When I was first writing, my little prayers were, 'Please, please, please. Let something be published someday.' Then it went to, 'Please, please, please. Let somebody read this.'
You will either offend the world and please God, or please the world and offend God.
No one understands that the First Amendment is only important if you are going to offend somebody. If you're not going to offend somebody, you don't need protection of the First Amendment.
Please, please, PLEASE be yourself. If you catch yourself not, take a step back.
A person who takes a walk of 100 feet and a person who walks 2,000 miles have one major thing in common. They both need to take a first step before they take a second step.
An honest heart seeks to please God in all things and offend Him in none.
A runner is real when she takes the first step.
Often extraordinary excellence, not being rightly conceived, does rather offend than please.
All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man has taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first.
First step: Build the wall. Second step: Let ICE do its job. Third step: Stop importing jihadists and welfare recipients. Fourth step: enforce e-verify to protect American jobs. Fifth step: prosecute social security card/ID theft/voting fraud.
A man who loves himself takes the first step towards real love.
Please don't invent a debt that does not exist, or next you will be trying to feel gratitude - and that is the treacherous first step toward complete moral degradation.
He who is humble easily obeys everyone, fears to offend anyone, is at peace with everyone, is kind with all.
Step one in overcoming fears is to make a fear list. Make a list of all the things that you are afraid of. Start out with the small fears and conquer them.
It takes an awful lot to offend me.
The person who takes the first step in a conflict toward the other, those are brave people.