The challenge that so many people have is not knowing how to take that first step of reaching out to another person for help.
If you really wanted to settle down the Middle East, if what you wanted was change in the Middle East, it is perfectly obvious that the first step is resolving the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
First, we should not be opening our coasts, all of our coasts, to oil drilling when we have not taken the first step, not the first step, to conserve oil.
Ensuring guns are out of the reach of children and holding those accountable who are irresponsible is the first step in reducing firearm accidents.
If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.
In order to get what you want, you must first decide what you want. Most people really foul up at this crucial first step because they simply can't see how it's possible to get what they want, so they don't even let themselves want it.
While awareness-building is a crucial first step, cohesive efforts are needed to translate this into real-world change.
The first step is that the Cambodian government has expressed sincerity to apologize for what happened.
If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers.
Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
The U.S. should support the historic Gaza withdrawal as a first step toward a final settlement: a permanent Palestinian state in Gaza and nearly all of the West Bank.