has lost in society the first and most active energies of nature. — Edward Gibbon

A lesson will keep repeating itself until it is learned. Life first will send the lesson to you in the size of a pebble; if you ignore the pebble, then life will send you a brick; if you ignore the brick, life will send you a brick wall; if you ignore the brick wall, life will send you a demolition truck. — Oprah Winfrey

There were a lot of fences and walls existing in my life, literally and figuratively, and that was really not indicative of the kind of person that I'd always been. So, when I moved back to Seattle, the first thing I said was, "I will never live in fear again." — Ben Gibbard

If you learn to respond as if it's the first day in your life and the very last day, then you will have spent this day very well. — David Steindl-Rast

I was a social recluse for most of my life, and so a lot of relationships I've been in have been formed online. I met my first boyfriend online at 15, which culminated in me running away to San Francisco to be with him. — Marie Calloway

I never had a movie that I wanted to do turned down in my whole life. I always write the script first so it speaks for itself. — Steve Martin

One of the best things about life - a reason not to go blindly after one goal and one goal only - is that sometimes it will take you to something that is way cooler than anything you would have consciously set out to do in the first place. — Sophia Amoruso

We become what we love. What we put first in our lives is what we receive from life. — Guy Finley

Transformed worship is a life lived in Christ and for Christ ... If you are to lead engaging worship, you must first recognize your own need for Christ and His Spirit to live in you. — John Chisum

Sole Alessandra Torre I've had a lot of firsts in the last three years. Today is a new one. First time throwing a three-year-old Birthday party, Hollywood Style. Too bad my sexier-than-sin husband is absolutely no help. And Cocky is in the pool. And Ben is having a panic attack. And Justin is feeding my child sugar at every opportunity. This is past the dirt, and more than just Hollywood. This is our life as Sole. — Alessandra Torre

The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life led by human beings; the second was that human beings could survive a life in hotels. — John Irving

In fact, the first time I ever got naked on TV was the biggest confidence booster of my life. — Lizzy Caplan

First, all relationships are with yourself-and sometimes they involve other people. Second, the most important relationship in your life-the one you have, like it or not, until the day you die-is with yourself. — Peter McWilliams

Driving to see my childhood home was very significant for me. It taught me the importance of home, especially to children. Your home is more than just a shelter. It is more than just a place to showcase your design skills. It is more than just a means to an end (especially if you would rather live somewhere else). It is the most importance place of your life. It provides you solace and refuge from the harsh world. It provides tangible comforts, like your cozy sofa and warm bed. But it also provides other comforts in the energy it gives off. You will have so many memories in this home. There will be many firsts here, and if you have children, they will remember even the smallest details about your home - especially all of its off-beat character. — Jennifer L. Scott

Any information is valuable to the degree that you can use it. In other words, any information is valuable to the degree that you can make it yours. Scientology does not teach you. It only reminds you. For the information was yours in the first place. It is not only the science of life, but it is an account of what you were doing before you forgot what you were doing. — L. Ron Hubbard

I've had too many experiences in my life of being the first woman in some damned occupation. — James Tiptree Jr.

It ( In My Life ) was the first song that I wrote that was really, consciously about my life ... up until then, it had been all glib and throwaway. — John Lennon

Life can be difficult sometimes, it gets bumpy. What with family and kids and things not going exactly like you planned. But that's what makes it interesting. In life the first act is always exciting. The second act, that is where the depth comes in. — Joyce Van Patten

Among the works of man, which human life is rightly employed in perfecting, the first in importance surely is man himself. — John Stuart Mill

The reason so many individuals fail to achieve their goals in life is that they never really set them in the first place — Denis Waitley

The principle objectives in life are love, the creation and enjoyment if aesthetic experience, the pursuit of knowledge. Love comes a long way first. — John Maynard Keynes

Almost everything worth doing in human life is very difficult in its early stages and the good we are aiming at is never available at first, to strengthen us when we seem to need it most. — Dallas Willard