“…I guess the very first thing is to own your true self, and that includes achieving the point of not lying to others; the first step should be not lying to yourself.”
Interview with Cawaii, December 2007
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“First stop lying, then start speaking the truth.”
Jordan Peterson (1962) Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology
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“Knowing your own ignorance is the first step to enlightenment.”
Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear
Source: The Wise Man's Fear
Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933) Greek poet
The First Step http://www.cavafy.com/poems/content.asp?id=145&cat=1 <br class="br">Collected Poems (1992) <br class="br">Context: Just to be on the first step<br>should make you happy and proud.<br>To have come this far is no small achievement:<br>what you have done is a glorious thing.<br>Even this first step<br>is a long way above the ordinary world.<br>To stand on this step<br>you must be in your own right<br>a member of the city of ideas.<br>And it is a hard, unusual thing<br>to be enrolled as a citizen of that city.<br>Its councils are full of Legislators<br>no charlatan can fool.
Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Red Prophet (1988), Chapter 1.
“The first step is, if you don't believe it yourself your team darn sure won't.”
Rex Ryan (1962) American football coach
[Rex Ryan's press conference, http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/jets/post/_/id/953/rex-ryans-press-conference-2, ESPN, McManus, Jane, August 6, 2010, http://www.webcitation.org/5x46RBB2S, March 9, 2011, March 9, 2011]
“The first step towards knowledge is to accept your own ignorance.”
Joseph Delaney (1945) British writer
Source: Curse of the Bane