One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way

by Robert Maurer

“Small things with great love. . . . It is not how much we do, but how much love we put into the doing. And it is not how much we give, but how much love we put into the giving. To God there is nothing small.” —Mother Teresa

“You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.”

“I long to accomplish a great and noble task but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.” —Helen Keller

“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” —Albert Einstein

“I would rather have it said, ‘He lived usefully’ than ‘He died rich.’ ” —Benjamin Franklin

“What shapes our lives are the questions we ask, refuse to ask, or never think to ask.” —Sam Keen

“Confront the difficult while it is still easy; accomplish the great task by a series of small acts.” —Tao Te Ching

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” —Desmond Tutu

What more important task does this life hold than to draw out the possibility in each moment?