Quotes about Small Steps

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps. Votes: 8

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. Votes: 8

Courage is only an accumulation of small steps. Votes: 6

It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward. Votes: 6

Freedom has more often been lost in small steps by progressive incrementalism, than it has been by catastrophic upheavals such as violence or war. Votes: 6

There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore. Votes: 6

The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning. Votes: 6

Process transforms any journey into a series of small steps, taken one by one, to reach any goal. Process transcends time, teaches patience, rests on a solid foundation of careful preparation, and embodies trust in our unfolding potential. Votes: 6

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. Votes: 6

We always hope for the easy fix: the one simple change that will erase a problem in a stroke. But few things in life work this way. Instead, success requires making a hundred small steps go right - one after the other, no slipups, no goofs, everyone pitching in. Votes: 6

The important thing is to believe in what you do. Have a big dream and take small steps. Votes: 5

You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then you wait. If there is no reaction, you take another step: courage is only an accumulation of small steps. Votes: 5

Confidence is everything. From there, it's a small step to winning. Votes: 4

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. Votes: 4

Set a goal, write it down, and release the outcome. Small steps make a big difference. Votes: 4

Accept the risen Jesus into your life. Even if you have been far away, take a small step towards Him. He awaits you with open arms. Votes: 4

Specifically, in the software industry, progress is highly sequential: progress is typically made through a large number of small steps, each building on the previous ones. Votes: 4

I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big job done. Votes: 4

As long as there are history books, Neil Armstrong will be included in them, remembered for taking humankind's first small step on a world beyond our own. Votes: 4

By getting your customers to agree with you in small steps along the way, you have a better chance of reaching agreement when it's time to do business. Votes: 4

And once an intelligent robot exists, it is only a small step to a robot species - to an intelligent robot that can make evolved copies of itself. Votes: 4

By the late 1980s, there was the beginning of awareness about a significant global landmine problem, and small steps were being taken to try to deal with the problem. Votes: 4

If you find yourself getting nervous stop and relax for three full breaths. Then take one small step, then another. That is how people get to the top of Everest. Votes: 4

A small step, in the midst of great human limitations, can be more pleasing to God than a life which appears outwardly in order but moves through the day without confronting great difficulties. Votes: 4

When the long awaited solution to the UFO problem comes, I believe that it will prove to be not merely the next small step in the march of science but a mighty and totally unexpected quantum jump. Votes: 4

I learned to put 100 percent into what you're doing. I learned about setting goals for yourself, knowing where you want to be and taking small steps toward those goals. I learned about adversity and how to get past it. Votes: 4

I finished high school, moved to Nashville for college, and set out to break into the music business. Every night when I called home with news of my experiences, my mom and dad would encourage me to keep taking those small steps. Votes: 4

Going from sharing a one-bedroom place to living in a loft to two people living in a house to me having my own place by myself has kind of mirrored my career... small steps to bigger, to bigger, to now having a steady job. Votes: 4

There is always a step small enough from where we are to get us to where we want to be. If we take that small step, there's always another we can take, and eventually a goal thought to be too far to reach becomes achievable. Votes: 4

It's scary to make major changes, but we usually have enough courage to take the next right step. One small step and then another. That's what it takes to raise a child, to get a degree, to write a book, to do whatever it is your heart desires. Votes: 4

I would hate to be thrust into the middle of a big film and not deliver. There's young actors and they're put into these central roles and they're commanding armies - but they can't quite pull it off. I'd much rather do it in small steps and build it from there. Votes: 4

You have to have a big vision and take very small steps to get there. You have to be humble as you execute but visionary and gigantic in terms of your aspiration. In the Internet industry, it's not about grand innovation, it's about a lot of little innovations: every day, every week, every month, making something a little bit better. Votes: 4

Big visions are realized through small steps. Votes: 3

There are no small steps in great affairs. Votes: 3

To-Do lists help us break life into small steps. Votes: 3

Large-scale change is grounded in small steps toward a big idea Votes: 3

We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps. Votes: 3

I think that maybe forgiveness is like change - it comes in small steps. (256) Votes: 3

It is the small steps which bring you satisfaction at the end of the day. Votes: 3

Vice, like virtue, Grows in small steps, and no true innocence Can ever fall at once to deepest guilt. Votes: 3

When you jump across a canyon, cautious small steps and vacillation won't work. Sometimes you just have to go for it. Votes: 3

The big thinking gives us vision, power and direction, but it is the small steps that are the action of the process. Votes: 3

Remember that small steps can create giant leaps over time, so never think of any financial or spending matter as a small one. Votes: 3

A little here and a little there will always accumulate, so why be surprised when steady, small steps take you to great places? Votes: 3

History...shows that even seemingly miraculous advances are in fact the result of many people taking small steps together over a long period of time. Votes: 3

You don't need a grand plan, you don't need to go back to the ancestors and rewrite the rules. You just need to take small steps and accumulate small wins. Votes: 3

If you can somehow think and dream of success in small steps, every time you make a step, every time you accomplish a small goal, it gives you confidence to go on from there. Votes: 3

But I'm taking small steps 'Cause I don't know where I'm going I'm taking small steps And I don't know what to say. Small steps, Trying to pull myself together And maybe I'll discover A clue along the way! Votes: 3

Getting from point A to point Z can be daunting unless you remember that you don't have to get from A to Z. You just have to get from A to B. Breaking big dreams into small steps is the way to move forward. Votes: 3

You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then you wait. If there is no reaction, you take another step: courage is only an accumulation of small steps. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

The best way to make employees happy is to set realistic goals and achieve them. The big job is to make sure those small steps are pointing us in the right direction and demonstrate at the end of the year that they all add up to something pretty great. Votes: 3

One can remain more sure-footed by taking small steps, but perhaps achieve greater speed by taking bigger steps. Of course, one also runs the risk of setting out in a completely erroneous direction. Surely the important thing isn't the length of our steps, but that the objective is clear. Votes: 3

You need to take small steps when you dream big dreams. I am a published author with dyslexia, a professional speaker who was in speech therapy for three years as a child because I had a lisp; and a slow stiff kid from the suburbs who became an All-Pro in the NFL. Votes: 3

Never start with tomorrow to reach eternity. Eternity is not being reached by small steps. Votes: 2

I like doing small parts, because I don't feel I'm that practised in acting. It's like making baby steps towards a bigger goal. Votes: 2

Sometimes it's more difficult to achieve a 10% cost reduction than it is to tell people they have to achieve 50%. Small incremental steps block your view of doing something fundamentally different. Votes: 2

Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life. Votes: 2

There are good reasons why natural selection has become widely accepted as an explanation of evolutionary development. When applied to mammals and other large animals, it fits perfectly. But we cannot assume that all evolutionary steps arise from selection, particularly when looking at smaller animals. Votes: 2

The secret to success, to parenting, to life, is to not count up the cost. Don't focus on all the steps it will take. Don't stare into the abyss at the giant leap it will take. That view will keep you from taking the next small step. Votes: 2

Switching from one career to another can be scary, but it also can be a thrilling experience. Look at it as an opportunity to really go after what you want to accomplish in life and make a difference in the world. The key is to take small, conscious steps and prepare yourself for a successful transition. Votes: 2

Not counting 'Small Steps,' I think 'Holes' is my best book, in terms of plot, and setting, and the way the story revealed itself. It hasn't changed my life, other than that I have more money than I did before I wrote it. I'm still too close to 'Small Steps' to compare it to 'Holes.' Votes: 2

I have been a strong supporter of a free and open Internet and have indicated this both prior to and subsequent to being sworn in as chairman of the F.C.C. I believe it is important to take concrete and reasonable steps to protect the freedom of users and entrepreneurs and businesses both small and large on the Internet. Votes: 2

Small steps work—grandiose goals don't. Votes: 0

Small steps to the madhouse still get us there at last Votes: 0

Small steps taken by many people in their backyards add up. Votes: 0

Small, seemingly insignificant steps completed consistently over time will create a radical difference Votes: 0

Dream big dreams, but start small. A journey of thousand steps begins with a step. Votes: 0

Resisting conformity and developing some small eccentricities are among the steps to independence and self-confidence. Votes: 0

In retrospect, each of the steps toward this abyss seemed irrevocable, and yet they had all been so small! Votes: 0

True greatness...always requires regular, consistent, small, and sometimes ordinary and mundane steps over a long period of time. Votes: 0

Feeling lost? Take a dream and convert it into small goals, then start taking the steps to hit those goals. Votes: 0

Peace may be hard to achieve, but is possible with small yet essential steps that are guided by courage and sufficient commitment. Votes: 0

Set a goal, and in small, consistent steps, work to reach it. Get support from your peers when you start flagging. Repeat. You will change. Votes: 0

I've learned It's the important little baby steps, which teaches us, how to grow. Moving up just one small notch, will help us more, than we know. Votes: 0

It seems that the brain has a "small world" architecture - or at least the cortex does. Everything can connect to everything else in a few synaptic steps. Votes: 0

The short-goal habit is key to larger success and is at the root of human greatness. Life is think and do, think and do, think and do. Small steps can be greater than great leaps. Votes: 0