#incrementalism

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 the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#perseverance #progress #path

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. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#hell #incrementalism #hell

Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#help

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 of life. You will get there in the end. ↗

— Louis Sachar

#inspirational #perseverance #dreams

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#community #incrementalism #world #yourself #change

Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you ↗

— David Nicholls

#personal-responsibility #change

And now, I'm just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#fashion #incrementalism #sequins #art

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#incrementalism #kindness #world

It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward. ↗

— Louis Sachar

#persistence #persistence

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. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. ↗

— Robert F. Kennedy

#influence #justice #kindness #make-a-difference #oppression