Welcome to First Quotes, a treasure trove of insightful and inspiring words from some of the greatest minds throughout history. In the vast tapestry of human thought, quotes serve as poignant threads, weaving together wisdom, perspective, and timeless truths. Whether you seek motivation, guidance, or simply a moment of reflection, you’ll find it here amidst the eloquence of celebrated thinkers, writers, leaders, and visionaries.
Within these pages, you’ll discover a diverse array of quotations spanning a multitude of topics – from love and life to success and perseverance. Each quote is a distilled essence of experience and observation, offering a glimpse into the complexities of the human condition and the richness of our collective consciousness. As you peruse these words, may you find resonance, inspiration, and perhaps even a catalyst for your own journey of growth and self-discovery. For within the simplicity of a well-crafted phrase lies the power to provoke thought, stir emotion, and ignite change.
Without further ado, delve into the wisdom of the ages as we present to you a curated selection of quotes on various subjects. Whether you choose to reflect on them, share them with others, or adorn them with artistic flair, let these words serve as beacons of enlightenment and reminders of the profound beauty inherent in the human experience.
A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. Franz Kafka
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior. Carl von Clausewitz
Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to cast a stone. Jesus Christ
You have got to clean your own house first before you tell other people that they aren’t doing it right. Dan Webster
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Arthur Schopenhauer
When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star. David Bowie
The first duty of love is to listen. Paul Tillich
First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down. George Burns
The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. Bill Gates
The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. Thomas Sowell
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. T. S. Eliot
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. Karl Marx
If at first you don’t succeed, find out if the loser gets anything. William Lyon Phelps
Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence. Louis Pasteur
If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. John Dryden
O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! Walter Scott
First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination. Napoleon Hill
Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it. Terry Pratchett
Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time. Viktor E. Frankl
From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there’s nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends. Hilaire Belloc
The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything – meals, jobs, clothing. Tom Brokaw
The first wealth is health. Ralph Waldo Emerson
How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart. William Butler Yeats
The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. Nathaniel Branden
The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist. Zig Ziglar
If you want to love others, I think you should love yourself first. RM
If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead. William Law
If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you. Steven Wright
Make sure of your commitment to Jesus Christ, and seek to follow Him every day. Don’t be swayed by the false values and goals of this world, but put Christ and His will first in everything you do. Billy Graham
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. Aristotle
The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable. James A. Garfield
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. Niccolo Machiavelli
If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first. Mark Twain
Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do. Kendrick Lamar
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other’s folly – that is the first law of nature. Voltaire
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first. Ronald Reagan
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. Friedrich Nietzsche
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings. Albert Schweitzer
Our lives improve only when we take chances – and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves. Walter Anderson
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad. Euripides
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. Max de Pree
Let him that would move the world first move himself. Socrates
Real heroes don’t wear capes. Real superheroes wear uniforms and badges and stethoscopes! Real superheroes are members of our military, law enforcement, and first responders. Pretend superheroes wear capes! Dean Cain
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. Buddha
The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering. Bruce Lee
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward. Vernon Law
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. Sun Tzu
I was trying to make my name just Artist in the beginning, but it was weird at first, because I wasn’t an R&B singer or nothing. Not an R&B singer. I didn’t do no melodic songs, none of that yet. A Boogie wit da Hoodie
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. Lucille Ball
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Mahatma Gandhi
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. Tony Robbins
The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. Gloria Steinem
I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first. Thomas More
In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can. Nikos Kazantzakis
We all self-conscious. I’m just the first to admit it. Kanye West
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. Epictetus
The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don’t mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do. John Ruskin
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. Charles de Gaulle
Nothing happens unless first we dream. Carl Sandburg
God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement. Marcus Garvey
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there. Indira Gandhi
I want history to remember me… not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of the United States, but as a black woman who lived in the 20th century and who dared to be herself. I want to be remembered as a catalyst for change in America. Shirley Chisholm
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Man’s love is of man’s life a part; it is a woman’s whole existence. In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love. Lord Byron
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. Mark Caine
The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship. Jackie Kennedy
A man’s work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened. Albert Camus
The first step is you have to say that you can. Will Smith
Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many. Phaedrus
By putting the employee first, the customer effectively comes first by default, and in the end, the shareholder comes first by default as well. Richard Branson
Start with God – the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning. King Solomon
Labour was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. Adam Smith
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it. W. C. Fields
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln
Time flies. It seems like just yesterday I was playing my first game against Ireland, when I came off the bench, full of energy and flying into tackles, even though I couldn’t tackle back then. Beauden Barrett
The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found? J. B. Priestley
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius
Every act of creation is first an act of destruction. Pablo Picasso
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. Maya Angelou
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others. Audrey Hepburn
The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities. James Allen
Men always want to be a woman’s first love – women like to be a man’s last romance. Oscar Wilde
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along. Rumi
The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting. Charles Bukowski
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. Saint Augustine
Second place is just the first place loser. Dale Earnhardt
To add value to others, one must first value others. John C. Maxwell
Such is life and life is such and after all it isn’t much. First a cradle. Then a hearse. It might have been better, but it could have been worse. Norman Wisdom
So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. Christopher Reeve
I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome. Julius Caesar
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight. Theodore Roosevelt
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool. Richard P. Feynman
Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn’t know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about. Gerard Way
I think the first duty of society is justice. Alexander Hamilton
First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you. F. Scott Fitzgerald
He was a bold man that first ate an oyster. Jonathan Swift
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. Louis D. Brandeis
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. William James