Step Back Quotes

The big picture doesn't just come from distance; it also comes from time.

Being a stepparent is knowing when to step in, when to step back, when to step up, when to step out.

It's hard to see things when you're too close. Take a step back and look.

While we were promoting 'Wide Open Spaces,' we set aside time to write. We went on several writing retreats where nobody could get hold of us. It was the only way we could take a step back and reflect and write and be living a semi-normal life for a while.

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

No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.

Get out of the way as quickly as you're not needed.

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

With the general availability of Windows 8/RT and Surface, I have decided it is time for me to take a step back from my responsibilities at Microsoft.

'Traffic' was so good, and I really don't want to take a step back.

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

If you're going through friendship issues, I would say, first of all take a step back. How important is the friendship to you? Sometimes, if someone's not being a good friend to you and isn't treating you the way you should be treated, then you kind of have to move on sometimes.

When you're the starter, there are certain things that you're able to do as far as leading and stuff like that. So, really having to kind of take a step back in a leadership role I would say is the toughest role for me.

Sometimes, it's healthy to take a step back.

We take things at face value, don't we? You form an opinion about something immediately, but you ought to step back a bit. Take in the vista first.

Everybody needs to take a little distance from things.

I sort of have stepped out of the public eye, and it's actually been really refreshing.

As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation. I have to be good at helping people run the individual businesses, and I have to be willing to step back. The company must be set up so it can continue without me.

Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.

Sometimes a step forward needs a step back.

Sometimes one can be so closely involved with things that the larger context is lost to view.

‎Be careful not to keep your eyes glued to detail. Stand far enough away to get a perspective of the whole.

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

Donald Trump as a figurehead is the opposite of that - he's regression, he's taking a step backward.

If there is a situation, I try to take a step back, cool down, and solve the problem. Flipping out, freaking out, and being very rude about it is not going to help.