George Crabbe Quotes

Nothing is accomplished all at once, and it is one of my great maxims, and one of the most completely verified, that Nature makes no leaps: a maxim which I have called the law of continuity.

The propensity to do good things is a choice.

… evolution over revolution.

The progress made in refinement of manners and morals seems to have gone on simultaneously with the improvement in arts, manufactures and commerce. It moved slowly at first, but has been constantly increasing in velocity…. we are a much better people than we were then, better instructed, more sincere and kind-hearted, less gross and brutal, and have fewer of the concomitant vices of a less civilized state.

Make the world better

Beneficience removes evils, introduces the practice of virtue, and adds to general welfare and civilization.

It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.

Sometimes making progress a step at a time is better than no progress at all.

I want to start with small but definitive change; the big picture is too abstract.

I've been building slow, step by step.

If you want to sail your ship in a different direction, you must turn one degree at a time.

Be quick to do good. If you are slow, the mind, delighting in mischief, will catch you.

A good deed is the best prayer.

If we, each doing our own part, if we do good to others, if we meet there, doing good, and we go slowly, gently, little by little, we will make that culture of encounter: we need that so much. We must meet one another doing good.

Realize that change - whilst we want it to happen fast - is usually the result of a great deal of work, and often comes as a result of a series of compromises (so long as we do not compromise our values).

Start by thinking of the smallest possible action you could take; then, take it. Then, choose the next smallest action, and do that.

Small victories are bet­ter than none.

Be quick to do good. If you are slow, The mind, delighting in mischief, Will catch you. Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn away. Before sorrow befalls you. Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, And you will be filled with joy. A fool is happy Until his mischief turns against him. And a good man may suffer Until his goodness flowers. Do not make light of your failings, Saying, 'What are they to me?' A jug fills drop by drop.

Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.

Do good to another man, even when they do not do you good; another will certainly do you good. if there is still shame and fear in one's heart to do good, there will certainly be no progress at all.

There is no such way to be even with the devil and his instruments, for all their spite against us, as by doing what good we can wherever we be come.

If you want to give the devil a nervous breakdown, just get up every day and see how much good you can do.

We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.

I cannot tell you on a day to day basis that there's a return on investment. I can tell you if you stick with it, absolutely in a few months things will start to change. It starts to change slowly. Things start to get a little easier. As the momentum builds it becomes bigger and bigger.

I like to take things incrementally, and strive for something that feels more attainable.