Johnson well says, "He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything." Life is made up of little things. It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at once. True greatness consists in being great in little things.
Charles Simmons
Great merit, or great failings, will make you respected or despised; but trifles, little attentions, mere nothings, either done or neglected, will make you either liked or disliked in the general run of the world.
Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.
Joseph Addison
Great things are done when men and mountains meet
William Blake
The principal might yield a greater sum, Yet handled ill, amounts but to this crumb;
Anne Bradstreet
If we can but tear the blindfold of self-deception from our eyes and loosen the gag of self-denial from our voices, we can restore our country to greatness.
Theodore C Sorensen
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Anatole France
The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an unrequited affection.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.
Charles Simmons
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Napoleon Hill
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
Bill Gates
There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.
Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.
Theodore Roosevelt