Laozi
(-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.”
As quoted in Peter's Quotations : Ideas for Our Time (1977) by Laurence J. Peter, p. 508; this begins with a phrase derived from one in the Tao Te Ching, by Laozi
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Confucius
(-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Laozi in the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 64
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John F. Kennedy
(1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
1963, Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty speech
Dave Sim
(1956) Canadian cartoonist, creator of Cerebus
http://cerebusfangirl.com/artists/0805talk.php
“The longest journey begins with a single step, not with the turn of an ignition key.”
Edward Abbey
(1927–1989) American author and essayist
“Walking” p. 205
The Journey Home (1977)
Context: The longest journey begins with a single step, not with the turn of an ignition key. That’s the best thing about walking, the journey itself. It doesn’t much matter whether you get where you’re going or not. You’ll get there anyway. Every good hike brings you eventually back home. Right where you started.
Dag Hammarskjöld
(1905–1961) Swedish diplomat, economist, and author
UN Press Release SG/360 (22 December 1953)
Context: Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each one of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just. And how can we fight for liberty if we are not free in our own minds? How can we ask others to sacrifice if we are not ready to do so?... Only in true surrender to the interest of all can we reach that strength and independence, that unity of purpose, that equity of judgment which are necessary if we are to measure up to our duty to the future, as men of a generation to whom the chance was given to build in time a world of peace.
Prem Rawat
(1957) controversial spiritual leader
Satyalok Ashram, Muradnagar, Meerut, India, Baisakhi Festival, April 12, 1971, 710412 (Translated from Hindi)
1970s
“Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.”
Saul Bellow
(1915–2005) Canadian-born American writer
Attributed in Fun Fitness for Families (2005) by James Steffen, p. 24 and later publications; also attributed to Helmut Schmidt, in The 7 Ultimate Secrets to Weight Loss (2011) by Natasa Denman, p. 31 and later publications.
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Frederick Buechner
(1926) Poet, novelist, short story writer, theologian
Source: The Magnificent Defeat