“Literacy is much more than an educational priority - it is the ultimate investment in the future and the first step towards all the new forms of literacy required in the twenty-first century. We wish to see a century where every child is able to read and to use this skill to gain autonomy.” FirstsChildrenUseAbleFormReadingWishEducationStepsLearningCenturyPoliticianFutureSkillsGainsUltimateTwentiesInvestmentEducationalPrioritiesFirst StepsLiteracyAutonomyIlliteracyChildren LearningUnesco Author:Irina Bokova
“We can't control what thoughts and emotions arise within us, nor can we control the universal truth that everything changes. But we can learn to step back and rest in the awareness of what's happening. That awareness can be our refuge.” TruthEmotionStepsLearningAwarenessHappeningsUniversalAriseRefugeThings ChangeUniversal TruthThoughts And Emotions Author:Sharon Salzberg
“People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.” PeopleSuccessWinningEducationStepsLearningInspirational LifePainfulInsignificant Author:Anne Sullivan Macy
“The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.” KnowsFirstsStepsLearningIgnorantFirst Steps Author:Richard Cecil
“The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.” LifeInspirationalFirstsWisdomMotivationMemoriesSilenceStepsKnowledgePracticeLearningTeachingListeningSelf ImprovementThirdsPersonal GrowthIntelligenceFourthFirst StepsFifthAcquisitionWise Man Once SaidWise WisdomBrighten Your DayTeaching Others Author:Solomon Ibn Gabirol
“You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.” LifeSpiritualMotivationFearGrowthBusinessStepsCourageLearningPersonalityEncouragementSafetySelf EducationSteps ForwardBusiness GrowthPeak Experiences Author:Abraham Maslow
“Expert tutors often do not help very much. They hang back letting the student manage as much as possible. And when things go awry, rather than help directly they raise questions: 'Could you explain this step again? How did you... ?” HelpingStepsLearningTeachingStudentsRaisesManageExpertsTutorRaises Questions Author:Mark Lepper
“The mathematician requires tact and good taste at every step of his work, and he has to learn to trust to his own instinct to distinguish between what is really worthy of his efforts and what is not...” WorkEffortStepsLearningTasteMathematicsInstinctWorthyMathMathematicalStatisticsMathematicianEvery StepGood TasteTact Author:James Whitbread Lee Glaisher
“Recognizing your own ignorance is the first step toward wisdom.” FirstsStepsLearningIgnoranceFirst StepsRecognizing Author:Laurence Overmire
“The first step in fixing a broken program is getting it to fail repeatably [on the simplest example possible].” FirstsStepsLearningFailingExampleBrokenProgramProgrammingFirst StepsSimplestFixingComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesComputer Language Author:Tom Duff