“What had really caused the women's movement was the additional years of human life. At the turn of the century women's life expectancy was forty-six; now it was nearly eighty. Our groping sense that we couldn't live all those years in terms of motherhood alone was "the problem that had no name." Realizing that it was not some freakish personal fault but our common problem as women had enabled us to take the first steps to change our lives.” YearsFirstsHumansProblemTurnsNamesTermRealizingCommonStepsOur LivesCenturyMovementSixFaultsMotherhoodHuman LifeFortyFirst StepsEightyExpectancyLife Expectancy Author:Betty Friedan
“The discovery that it is in our power to change our lives by the thoughts we think is the first step toward spiritual mastery.” ThinkingFirstsSpiritualStepsOur LivesDiscoveryLive ByMasteryFirst StepsPower To Change Author:Alice Hegan Rice
“If there is one sweeping generalization I can make without fear of contradiction, it is that 'change' is the scariest word in the English language Nothing will change in our lives until we change our own behavior. Insight won't do it. Understanding why we do the self-defeating things we do won't make us stop doing them. Nagging and pleading with the other person to change won't do it. We have to act. We have to take the first step down a new road.” IfsFirstsPersonsI CanSelfLanguageUnderstandingStepsOur LivesBehaviorInsightContradictionFirst StepsEnglish LanguageSweepingGeneralizationPleadingNaggingNew RoadsUnderstanding Why Author:Susan Forward
“This is the blessed life-not anxious to see far in front, nor eager to choose the path, but quietly following behind the Shepherd, one step at a time. The Shepherd was always out in front of the sheep. He was down in front. Any attack upon them had to take him into account. Now God is down in front. He is in the tomorrows. It is tomorrow that fills men with dread. God is there already. All the tomorrows of our life have to pass Him before they can get to us.” MenBehindsStepsPathOur LivesFrontsTomorrowAccountsBlessedFollowingAnxiousSheepDreadShepherdsBlessed LifeOne Step At A TimeGod Is There Author:F.B. Meyer
“When a path opens up before us that leads we know not where, don't be afraid to follow it. Our lives are meant to be mysterious journeys, unfolding one step at a time. Often we follow a path worn smooth by the many and in doing so we lose our authenticity, our individuality, our own unique expression. Do not be afraid to lose your way. Out of chaos, clarity will eventually rise. Out of not knowing, something new and unknown will ultimately come. Do not order things too swiftly. Wait and the miracle will appear.” KnowsWayOrderWaitingLosesStepsKnowingPathOur LivesJourneyExpressionUniqueMiracleChaosIndividualityAuthenticityClarityMysteriousSomething NewMeant To BeNot KnowingWornSmoothUnfoldingOne Step At A TimeKnowing Something Author:Ann Mortifee
“I have found that, rather than dwelling on the negative, if we will take a step back and consider the blessings in our lives, including seemingly small, sometimes overlooked blessings, we can find greater happiness.” IfsSometimesFoundStepsGreaterOur LivesBlessingNegativeIncludingDwellingOverlooked Author:Thomas S. Monson
“Learning to pause is the first step in the practice of Radical Acceptance. A pause is a suspension of activity, a time of temporary disengagement when we are no longer moving toward any goal ... The pause can occur in the midst of almost any activity and can last for an instant, for hours or for seasons of our life ... You might try it now: Stop reading and sit there, doing 'no thing,' and simply notice what you are experiencing.” TryingFirstsMightLastsMovingReadingGoalHoursStepsPracticeOur LivesAcceptanceActivitySeasonsRadicalInstantMidstTemporaryFirst StepsPausesSuspensionRadical AcceptanceDisengagement Author:Tara Brach
“If we knock on the door until it opens, not taking no for an answer, our lives will be transformed as we step up into a higher awareness.” IfsSpiritualityAnswersStepsOur LivesDoorsAwarenessHigherTransformedStep UpCelestine Prophecy Author:James Redfield
“We know that so many of the conditions and diseases that we associate with ageing can often be prevented or in fact their onset delayed if we just took preventative steps earlier in our lives.” IfsKnowsFactsStepsOur LivesConditionsDiseaseAssociatesAgeingOften IsDelayed Author:Julie Bishop
“The problem of money dogs our steps throughout the whole of our lives, exerting a pressure that, in its way, is as powerful and insistent as any other problem of human existence. And it haunts the spiritual search as well.” WayHumansWellsWholeProblemSpiritualPowerfulExistenceStepsOur LivesDogPressureHuman Existence Author:Jacob Needleman
“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.” FeelsHumansEnoughEarthFeltRealizingHuman BeingsStepsOur LivesPlanetsGood EnoughPlanet EarthNot Good Enough Author:Jussie Smollett
“Because peace is a fruit of the Spirit, we are dependent upon the Spirit's work in our lives to produce the desire and the means to pursue peace. But we are also responsible to use the means He has given us and to take all practical steps to attain both peace within and peace with others.” MeanUseSpiritDesireGivenStepsOur LivesProduceResponsibleFruitPracticalsPursueDependentPeace WithinFruits Of The SpiritPeace With Others Author:Jerry Bridges
“By focusing on love and cultivating an internal security, we can start to take the steps in our lives to create profound change.” StepsOur LivesSecurityProfoundInternalsCultivating Author:Isha Judd
“The choices that make a significant difference in our lives are the tough ones. They're not often fun or easy, but they're the ones we have to make, and each is a deliberate step toward better understanding who we really are.” CharacterChoicesFunEasyUnderstandingDifferencesStepsOur LivesToughSignificantDeliberate Book:Making Choices Source: Making Choices
“Ultimately, I believe - because energy is so central to our lives - that a common global project to rewire the world with clean energy could be the first step on a path to global peace and global democracy - even in today's deeply troubled world.” WorldFirstsBelieveTodayEnergyI BelieveCommonStepsDemocracyPathOur LivesProjectsCleanFirst StepsRenewable EnergyClean EnergyGlobal Peace Author:Ross Gelbspan