Top 100 A Step Forward Quotes
#1. Success is a nice thing because it always means you've taken a step forward and it gives you a sense of pride, which in turn gives you confidence and experience-a positive circle, so to speak.
Roger Federer
#2. He closes the door and turns around to face me with his hands behind his back. He studies me intensely, and it makes me squirm. "You know, you're not like I thought you'd be," he says, taking a step forward. "Yet, at the same time
Jessica Sorensen
#3. Every kick in the ass is a step forward.
Anonymous
#4. It's not great. What kind of connection is this? A one-way hotline to Pervyville?" I took a step forward, on a roll now. "It's disgusting. Freaky - stop laughing, Seth!
Jennifer L. Armentrout
#6. If you carry out this plan, I will kill you. You will be-" L took a step forward- "executed!"
Then he handed the woman a lollipop.
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#7. An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#8. You weren't making love to a slave, you were making love to me.' And he couldn't think that through clearly but he could catch a glimmer of it, a glimmer of the edge of it. 'I thought you wouldn't, I thought you'd never - ' He took a step forward.
C.S. Pacat
#9. What may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward.
Daisaku Ikeda
#10. I need to do a concert to celebrate David Bowie's electronic music. And in so doing, I'm not taking a step back, I'm taking a step forward and presenting it in its entirety so people can understand this type of visionary.
Carlos Alomar
#11. When civilization stands at the edge of a cliff, a step forward doesn't make much sense.
Denis Hayes
#12. I tell people to frame the picture. Make the greatest, most perfect composition you can ... and then take a step forward. It skews it a bit and makes it more interesting.
Larry Clark
#13. For us, compromise never means surrender, but a step forward and some rest. That is all and nothing else.
Bhagat Singh
#14. He's putting a lot of cards down on the table," Trey said thoughtfully, taking a step forward. "And Matthias is never one to share something for free if he could charge for it."
"And you're not normally one to think for himself," Matthias said pleasantly. "I suppose we're all growing as people.
Scott Tracey
#15. Always come prepared, Dax," I tell him as he moves a step forward. i lift my gaze up to meet his eyes. "because you never know when life is going to fuck you." I grin. "Now,
C.M. Stunich
#16. Qhuinn took a step forward, with the intention of stepping in, in the event the Brother locked hands on the SOB's skinny neck: Someone should probably catch the head before it bounced all over their hosts' rugs. And the deadweight of the body.
Seemed only hospitable.
J.R. Ward
#17. The first ghost to leave the world of the dead was Roger. He took a step forward, and turned to look back at Lyra, and laughed in surprise as he found himself turning into the night, the starlight, the air ... and then he was gone, leaving behind such a vivid little burst of happiness.
Philip Pullman
#18. Neil Leckman
I had a friend once that told me when we die and get to the pearly gates we are admitted based on our deeds.
1 good deed is a step forward
1 bad deed is two steps back.
By the time he's through with you I'm not sure you'll even be able to see the gates!!
Neil Leckman
#19. He's got claws!" Ben shook his head, hard.
"All the better to rip into prey." Jude took a step forward.
"What's up with his eyes? Why are they - "
"All the better to see the asshole who doesn't need to be attacking my lady.
Cynthia Eden
#20. Every time economic and technical development takes a step forward, forces emerge which attempt to create political forms for what, on the economic-technical plane, has already more or less become reality.
Christian Lous Lange
#21. No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.
Amar Bose
#22. He takes a step forward, and I hate the way he looks at me. Appraising and approving. Hungry. It draws me in against my will, like he's flypaper, and everything inside me is buzzing and trying to wrench itself free.
Leisa Rayven
#23. To me, curiosity is married to optimism. And that's where a lot of my motivation comes from. A lot of my way out of depression and anxiety is that intersection between optimism and curiosity. Because it means taking a step forward with the hope that there will be discovery.
Carrie Brownstein
#24. Taking a step forward, I stood in the light, tilted my head back and closed my eyes. It held my face and wrapped its arms around my shoulders, and for the very first time, I let hope in. (Lillian Hunt)
Jennifer DeLucy
#25. Some said America took a step forward electing a black president. In light of the unconstitutiona l expansion of powers, lack of transparency and fueling the fires of unrest that clearly hasn't been the case. Vote based on merits, not to fill a racial quota.
Denzel Washington
#26. By law, super PACs are required to disclose their donors. There are groups that have never had to disclose their donors, non-profits such as the Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, the NAACP, and the NRA. If you want more disclosure, super PACs are a step forward.
Bradley A. Smith
#27. Setting the guitar down, I stood and took a step forward to close the gap she'd created. "You need to get used to it. I don't want to be just someone to you. I want to be the only one. And I promise you, Maggie Malone, if you let me, I'll earn all of the pieces of you before I take a single one.
Pamela Sparkman
#28. All knowledge pursued merely for the enrichment of personal learning and the accumulation of personal treasure leads you away from the path; but all knowledge pursued for growth to ripeness within the process of human ennoblement and cosmic development brings you a step forward.
Rudolf Steiner
#29. In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored.
Stanley B. Prusiner
#30. I'm not fucking calling you a slut!" She took a step forward. "But if cocks had wings you'd be fucking airport.
Jay McLean
#31. Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
Indira Gandhi
#32. Don't try to rush progress. Remember
a step forward, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction. Keep believing.
Kara Goucher
#33. If Vice President Al Gore advocated killing rabbits to see if women are pregnant and called it a step forward for science, we'd all think he'd gone 'round the bend. We don't need to do that sort of thing anymore, we'd say. We have better, kinder ways.
Ingrid Newkirk
#34. It was a strange thing: one never appeared to take a step forward int he heart or mind of this man. Those who wished, so to speak, to force their way into intimacy with him found the path blocked.
Alexandre Dumas
#35. She believed being so free with her sexuality was empowering, but I wouldn't say taking home a douchebag who would laugh about the encounter with his friend later is a step forward in the feminist movement.-Lily
Teresa Lo
#36. The idea is to take it a step forward and innovate. Or else why am I doing it? I don't want to be just another can in the assembly line. I want to create - do something that is totally different and unusual.
Michael Jackson
#37. Humanity is a crazy contradiction. I accept us for who we are. We're not that great. Every time we take a step forward we go back to the same primitive behavior. We're meant to be this way. It's not our fault, it's just who we are.
Colin Quinn
#38. Well, you have a defence attache here, that's a step forward. Your Defence Minister has been here, our defence people have exchanges with you. So friendly relations at the military level are already in existence.
Sellapan Ramanathan
#39. I took a little break - I was coming back to work and the last thing I was going to do was take a step backwards, so I knew that if I was going to take a feature it was going to have to be taking a step forward.
Nia Long
#41. But not to take a step forward is to take two steps backward", Abnum protested.
~ Before the Throne
Naguib Mahfouz
#42. Some dogs need to be put down." Nico took a step forward. "Like you." For
Rick Riordan
#43. Captain," the canoeist named Eric began, taking a step forward. "Have we been Bermuda triangulated?
Talia R. Blackwood
#44. Diversity for the sake of diversity is not an accomplishment or a step forward. It's what you bring to the table.
Charlie Gonzalez
#45. Optimist: Someone who figures that taking a step backward
after taking a step forward is not a disaster, it's a cha-cha.
Robert Brault
#46. Mussolini is quite humiliated because our troops have not moved a step forward. Even today they have not succeeded in advancing and have halted in front of the first French fortification which put up some resistance.
Galeazzo Ciano
#47. No one stands at the beginning of a race and then finds himself at the end having never taken a step forward. And if that were to happen - the sweat and struggle avoided - what stories would he have to tell? The goal includes the journey; it's all part of the dream.
Richelle E. Goodrich
#48. Separate yourself from those who hinder your vision. Make a choice to walk away from the trap set to ensnare you. Realize when someone is pulling you backwards every time you take a step forward. Separate from them and the result of your action will be a life of success.
Amaka Imani Nkosazana
#49. Loken took a step forward. 'Commander,' he said, 'I will own up to ignorance and embrace illumination, but I will not be laughed at.
Dan Abnett
#50. Progress-progress is the dirtiest word in the language-who ever told us- And made us believe it-that to take a step forward was necessarily, was always A good idea?
Edna St. Vincent Millay
#51. I'm a British intern going in. I'm hoping that John will just kind of tackle it from who this person is and what she's about rather than trying to go in on her culture. We need to move a step forward than that.
Parminder Nagra
#52. I got out of bed and took a step forward, repeating the phrase over and over: "I can't go on. I'll go on.
Paul Kalanithi
#53. Anything that promotes a kernel of science, even though it's exaggerated and hyped by Hollywood, I think is a step forward. We in the ivory tower ultimately have to realize that in some sense we have to sing for our supper.
Michio Kaku
#54. God sometimes allows problem to come into our lives to encourage us to make a step forward
Sunday Adelaja
#55. Would I sacrifice a friendship to take a step forward in my political career? Thus far in my political career, I have been spared from having to make such a decision, thank God. And I can't imagine what it must be like.
Martin Schulz
#56. With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history.
Ibrahim Babangida
#57. He leaned forward slightly in a teasing manner, as if trying to focus on Carla. He took a step forward and smiled.
Olivia Stanton
#58. Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward ...
Thomas A. Edison
#59. Whenever I took a step forward, it seemed as though life was pushing me five steps back.
Jenni Rivera
#60. We want to move even a step forward toward resolving the abduction issue.
Koichi Haraguchi
#61. The Wonderbra is not a step forward for women. Nothing that hurts that much is a step forward for women.
Nora Ephron
#62. Strong views exist on both sides but I believe MPs voting for gay people being able to marry too, is a step forward for our country.
David Cameron
#63. I take a step forward but Naomi stops me with a hand on my stomach. Like a lost, little puppy I obey. Good Lord, where did my balls go?
C.M. Stunich
#64. We have come to the edge of the abyss and now it is time for a bold step forward. There is a political view that the tougher you are, the more credible you are.
Ed Balls
#65. We are all doomed to seek our own happiness; we can't help ourselves. We are all, the cruel and the gentle alike, condemned to seeking that happiness in the dark. We use our need as the blind use a walking stick, to determine the safety of every forward step.
Jesse Browner
#66. Reyna looked at Percy without much hope. "You do have a plan?"
Percy wanted to step forward bravely and say, No, I don't!
Rick Riordan
#67. Two boxes of Step Forward Paper saves one tree - that's a real stat.
Woody Harrelson
#68. The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man.
Howard Staunton
#69. Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to
you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something
bigger and better than your current situation.
Brian Tracy
#70. A small step forward . . .every . . single . . .day. The sun is coming up and I am wondering, 'What wondrous thing shall I witness today?
Liz Becker
#71. This is an historic step forward in the world's efforts to combat a truly global threat.
Kofi Annan
#72. I can be absolutely assured that any endeavor of which God is not a part is most certainly a step backward. And any step backward is at least two steps behind where I'd be if I'd have gone forward in the first place.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
#73. God, it stinks," I said, hand over my nose as he pulled me into a long step. Al strode forward, head high. "It's the stench of bureaucracy, my itchy-witch, and why I chose to go into human resources when but a wee lad.
Kim Harrison
#74. To be happy a woman had to think hard, during long silent hours, about how to make each small step forward.
Fatema Mernissi
#75. And yet we have brave men and women who are willing to step forward because they know what's at stake. They're willing to sacrifice their lives for this great country. What I'm asking all of you tonight is not to put on a uniform. Put on a bumper sticker.
Rick Santorum
#76. For every step forward in electronic communications, we've taken two steps back in humanity. People know how to use a computer and answering machines but have forgotten how to connect with one another. Our society is unraveling. We're too self-obsessed.
Letitia Baldrige
#77. We have taken a giant step forward in correcting some of the misconceptions people have about the church. I think that we've made a lot of friends.
M. Russell Ballard
#78. It is a responsibility for those that see and have understanding, and choose to not be bridled by fear, to step forward and lead the way.
Bryant McGill
#79. What China would do, I cannot predict. China has all but given up the claim to the use of force, except in the circumstance of Taiwan declaring its independence. That is a huge step forward over what the situation was many years ago.
Henry A. Kissinger
#80. People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end and that behind all the joyous 'onward and upward' slogans lurks the lascivious voice of death urging us to make haste.
Milan Kundera
#81. Any time you can degrade or take away the top leadership of an organization, it's a positive step forward.
Marco Rubio
#82. Sometimes I fear that even as a People when we take one step forward, we reel backwards ten times fold. I don't even think on the Precipice of Change will we truly move forward ... It will most definitely take a Miracle.
Solange Nicole
#83. Finally, if you want to write, you have to just shut up, pick up a pen, and do it. I'm sorry there are no true excuses. This is our life. Step forward. Maybe it's only for ten minutes. That's okay. To write feels better than all the excuses.
Natalie Goldberg
#84. I have a big-picture outlook, I am willing to fall, and I understand it's ok to fall, but I am going to get back up, I may take a step back, but in the end, I am going to take a giant leap forward.
Tiger Woods
#85. Let us refuse to be silent! Speaking freely is a decisive step forward on the road to freedom.
Leyla Zana
#86. With each step I take, I see that my ability to perform gets a little better. So until it starts getting worse, I'm going to keep moving forward.
Rivers Cuomo
#87. You can't go back. Can't fix what broke. But you can go forward. And every step matters. Every one makes a difference." She pushed away from the desk, cupped his face in her hands. "From where I'm standing, you're the best step I ever took.
J.D. Robb
#88. Every choice forecloses on other choices; each step forward leaves a thousand dead possible universes behind you.
Ben H. Winters
#89. I wish I could've lived my life without making any wrong turns. But that's impossible. A path like that doesn't exist. We fail. We trip. We get lost. We make mistakes. And little by little, one step at a time, we push forward. It's all we can do. On our own two feet.
Natsuki Takaya
#90. How could I remain a spectator while Singapore faces such complex challenges? How could I not step forward when I know I have more to contribute to the country we all worked to build?
Tony Tan
#91. Commitment to each other is critical. Let's make our deadlines and due dates mean something. For changes to occur, we have to embrace them over and over. Take it step by step
but keep moving forward
and a year from now, we'll find we've moved from here to there.
Rhonda Abrams
#92. History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.
Alan Bean
#93. It's not just about young people - there are films being made that deal with women getting older. That's a huge bonus, and here in America, that's a huge step forward.
Lesley Manville
#94. Or the quaking misgivings that infected every step forward, after a loss.
Barbara Kingsolver
#95. Acceptance may be seen as the first step in healing, though when there is true acceptance, this is not really a step. Acceptance is there whether you step forward, backward or remain where you are. Also when acceptance is total there is no need of any further step. Acceptance will suffice.
Franco Santoro
#96. Abby Johnson has agreed to become Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity, reflecting a further step forward in our leadership succession plan. Abby will retain her role of President, and I will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board.
Edward Johnson, III
#97. Well, that's growing up, isn't it?" my dad said. "You don't always have to know. And things aren't always fair. You just have to keep moving forward. A step in one direction.
Robin Benway
#98. Moving forward is not always good, especially when there is a precipice ahead! Know to turn back! Know to step back! Sometimes moving backwards is moving forward!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#99. Today the Internal Revenue Code constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. A flat tax would be an enormous step forward.
Arlen Specter
#100. Putting a label [homosexual] on myself was a big step forward ... once I said, 'Yes, that's me, that's what I am,' I was able to work with it.
Barbara Gittings
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