Top 100 Take One Step Quotes

#1. Each step of your current journey will take you to new and interesting worlds of opportunity and as every intrepid explorer knows, when one visits strange new lands one must be aware of their customs.

Chris Murray

#2. You can take a sidewards step in the Premier League, go to a team in the Championship or come to a team in League One.

Alan Smith

#3. I trust so much in the power of the heart and the soul; I know that the answer to what we need to do next is in our own hearts. All we have to do is listen, then take that one step further and trust what we hear. We will be taught what we need to learn.

Melody Beattie

#4. We cannot take one step in geology without drawing upon the fathomless stores of by-gone time.

Adam Sedgwick

#5. One of the greatest evils of the day among those outside of prison is their sense of futility. Young people say, What is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time; we can be responsible only for the one action of the present moment.

Dorothy Day

#6. On leather jackets: That's the next step. You have to take one step at a time. It was easier to start with fur.

Dan Mathews

#7. If you are standing in one place waiting for something to change, you may be there for a while. You've got to move. Step up and take a swing. Make something happen

Amaka Imani Nkosazana

#8. To de-escalate a potential conflict, one method is to take a step backwards.

David W. Earle

#9. No step is a safe one, so it's safer to take none at all.

Laura Wiess

#10. John Green has written a powerful novel - one that plunges headlong into the labyrinth of life, love, and the mysteries of being human. This is a book that will touch your life, so don't read it sitting down. Stand up, and take a step into the Great Perhaps.

KL Going

#11. I'm not afraid to take a step and if I fall, I fall. I pick myself up and move on. If we can all learn one thing in life, it's don't be afraid to take on something that you believe you're capable of achieving.

Michael Jordan

#12. Replace "This project is so big and important" with "I can take one small step.

Neil A. Fiore

#13. If there's not any endgame, we're in quicksand. We take one more step, and we're still there, and there's no way out.

Richard Shelby

#14. There is but one way in which God should be loved, and that is to take no step except with Him and for Him, and to follow with a generous self-abandonment every thing which He requires.

Francois Fenelon

#15. And I think it's that time. And I think if you just step aside and Mr. Romney can kind of take over. You can maybe still use a plane. Though maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler you are going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that.

Clint Eastwood

#16. Take out another notebook, pick up another pen, and just write, just write, just write. In the middle of the world, make one positive step. In the center of chaos, make one definitive act. Just write. Say yes, stay alive, be awake. Just write. Just write. Just write.

Natalie Goldberg

#17. When we take one step toward the Self, It takes nine steps towards us.

Lester Levenson

#18. I like to take things one step at a time, because the entertainment industry is very uncertain.

Rebel Wilson

#19. Any time a running back reaches the age of 31 or 32, he has to lose a step. No one is a freak of nature. No one is going to be able to take the pounding a running back has to take over a 10- or 12-year career and not lose a step.

Al Michaels

#20. When you walk to the edge of all the light you have and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown, you must believe that one of two things will happen. There will be something solid for you to stand upon or you will be taught to fly.

Patrick Overton

#21. THE GIANT STEP IN THE WALK OF FAITH IS THE ONE WE TAKE WHEN WE DECIDE GOD NO LONGER IS A PART OF OUR LIVES. HE IS OUR LIFE.

Beth Moore

#22. That's what nobody realizes. Two seconds are huge. It's the difference between something happening and something not happening. You could take one step too many and fall over the edge of a cliff. It's very dangerous.

Rachel Joyce

#23. My only answer is, if my grave stood open on one side and you upon the other I'd go into my grave before I would take one step to meet you.

Louisa May Alcott

#24. 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

#25. If every hero stopped to think about all the what-ifs in his path, none of us would ever take one step beyond our own doorways.

Esther M. Friesner

#26. Take one step to the side and it's all absurd.

Leonard Cohen

#27. You take one step closer and I'll slit your throat, you mung-encrusted camel-fucker.

Peter Bagge

#28. I, meanwhile, was forcing my swelling feet to take just one more step while walking alone, usually too nervous to strike up a conversation with a stranger.

Various

#29. You just say it. That's how you say something that's hard. You put one foot in front of the other. You take it step by step. You say the words. There is no magic formula. There is no secret sauce. But there are words, she says emphatically, as if she's delivering an impassioned speech.

Lauren Blakely

#30. I'm certainly not a saint out there on the golf course. In fact, far from it. Like when you make a three-putt and become upset. I take one step back and remember there are more important things going on in the world than golf.

Bernhard Langer

#31. Running doesn't come easy to me, especially the first thirty or so minutes. My message is take it one step at a time.

Cara Buono

#32. With any novel that you begin, you can't foresee how difficult or easy it's going to be, and you can't really prepare yourself. You just have a take it one step at a time and know that it's all right to keep going - you can always fix it.

Jane Smiley

#33. We can not escape tragic roads. It is like grasping at the sun & trying to catch air. We must take one step at-a-time. Keep going.

Ace Antonio Hall

#34. Choose my aim, take one step and then the next. It had never been anything else.

Ann Leckie

#35. He was definitely taking his bodyguard duties seriously tonight. He gave off a take-one-step-closer-and-I-will-show-you-Armageddon vibe.

Christina Henry

#36. Narrow the focus, take the ascent one step at a time, and it's amazing what odds a man can beat.

Courtney Schafer

#37. All of this, you and me, is brand new, you're right. Let's just take this one small step at a time."
"These small steps include sex, right?

Karina Halle

#38. The hardest thing is to forgive, but God does, even if you murdered or robbed, ya it's wrong, but God loves, take one step toward him he'll take two toward you, even when all else fails, God'll support you

Nas

#39. Take one step at a time, there's no need to rush

Jordin Sparks

#40. I have come to see more and more that one of the most decisive steps that the Negro can take is that little walk to the voting booth. That is an important step. We've got to gain the ballot, and through that gain, political power.

Martin Luther King Jr.

#41. Great changes are about to take place in the whole universe. It will not be a comfortable time. It is important that each one has no fear, no concern, knowing that this great upheaval is necessary before the next step can be taken.

Eileen Caddy

#42. I still follow that model: just go hard every day, and take it one step at a time.

Ace Hood

#43. We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#44. Maybe if you'd worn a shirt - "
"They said they didn't have a shirt!"
"Then I have nothing for you, my friend. You're trapped. I, however - "
"Take one step away from me, you Mr. Darcy wannabe, and I'll snap your spine.

Shelly Laurenston

#45. Every time the Catholic Church takes one step forward, it seems to take one giant step back.

Janine Di Giovanni

#46. We will have taken one giant step forward when we face this reality: Powerful people never teach powerless people how to take their power away from them.

John Henrik Clarke

#47. When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar our progress. We cannot take more than one step at a time.

Orison Swett Marden

#48. Take life one step at a time or you might fall off a cliff

Me

#49. If you are not for us, then you are against us! One day we will be living alongside you in those mansions. Your choice. Share or lose it all. We're going to take Africa away from its colonial masters. Step aside gracefully, we'll let you stay. Fight us and we'll drive you out.

Richard H. Mcbee Jr.

#50. One step is all it will take. Just put one foot across the threshold and we will make all the pain go away forever: the pain you feel now and the pain that is still to come. It will never happen.

Neil Gaiman

#51. Hey, Grayskin," the one known as Parker called from across the bar. "You best watch yer step. Some folk don't take kindly to mechanoid freaks." We only like God-fearin', true-blood humans 'round these parts, the silent voice of so many rang in my head.

Justin Kemppainen

#52. Fear is just like mist. Don't let it disorient you from living outside God's palm. Acknowledge it, then take any one step in any one direction ... and repeat.

Erica Goros

#53. In the search for truth human beings take two steps forward and one step back. Suffering, mistakes and weariness of life thrust them back, but the thirst for truth and stubborn will drive them forward. And who knows? Perhaps they will reach the truth at last.

Anton Chekhov

#54. One problem with making moral compromises is that doing the right thing becomes increasingly difficult: it requires admitting that one's earlier acts were wrong. In effect, to get clean, one must first get dirtier, a step that few proved willing to take.

Dan McMillan

#55. It's like you spend your whole youth being told just how awesome and special you are, but then you take one step outside and that bubble bursts.

R.E. Carr

#56. My four golden principles are more important now than ever: take it one step at a time; approach the matter dispassionately; avoid a rush to judgement; confide in nobody until there is hard evidence.

Robert Harris

#57. When you slip down a mountain of Joy , don't Worry. Instead of living gloomily in the dark valley , look up at the next peak and take one step in that direction .

R.v.m.

#58. It was as if she lived only on clear, salty air, and when the day came for her to pass away, she would probably do exactly that. Just take a step to one side. Dissolve into a north-westerly wind as it whirled around the lighthouse at North Point, then out across the sea.

John Ajvide Lindqvist

#59. I call it like the domino theory of reality. If you can go one step at a time and it seems to make sense, you can then take your audience into an area that is relatively outlandish.

Ivan Reitman

#60. A holistic solution to income inequality is going to take a lot of work, but every time you prove that one of the strands is achievable and that it has a positive impact on people's lives you take another step towards proving the bigger theory of the case.

Bill De Blasio

#61. We've got to step up our conservation efforts before it's too late. We're not protecting our lands and natural resources. Take the Grand Canyon for example; I'm sure that at one time it was a beautiful piece of land, and just look at the way we've let it go.

Pat Paulsen

#62. One could say Youth is power of country then my question is-who is youth?
sorry to say but you are not youth. Youth is your thoughts, your inspiration and Your initiatives. So take a step to make a change

Prakhar Srivastav

#63. Everybody is an atheist in saying that there is a god - from Ra to Shiva - in which he does not believe. All that the serious and objective atheist does is to take the next step and to say that there is just one more god to disbelieve in.

Richard Dawkins

#64. There is honor in all work, in all tasks, but take it one step further. Make what you do a labor of love. Then your work will truly touch and change the world in the way you desire. The work you do, whatever your chosen field, will be work that heals.

Melody Beattie

#65. No one wants to fail. So most of us don't even try. Sad. We don't even take that first step to improve our health or to deepen our working relationships or to realize a dream.

Robin S. Sharma

#66. Boston is a tough and resilient town. So are its people. I'm supremely confident that Bostonians will pull together, take care of each other, and move forward as one proud city. And as they do, the American people will be with them every single step of the way.

Barack Obama

#67. If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of fulfilling it. The step may only be a tiny one, but trust that it may be the largest one possible for now.

Mildred H. McAfee

#68. But dispelling this dread isn't a matter of trying to forget about washing dishes, it is realizing that in actual fact you only have one dish to wash, ever: this one; only one step to take, ever: this one. And that is Zen.

Alan W. Watts

#69. If I have something to apologize, I want to be the first one to step up and make that apology. I don't want anyone to broker it for me. I don't want anyone to take the hit for me. If I have anything to apologize for, I'm only human. I'm prone to making mistakes.

Michelle Shocked

#70. People who won't take step number one never take step number two.

Zig Ziglar

#71. That's how risk works. You don't know it's the right choice until you're freefalling, and even then you still have butterflies - but at least you were the one to take that step over the ledge.

Rachel Van Dyken

#72. 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

#73. Honestly, I feel like I spent the last 10 years just trying to work, just get my hands on the best material I could. I'd like to say that it was quite calculated and genius, my ability to take one step forward and two steps back.

Timothy Olyphant

#74. I can only take one step at a time, whether I am running or living. Today is a good day. This is my life and it's happening now.

Mina Samuels

#75. Experiencing brightness in meditation is not a one-time experience; it is something you continue to develop throughout your life. You can take it deeper and deeper, until the most profound truth is part of your everyday outlook. Going a step further, you can manifest that truth in your daily life.

Ilchi Lee

#76. When you feel like you've given all you've got! You gotta take one more step!

Eric Thomas

#77. As much as you long for it, it longs for you more. Take one step toward the Big Person and it will take a hundred steps toward you.

Christopher Pike

#78. Open doors, open roads, possibilities, opportunities. Sometimes you step through a door thinking it'll take you one place, and then find yourself somewhere completely different - and yet, that's the right place to be.

Susan Fox

#79. It is a promise of God that when you do the right thing, an even better thing will happen... If you take one step, He'll take two. When you are bold enough to step off in faith, to jump, that is when you'll soar.

Steve Harvey

#80. Today, God, help me practice the concept of acceptance in my life. Help me accept myself, others, and my circumstances. Take me one step further, and help me feel grateful.

Melody Beattie

#81. We'll just take it one step at a time.
Okay.
Don't let go.
Okay.
No matter what.
No matter what.

Cormac McCarthy

#82. Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

David Lloyd George

#83. Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear their leading you out of [any difficult situation] in the easiest manner possible ...

Thomas Jefferson

#84. It's about prioritizing. Just take it one step at a time. Do the best that you can. I'm a mom and I have two husbands - an ex husband and a next husband. It's a blended family and it's very hard to keep things together, but we're happy and we live in love. Djimon and I are so happy.

Kimora Lee Simmons

#85. We could not take one step in the pursuit of holiness if God in His grace had not first delivered us from the dominion of sin and brought us into union with His risen Son. Salvation is by grace and sanctification is by grace.

Jerry Bridges

#86. you just have to take one step, and that when you do, the next one will appear.

Shauna Niequist

#87. In a real relationship, you take two steps forward, one step back. So just because we take two steps forward and get all the benefit from that doesn't mean we can't go back or to the side.

Shelley Long

#88. Sometimes you will think you can't take it another day. But if you hang in there, one step at a time, you will be able to accomplish more than you ever imagine.

Taya Kyle

#89. As you begin to see the patterns, don't move too quickly. Just take one step at a time, trusting that opportunities will open at the right time.

Jeff Goins

#90. Convince a man to take a single step - after all, what earthly difference could one step make? - and he would walk the next mile to prove himself right.

R. Scott Bakker

#91. One of the things that I love about writing novels is that it really doesn't matter what next step you take as long as you're pursuing some intuition or instinct. Of course, then, intuitions or instincts don't make for great novels, but they often make for good first drafts.

Jonathan Safran Foer

#92. [We are not] to take one step, even in the direction of what is good, beyond that to which we are irresistibly impelled by God, and this applies to action, word, and thought.

Simone Weil

#93. Authority to dream is not given, it is taken. Take it. Do not let the judgment of others be the final word. Without a doubt, if there is a one-word, one-step cure for bad peg moments, that word is perseverance. Let that be your final word.

J. Loren Norris

#94. Sometimes the heart of a weary soul needs a simple moment of love and light shined upon it, or reflected back to it. That momentary connection might be the one thing that inspires a person to take one more step and move in a positive new direction.

Molly Friedenfeld

#95. In the spiritual life, you must take one step forward each day in a vertical line, from the bottom up.

Pio Of Pietrelcina

#96. Be simple and always take the next step. You needn't see it in advance, but you can look back at it afterwards.There is no 'how' of life, one just does it.

Carl Jung

#97. It is necessary sometimes to take one step backward to take two steps forward.

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

#98. You are the only one who can make it happen for you. Others can support and encourage you, but you have to find the energy within in order to step into the center of your own life and take charge.

Lynda Field

#99. Could it be ... that the hero is one who is willing to set out, take the first step, shoulder something? Perhaps the hero is one who puts his foot upon a path not knowing what he may expect from life but in some way feeling in his bones that life expects something of him.

P.L. Travers

#100. Take one step backward into the unknown.

Adyashanti

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