“Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.”

—  Martin Luther King, Jr.

Variant: Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Source: Let Nobody Turn Us Around: Voices on Resistance, Reform, and Renewal an African American Anthology

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American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Ci… 1929–1968

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