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“Practice yourself in little things and thence proceed to greater.”
“You've got to think about "big things" while you're doing small things so that all the small things go in the right direction.”
“Take your needle my child and work at your pattern it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like embroidery.”
“It is in trifles and when he is off his guard that a man best shows his character.”
“Life is denied by lack of attention whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.”
“It was only a sunny smile But it scattered the night And little it cost in the giving Like morning light And made the day worth living.”
“The smallest effort is not lost Each wavelet on the ocean tost Aids in the ebb-tide or the flow Each rain-drop makes some floweret blow Each struggle lessens human woe.”
“In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained Know'st thou when Fate Thy measure takes or when she'll say to thee "I find thee worthy do this deed for me?"”
“He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.”
“We must not... ignore the small daily differences we can make which over time add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.”
“Not all things are blest but the seeds of all things are blest.”
“Large streams from little mountains flow tall oaks from little acorns grow.”
“Instead of thinking about where you are think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success.”
“The distance doesn't matter only the first step is difficult.”
“Cultural transformation announces itself in sputtering fits and starts sparked here and there by minor incidents warmed by new ideas that may smolder for decades. In many different places at differ...”
“It is not the straining for great things that is most effective it is the doing the little things the common duties a little better and better.”
“Though thy beginning was small yet thy latter end should greatly increase.”
“Start by doing what's necessary then what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
“If you wish to reach the highest begin at the lowest.”
“Most of the critical things in life which become the starting points of human destiny are little things.”
