Unwavering incremental change can create remarkable and monumental results.
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.
And now, I'm just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time.
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped....
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of t...
Life is like crossing a river. If you take a huge step-aim for too bigger dreams-then the current will knock you off your feet and carry you away. The way to do it is small steps, you will take hold o...
It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.
Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts,...Your affectionate uncle, Screwtape.