Rachel Simmons Quotes

Everything looks like a failure in the middle

Real change happens a step at a time.

Incremental change does not change lives.

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

We can't start with big thinking, we have to approach it little by little. Sustainability isn't going to become big right away. Each day you give yourself a little bit more responsibility. It's not ideal, but that's the only way things change, we can't just keep ignoring it.

People try to change too much at once and it becomes overwhelming, and they end up falling off the program. So gradually changing bad habits makes much more of a difference than trying to change them all at once.

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.

We all have to start somewhere, and doing something is better than nothing at all. Start small so you don't get discouraged and give up. Remember it is all about consistency.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time.

It's best make changes little by little, the same as you'd put clothes upon a growing child.

… evolution over revolution.

Our movement has accomplished nothing—anywhere.

You don't know how many times I fell just taking ridiculous small steps.

Rarely do we see immediate use of innovative technologies. I believe that the future is built by small pieces that add up.

We cannot change absolutely everything in one season.

Making small changes every week over a few months will result in huge changes.

Change is incremental. Change is small.

Without gradualness...we are back to a miracle.

Growth is a greater mystery than death. All of us can understand failure, we all contain failure and death within us, but not even the successful man can begin to describe the impalpable elations and apprehensions of growth.

And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.

If you want to effect change, start small.

Tiny tweaks can lead to big changes.

Take action every day - some small dose at a time.

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