All great acts and accomplishments are made up of small deeds brought together

• Great acts are made up of small deeds. Lao Tzu
• Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. Vincent van Gogh
• Confront the difficult while it is still easy; accomplish the great task by a series of small acts. Lao Tzu
• Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier
• In my experience, the greatest successes don’t come from grandiose scenarios of good intentions engendered by temporarily pumped-up motivation. Rather, the most lasting and significant positive effects result from small things, done consistently, in strategic places. David Allen
• Action,  Action plans,  Planning,  Perseverance,  Presence,  Achievement,  Success,  Long termism

.

Take small, consistent steps in the direction of your goals…

• What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
• You can dream and you can wonder, but nothing happens without taking action consistently. You don’t have to be perfect. Learn as much as you need to know the next step and take action! Henri Junttila
• When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself. Isak Dinesen
• A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules. Anthony Trollope
• You can have it all. Just not all at once. Oprah Winfrey
• Goal setting

.

… just one step at a time …

• Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time. Osho
• I accomplished all of this in small steps, one thing at a time. I focused on only one goal at a time, and put all of my energy into it. Leo Babauta
• I think only about what I can do now. By thinking small, I accomplish great things.
• Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly in the distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Thomas Carlyle

.

… focusing only on the step you are taking

• Get started today by looking three feet in front of you, not three miles. A long gaze at the mountain crest will overwhelm you, so stop looking at it. The key to achieving enormous tasks is to break them down into their smallest parts. MJ DeMarco
• I dream of men who take the next step instead of worrying about the next thousand steps. Theodore Roosevelt
• Never confuse yourself by visions of an entire lifetime at once… remember that it is not the weight of the future or the past that is pressing upon you, but ever that of the present alone. Marcus Aurelius
• None of us knew the road ahead, so we just concentrated on the step before us. Robin Sharma
• Start with just one small task from the project, instead of trying to tackle everything at once. Leo Babauta
• By realizing that your entire life journey ultimately consists of the step you are taking at this moment. There is always only this one step, and so you give it your fullest attention. This doesn’t mean you don’t know where you are going; it just means this step is primary, the destination secondary. Eckhart Tolle
• Doing one thing at a time means to be total in what you do, to give it your complete attention. This is surrendered action—empowered action. Eckhart Tolle
• Live in the present

.

Keep on taking a step every day…

• To make the quickest progress, you don’t have to take huge leaps. You just have to take baby steps—and keep on taking them. Marci Shimoff
• Once you get into a rhythm, it’s hard to stop. You achieve big visions by doing the little things every day and looking at them in a positive focus. Shawn Phillips
• Do not be afraid of moving slowly but of standing still. Chinese Proverb
• What you do every day matters more than what you do every once in a while. Marc and Angel Chernoff

.

… and you’ll find your small, consistent steps will add up over time…

• When climbing a mountain, define each step in the right direction as success. We learn the alphabet before we write words; it works the same in sport and life. Many small successes add up. Dan Millman
• Small steps are good—they add up to big ones. Small steps are especially helpful to overachievers, who need to learn that life is less about getting somewhere, and more about being somewhere. Alan Cohen
• Little changes and little choices add up to be revolutionary changes in your life. Sarah Ban Breathnach

.

…to become giant, lasting strides

• Small steps become gant strides. Tony Robbins
• The ability to progress and achieve extraordinary results even in the midst of chaos is to take just one step at a time in the right direction. Tony Robbins
• The most momentous leaps of growth commonly have as their springboard fairly modest first steps. Nathaniel Branden
• Small daily improvements always lead to exceptional results over time. Robin Sharma
• From small beginnings come great things. Proverb
• Little by little, one travels far. J R R Tolkien
• Small steps get you to big places. Marc and Angel Chernoff
• Little by little one walks far. Peruvian Proverb
• It is the Baby Steps you take, the everyday things you do, that eventually lead to the manifestation of your outcome. David Emerald
• Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps. Helmut Schmidt

.

Small, consistent steps are almost always better than occasional large ones …

• A big occasional effort does not have the same beneficial effect as less spectacular effort that is more constant. Matthieu Ricard
• It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward. Chinese Proverb
• Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. Peter Marshall
• There is no one giant step that does it. It’s a lot of little steps. Peter A. Cohen
• It’s easier to take a small action now instead of a big action ’some day.’ Marc and Angel Chernoff
• Small tasks are always better than large ones. Leo Babauta
• Success will never be a big step in the future, success is a small step taken just now. Jonatan Mårtensson

.

…although occasionally a big step may be required

• Don’t be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small steps. David Lloyd George
• Be braver. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.  Chinese proverb

.

Split your goals and projects up into as many small action steps as possible

• Each goal must be reduced to specific, concrete action steps. Brian Tracy
• When defining steps, break them into the smallest pieces or actions. Take a defined action and then see if you can make smaller actions out of this one action step.  This will help in successful completion.  Phyllis Reardon
• Break things down into small tasks that can be accomplished in an hour or less – even better would be twenty to thirty minutes, or even ten to fifteen minutes. The smaller, the better, because then we’re more likely to actually get them done. Leo Babauta
• The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting with the first one. Mark Twain
• Break complex projects into smaller, well-defined tasks. Focus on completing just one of those tasks. Leo Babauta
• Don’t be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself. Denis Waitley
• Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. Henry Ford
• Have a bias toward action – let’s see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away. Indira Gandhi

.

For each goal, always ask yourself what your very next action step needs to be…

• For each goal, decide on the steps to reach these goals. List them.  Next, prioritise the action steps.  Phyllis Reardon
• Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined. David Allen
• Until you know what the next physical action is, there’s still more thinking required before anything can happen. David Allen
• By asking myself, “What’s the next action on this?” I have generated more creative thinking, tough decision-making, critical conversations, innovative ideas, clarity, and motivation than by using any other specific technique I’m aware of. David Allen
• Without a next action, there remains a potentially infinite gap between current reality and what you need to do. David Allen
• Understanding is knowing what to do; wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is actually doing it. Tristan Gylberd

.

… and then actually take that step

• Wisdom is knowing what to do next. Skill is knowing how to do it. Virtue is doing it. Thomas Jefferson

.

On a journey of many steps, the first step is the most important

• The distance isn’t important; it is only the first step that is difficult. Marquise Deffand
• The distance of the road to success becomes shorter as soon as you take the first step. Greg Phillips
• No matter how big and tough a problem may be, get rid of confusion by taking one little step towards the solution. Do something. Georg Nordenholt
• To go far you must begin near, and the nearest step is the most important one. Jiddu Krishnamurti
• Fortunate are those who take the first steps. Paulo Coelho
• Action—in the present—changes the future. A trip of ten thousand miles starts out with one step, not with a fantasy about travel. David K. Reynolds
• The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers. Brian Tracy
• If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. David Viscott
• A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. Lao Tzu
• Life is a journey

.

Make your first step a small, simple one and take it now without too much deliberation…

• Success will never be a big step in the future, success is a small step taken just now. Jonatan Mårtensson
• Don’t wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater. Mary Manin Morrissey
• He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg. Chinese Proverb

.

… and the next step will then reveal itself

• Go as far as you can see and you will see further. Zig Ziglar
• Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just the first step. Martin Luther King
• As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears. Rumi

.

What one action can you take today to move you towards your goal?

• If you are trying to reach a specific goal, ask yourself every day: What is one small step I could take toward reaching my goal? Whether you ask your question aloud or in the privacy of your own thoughts, please take a kind tone with yourself, the same you’d use for a beloved friend. Robert Maurer

.

If you want to grow or change something in your life, small steps are usually best …

• Kaizen and innovation are the two major strategies people use to create change. Where innovation demands shocking and radical reform, all kaizen asks is that you take small, comfortable steps toward improvement. Robert Maurer
• Step by step is the law of growth. God does not expect the acorn to be a mighty oak before it has become a sapling. George E. Carpenter
• Growth,  Change

.

… making small improvements one day at a time…

• When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur. When you improve conditioning a little each day, eventually you have a big improvement in conditioning. Not tomorrow, not the next day, but eventually a big gain is made. Don’t look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That’s the only way it happens – and when it happens, it lasts. John Wooden
• You have to apply yourself each day to become a little better. By applying yourself to the task of becoming a little better each and every day over a period of time, you will become a lot better. John Wooden
• The power to change your life lies in the simplest of steps. Steve Maraboli
• Improvement

.

… for this makes change less scary and easier to initiate…

• All changes, even positive ones, are scary. Attempts to reach goals through radical or revolutionary means often fail because they heighten fear. But the small steps of kaizen disarm the brain’s fear response, stimulating rational thought and creative play. Robert Maurer
• And if you start small, you don’t need a lot of motivation to get started either. The simple act of getting started and doing something will give you the momentum you need, and soon you’ll find yourself in a positive spiral of changes – one building on the other.  Marc and Angel Chernoff

.

It is small, consistent steps that lead to the most lasting change

• To make the quickest progress, you don’t have to take huge leaps. You just have to take baby steps—and keep on taking them. In Japan, they call this approach kaizen, which literally translates as ‘continual improvement.’ Using kaizen, great and lasting success is achieved through small, consistent steps. It turns out that slow and steady is the best way to overcome your resistance to change. Marci Shimoff
• You can’t do everything at once. But if you keep adding a little progress every day, over time you will have built a whole new set of habits and self- disciplines. Remember, anything valuable takes time. There are no overnight successes. Jack Canfield
• Little by little a person becomes good, as a water pot is filled by drops of water. Buddha
• Small actions are at the heart of kaizen. By taking steps so tiny that they seem trivial or even laughable, you’ll sail calmly past obstacles that have defeated you before. Slowly – but painlessly! – you’ll cultivate an appetite for continued success and lay down a permanent new route to change. Robert D. Maurer
• Change

.

.

.