Quotes About Step Back

#1. We're really at this point where we can take a step back and think about the next big things that we want to do.

Mark Zuckerberg

#2. I always think of it you know building a business, building a brand, a friend of mine gave me a metaphor for it which I think is really true it's like building coral, you don't see it happening it's just little little little and when you step back you think wow.

Karen Walker

#3. I am afraid to write this book, but if I did not step back into that place of darkness, I would run the risk of forgetting who I was and, as a result, lose perspective on how far I've come. I

G.H. Francis

#4. I realized [using my own voice] is what creates the performance in the performance art and that's what helps creates the distance for the viewers, like the distance that I get when I step back.

Kalup Linzy

#5. Why rush through things when life should be cherished? Take a step back and see the big picture.

Atlanta Hunter

#6. The mirror's light sparks in the eyes,

And horrified, my lids drawn tight,

I step back to that realm of night

Where not a single exit lies...

(Untitled: "I pass away this life of mine...")

Alexander Blok

#7. There is no doubt that as an economy grows in a great way like India has, that you have to step back and change your tax systems, because you start to get more disparities of wealth.

Bill Gates

#8. It's not perfect, this thing between us, like trying to bring the two circles of our lives together, and living in the small, tight space where they intersect, everything else pushed to the circumference, until we step back inside our very different, very separate orbs.

Leylah Attar

#9. I took a step back.
"Here." He plunked his wet hat on my head. "Don't go anywhere," he told me, then turned away.

Elizabeth Chandler

#10. It's main storytelling hell because it's really hard to keep a secret. It's really hard to not communicate. But I think that's what's great about this world is it's a world where he is off the grid, and for me, it's a way to step back.

Brian Wayne Peterson

#11. Just as a picture is created by adding a dab of paint at a time, the best arrangements are created a step at a time, with pauses so you can step back and see the overall effect.

Charlotte Moss

#12. Sometimes you have to take a half step back to take two forward.

Vince McMahon

#13. It's time, Perry. He let her go. She took a step back, taking in his face one last time. His green eyes. The bend in his nose and the scars on his cheek. All the tiny inperfections that made him beautiful. Without a word, she turned and made her way downhill.

Veronica Rossi

#14. Anything that's living is a machine. I'm a machine; my children are machines. I can step back and see them as being a bag of skin full of biomolecules that are interacting according to some laws.

Rodney Brooks

#15. I love Parisian hotels. I usually stay in either Le Bristol, which is gorgeous, or Hotel Paris Rivoli, which is very French and feels like a step back in time. I also love the luxury of Waldorf Astoria hotels.

Olga Kurylenko

#16. Spending some time getting quiet can really be the best remedy for tangled situations. Taking a step back from all the emotion, frustration, and exhaustion to sit quietly with Jesus will do more to untangle a mess than anything else I've ever found.

Lysa TerKeurst

#17. Imagine the ability to let go of everything. To step back from the expectations of life, let it all slip through your fingers as though none of it mattered. Your doubts, your fears, your weaknesses, all of them falling like grains of sand into the wind. It feels like freedom, but it's an illusion.

Pippa DaCosta

#18. We are people, individuals comprising a variety of sexes, races, shifting sexualities and all the rest of it. Every convention that tries to reinforce this difference is a step back. Notions of gender pointlessly separate men from women, but also mothers from daughters and fathers from sons.

Robert Webb

#19. I always appreciate people's opinions, but sometimes I have to take a step back and remember why I'm writing and what I want to do with it. Shutting out the voices is difficult but it's been good for me.

Veronica Roth

#20. We're very good at telling what happens and showing people while it happens ... But sometimes television fails to take the time to say 'Why did it happen? What does it mean?' - To step back a little bit.

John King

#21. I don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I can step back on the field and play.

David Beckham

#22. When the younger generation seems to step over the wall of the old generation, it's rarely ever because they surpassed them. It's usually because the old generation took a step back and decided let the youngsters steal the show.

Lionel Suggs

#23. As opposed to living the rich life and consuming as much as possible, people have to take a step back. Instead of buying the biggest diamond or having 18 cars, do other things. Buying the biggest thing is outdated and there is no excuse for it.

Andrew Ference

#24. To experience the agony of defeat makes you stronger. It's like taking one step back and two steps forward. To experience the agony of defeat makes you appreciate the experience of winning. That's what makes a champion.

Leon Spinks

#25. If you need to take a step back from day-to-day operations and plot out the long-term direction of your user experience strategy, consultants can give you a perspective you can't get on your own.

Jesse James Garrett

#26. I remind myself that loving my sister means I have to step back and give her the dignity of independence.

Bette Lee Crosby

#27. Hunter pulled away, rolling her eyes.
"Hey, where are you going?" I murmured. "We're not done making up."
"We're in crisis mode out there," she answered, reluctantly taking another step back.
"It's always crisis mode in this house," I said with disgust."
"Chapter 24

Alyxandra Harvey

#28. You learn to understand it, but if you step back, you do think it is either strange or unfair. But I know that if you don't score, play well or win, you are wrong to have a helicopter and fly home each week to see your kids. You are wrong to have a business outside of football.

Michael Owen

#29. A retreat from someone or something isn't unusual. Just as how you edge closer to see better, at times you may need to take a step back to get a clearer view.

Rajuda

#30. If necessary, give up; if necessary, step back; if necessary, go back; if necessary, change your direction; if necessary, switch your lights off! Do whatever is necessary!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#31. Speed bumps in relationships are temporary rises in the road that signal you to slow down, step back, and reassess the situation.

Nicole Huggins

#32. At times we're going to get angry. Anger is an emotion God built into us. But we don't have to blow up and say hurtful things that are going to damage our relationships. Learn to take a step back, collect your thoughts, and think about what you want to say.

Joel Osteen

#33. Don't forget that your happiness is the most important thing, and that you should never equate your GPA or school with your sense of self-worth ... If you're feeling overwhelmed, take a step back and remind yourself that you are not your grades.

Stefanie Weisman

#34. It made me strong.I took a step back, near my whole self in the mirror.I pushed back my shoulders and raised my chin, my back straight as an arrow.

Laurie Halse Anderson

#35. Never think that success is down to your own performance alone. If you start listening only to yourself you take the first step back towards the bottom. The flowers of victory belong in many vases.

Michael Schumacher

#36. But with woodworking, it's really sort of gratifying to be able to have an actual piece to touch, and then step back and be able to share it.

Luke Kirby

#37. As a producer, I'm an objective observer, helping a band form their ideas into a cohesive album. It's a step back from the intimacy of creation.

Mark Hoppus

#38. Humans have a tendency to overcomplicate simple things because we overthink them. But if you take a step back and remember your priorities, it becomes easier to make a decision. When

Lilly Singh

#39. intrigues of love are unfolding as they do among the young, and as they do as well among the snails on the lettuce and the shiny green beetles that plague the kale. Murmurings, the shrug of a shoulder, the step forward, the step back. Toby

Margaret Atwood

#40. Can you, at a minimum, objectively step back - throw out the stereotypes, ditch the conformity, set aside the religion - and ask yourself, why? Why Jesus?

William Thrasher

#41. When I step back and look at all of these really successful people that I've worked with, one thing I do take away from it is how hard they work and how focused they are.

Mia Wasikowska

#42. I just want people to take a step back, take a deep breath and actually look at something with a different perspective. But most people will never do that.

Brian McKnight

#43. I'm terrified of growing up. Once you become an adult, how to you step back from that? It's something that wakes me up at night.

Lorde

#44. If you have an outstanding product, world class content, or something else that sets you apart, then you can step back and start thinking about how to promote it.

Matt Cutts

#45. Crimes against humanity in Gaza: is it really a 'buffer zone' - or a bigger plan?
It's time to step back and ask if we want to support Israel if it wants to eject all Palestinians from their land.

Dennis Kucinich

#46. If we take a step back and look at what Snapchat is, it all starts with the camera.

Evan Spiegel

#47. You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back a little from it. You create a distance.

Lars Von Trier

#48. Reflection enables us to step back, to see our perspective on a situation as perhaps distorted or blind, at the very least to see if there is argument for preferring our ways, or whether it is just subjective.

Simon Blackburn

#49. Tiffany's pale faced turned to green and I involuntarily took a step back, half expecting an Exorcist-style stream of vomit to shoot out of her gaping mouth.

Kim Harrington

#50. was several yards away, Kate spun on her heel, lifting the gun upwards. She took a step back to lead him into the lamp glow that shone bright in a nearby window. If he would attack

Erica Monroe

#51. The touring makes you take a step back. It makes you realize how your lifestyle has changed.

Garance Dore

#52. When you do one movie at a time, if one goes crazy and becomes successful, your life changes. But you can step back and catch your breath.

Chris Evans

#53. There's not one human being on the planet earth who has never felt, at some point, unaccepted. At some point in our lives, we feel like we're not good enough, but we have to step back and realize that we are.

Jussie Smollett

#54. You have become more and therefore expect more, but never become too purpose-driven to step back and realize just how far you have progressed.

Chris Matakas

#55. I think of myself as a producer. As a producer and as a showrunner, I already understand what it meant to gather people into a room and step back, to create the boundaries of 'everything's okay' to allow TV writers to go to their craziest places.

Jill Soloway

#56. You don't just wake up one day and decide who you are. I hope that people see that it's okay not to have labels nor label anyone else. Step back. We're all just trying to figure it out.

Rita Volk

#57. When you feel yourself in the grip of an emotion such as jealousy or anger or sorrow, detach yourself from it. Take a step back. When you do that, you can allow the emotion to run through you without causing negative thoughts or actions.

Gary Zukav

#58. If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really gone.

Donny Osmond

#59. Please, please, PLEASE be yourself. If you catch yourself not, take a step back.

Christina Grimmie

#60. While you'll feel compelled to charge forward it's often a gentle step back that will reveal to you where you and what you truly seek.

Rasheed Ogunlaru

#61. Failure is part of success, an integral part. Everybody gets knocked down. Knowing it will happen and what you must do when it does is the first step back.

Bill Walsh

#62. I'm beginning to think cookies is a code word for something else."
"Maybe it is." He tugged on my bag again as he took a confident step back, forcing me down another step. "And just think about it. If cookie was a code word, whatever it symbolizes, it's been in your mouth, sweetheart.

J. Lynn

#63. I believe, Sebastian, that novels are more important than ever. They are more important than video recorders and record players and television because they enable us to exercise our minds. They allow us to step back and see where the history is taking us.

Imraan Coovadia

#64. When you get a chance to step back, you notice all these great things you've done and all these great people that you've worked with.

Brandy Norwood

#65. It's about realizing, painfully, you've kept that voice inside yourself, locked away from even yourself. And you step back and see that your jailer has changed faces. You realize you've become your own jailer.

Tori Amos

#66. You kind of gotta step back from your dreams and your passions once in a while, and kind of do something else for a minute so that you can come back to it with a fresh outlook, and be real inspired by something else, so you can give something back to your dreams and your passions.

Tristan Prettyman

#67. Survey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly on raw impulse.

Epictetus

#68. Step back in perspective, open your heart and welcome transition into a new phase of life.

Linda Rawson

#69. Compression is a necessary evil. The artists I know want to sound competitive. You don't want your track to sound quieter or wimpier by comparison. We've raised the bar and you can't really step back.

Butch Vig

#70. Hey, fuck you," Lucas said. "What!" Pole started to move at Lucas, but saw something in Lucas's eyes that made him take a step back. Bell Wood got between them and Lucas growled, "Stay away from me, asshole.

John Sandford

#71. If you can't go one way, there's many ways to get where you're going. So you just take a step back and see beyond the wall.

Cyndi Lauper

#72. It's easy to step back and see something through the lens of personal bias.

Karen Kingsbury

#73. It's everyone's responsibility to build up other women rather than tear them down. Be self-aware and proactive. It's not wrong to have those thoughts, but you can change how you respond to those feelings. Take a mental step back, and think about why you're feeling that way.

Lilly Singh

#74. Bellamy took a step back. "What? And put you in charge of those as well?" He ran his finger along the bow. "No way. I'm ready to hunt." Graham snorted. "And what exactly did you hunt back on Walden except for girls with low standards and even lower self-esteem?" Bellamy

Kass Morgan

#75. The media has enormous power. The media is undergoing huge changes now. It seemed like it's time to step back and look at how the media shapes our lives and our perceptions of reality.

Thomas Hunt Morgan

#76. Sometimes when we don't know how to move forward, it's best to take a step back.

Evinda Lepins

#77. I have always been fiery; I go after things. But what I learned from my mother is to step back and actually experience things that are happening. So for me, it's about meditating. My Everest is to have that become a real part of my life.

Kate Hudson

#78. When is it enough?" he asked. "We're told to let go of the ones that don't want help. How long do we try before we step back and let them do what they want? Before it's hurting everyone else around you to keep that person around?

C.L.Stone

#79. Step back from your Facebook Wall for a moment: Doesn't it, suddenly, look a little ridiculous? Your life in this format?

Zadie Smith

#80. It's a long journey - the change can only be measured in increments of five years at a time. For every two steps forward, there is one step back. Don't let that discourage you, because you can play a big part in ensuring that measurable change takes place in the coming decade.

Jack Norris

#81. Be honest, how hideous do I look?"
He took another step back and pursed his lips.
"That bad, huh?" I muttered.
No, no Bella. Actually ... " He seemed to be struggling for the right word. "You look ... sexy."
I laughed out loud. "Right."
Very sexy, really.

Stephenie Meyer

#82. I don't know what this is you're trying to do, but you and I are not the same." He took another step back from me. "And I am not for you. I'm not your white knight. I'm just the guy who wanted to fuck you.

Samantha Young

#83. And if candor strikes to forcefully, step back, draw careful breath, and consider the angle your words must take before you open your mouth, let them leak out. Because once you tilt the truth, it becomes a lie.

Ellen Hopkins

#84. Don't wait until your energy runs out before you take a much needed step back to assess the situation.

Auliq Ice

#85. My fellow Americans, let us take that first step. Let us ... step back from the shadow of war and seek out the way of peace. And if that journey is a thousand miles, or even more, let history record that we, in this land, at this time, took the first step.

John F. Kennedy

#86. When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

#87. In my fifties, I was still in creation mode. Now I have more of a responsibility to step back and mentor and offer wisdom, offer sign posts on the path.

Jodie Evans

#88. And some small gnarled place inside me hated her for her weakness, for her neglect, for the months she had put us through. I had taken a step back from my mother, put up a wall to protect myself from needing her, and nothing was ever the same between us again.

Suzanne Collins

#89. It's hard to see things when you're too close. Take a step back and look.

Bob Ross

#90. I think comic books have come an incredibly far way, and I want to make sure we don't take a step back. I certainly don't want my name on a movie that would take it back.

Marc Guggenheim

#91. It was a fear that was all too easy to fall into when one's focus was too narrow. To be caught up in an environment, facing down a relentless torrent of negative experiences. Even the minor things added up, if you couldn't step back to look at things in perspective.

Wildbow

#92. Oh honey, you don't really argue with crazy, you just take a step back and watch it unfold" ~Harley Saving Destiny's Moments.

Christine Dawn

#93. When God does not answer your prayers, step back and wait. He is giving you an opportunity to trust Him in the midst of the uncertainty and ambiguity you may be feeling.

Stormie O'martian

#94. Did you think I was sitting on my hands?" "I thought you might be injured." He looked at me. "We've met, you and I?" I deliberately took a big step back. "What?" he growled. "I'm making room for your ego.

Ilona Andrews

#95. Sometimes we need to step back and understand the power of video games. 'Dear Esther' does just that. Through visuals, audio, and narration, this title weaves a story around the player as they explore different areas in the game.

Rob Manuel

#96. He continues to smile expectantly. I take a step back. I don't want to catch whatever he has. He is a disturbing out-of-uniform Santa.

Augusten Burroughs

#97. At the end of the day it's going to hurt your feelings if someone says something mean about you, but I've learned to take a step back and ask myself if it's really going to affect me, if this person who I'm never going to know or meet doesn't like me - and it doesn't.

Lauren Conrad

#98. Sometimes, you just let the country have its way, and you don't try to determine the shape of the country. You sort of modestly step back and let the country figure out what it believes.

Mark Shields

#99. Your task, O preacher, is to make sure that you are faithful to the text, that you are faithful to the proclamation of that gospel, that you are faithful to set forth the whole counsel of God, and then step back and let it happen.

R.C. Sproul

#100. Take a step back and view the world through your eyes, not someone else's. Listen to your heart and decide what you really want.

Fennel Hudson