Quotes about Stepping Back

Progressivism is usually seen as a stepping back from individualism into a progressive community. Votes: 6

I feel really personally connected to all of the songs, so stepping back is really hard. Votes: 6

Generally, there is a lot of truth value in stepping back, observing, then logically generalizing the extremes of what you see. Votes: 6

If just one person touches you without your permission, stepping back and saying clearly, "Please don't touch me" should get them to stop. Votes: 6

The inventory process and stepping back in your life can sometimes be a very dark process. But it also can be extremely funny and surprising. Votes: 6

I savor life. When you have anything that threatens life... it prods you into stepping back and really appreciating the value of life and taking from it what you can. Votes: 6

Most people assume that meditation is all about stopping thoughts, getting rid of emotions, somehow controlling the mind. But actually it's ... about stepping back, seeing the thought clearly, witnessing it coming and going. Votes: 6

Ansel [Adams] always jumped over the fence to photograph, walked past the garbage. He always looked to get an immaculate view, and I spent my life stepping back to include the garbage in my photographic view. Votes: 6

What is this thing that has us chewing at our own selves, grating ourselves against our own sharp sieve? It is the act of stepping back. It is the act of separating, and judging. It takes only one because the one becomes two. Votes: 6

Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So anyone who's in love gets sad when they think of their lover. It's like stepping back inside a room you have fond memories of, one you haven't seen in a long time. Votes: 6

I spend a lot of my downtime studying different businesses and learning from a lot of entrepreneurs when I'm not playing football. They can help me evaluate different ventures to see if they'll work. I was aggressive with my initial investments, trying to hit a homerun each time. But now, I'm stepping back and being more patient, giving them due diligence. Votes: 6

Cynicism is kind of like folding your arms and stepping back and commenting on things, like the old guys in 'The Muppets,' just throwing out comments all the time, whereas there are other people on the ground really trying to affect things and improve their lives and the lives of other people. I think it's noble and I think it's cool. Votes: 6

In rural parts of China, it's like stepping back into the era of my grandfather or great-grandfather - not much has changed. Votes: 3

You can't make yourself be compassionate, you can only keep stepping back and becoming a larger container in which compassion wants to live. The practice should open us up, and crack open our hearts again and again. Votes: 3

I have found so much joy and so much pride in contributing and being a team member, and then stepping back and watching someone else get the applause. That has been really satisfying in a way that I wouldn't have probably imagined. Votes: 3

A lot of times I'll see guys who are nowhere near the level of the board they're riding. They might love surfing and love how it looks, but you really have to work your way up. It takes eating a little humble pie at first, and stepping back to equipment that might be a bit slow, but do it. Votes: 3

Take a step back, evaluate what is important, and enjoy life. Votes: 2

Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power. Votes: 2

Sometimes you have to take a half step back to take two forward. Votes: 2

I don't really take a step back too often to see what's going on. Votes: 2

If you step on people in this life, you're going to come back as a cockroach. Votes: 2

Every old goalkeeper loses a step at some point, but you can gain that back through experience. Votes: 2

Every time the Catholic Church takes one step forward, it seems to take one giant step back. Votes: 2

I love pop culture. I love to be inside of it, and step outside and look back in. Votes: 2

I have to strive to go two steps forward and realize that, sometimes, there will be one step back. Votes: 2

When you're in politics sometimes you step on toes and they come back and kick you in the backside. Votes: 2

I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back. Votes: 2

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on. Votes: 2

It's a very slow process - two steps forward, one step back - but I'm inching in the right direction. Votes: 2

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself. Votes: 2

Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. One step forward, two steps back. They want you to give up. Votes: 2

If we do not step forward, then we step back. If we do not protect a right, then we deny it. Votes: 2

My job is to give everyone a chance to catch their breath and step back from all this and get back to work. Votes: 2

If the screen does not make room for me in the structure of their screenplay, I'll step out. I'll step back. I'd step back. I couldn't do it. I just couldn't do it. Votes: 2

As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of the torrent, then we have taken the first step to imagining what we might want to do about it. Votes: 2

Step by step a powerful and enterprising race has driven them back from the Atlantic to the West until at last there is scarcely a spot of ground upon which the Indians have any certainty of maintaining a permanent abode. Votes: 2

Every experience of love, bliss, belonging, inspiration, and insight provides a stepping stone back to your true self. Votes: 0

One final glance back at the hotel. Philias Switchmoat the Third, stepping from the curb and in to a puddle. Disappeared. Votes: 0

Religion holds a man back from the path, prevents his stepping forward, for various very plain reasons. First, it makes the vital mistake of distinguishing between good and evil. Votes: 0

Stepping back from running [Donald Trump] positions is meaningless from a conflict of interests perspective. The presidency is a full-time job and he would have had to step back anyway. Votes: 0