Robyn Davidson Quotes

Overcome obstacles one at a time: Sometimes the end goal becomes too daunting, so take things one step at a time and overcome each obstacle as you get to it.

I've found that small wins, small projects, small differences often make huge differences.

Divide your movements into easy-to-do sections. If you fail, divide again.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Any goal can be achieved if you break it down into enough small parts.

If you're running a 26-mile marathon, remember that every mile is run one step at a time. If you are writing a book, do it one page at a time. If you're trying to master a new language, try it one word at a time. There are 365 days in the average year. Divide any project by 365 and you'll find that no job is all that intimidating.

There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere... There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid toward your goals.

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

I always take things step by step and match by match.

When eating an elephant take one bite at a time.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.

Life is a series of baby steps along the way and if you add up these tiny little steps you take toward your goal, whatever it is, whether it's giving up something, a terrible addiction or trying to work your way through an illness. When you total up those baby steps you'd be amazed over the course of 10 years, the strides you've taken.

I'm a plodder, not a planner.

If you procrastinate when faced with a big difficult problem... break the problem into parts, and handle one part at a time.

Achieve great goals in stages, each of which is probably imperfect by absolute standards.

It is an old cliche but it is game by game for me.

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

Everything happens at one step at a time.

That's the way we want to go. Make smaller targets and then step by step developing.

I've been building slow, step by step.

Don't look at the big picture as the only achievement. Start with set, smart goals and work up to something bigger.

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

Approaching the treadmill I tell myself, 'Okay, it's just 10 minutes, after that you can get off the thing'. That's no time at all.

The chief art of learning, as Locke has observed, is to attempt but little at a time. The widest excursions of the mind are made by short flights frequently repeated; the most lofty fabrics of science are formed by the continued accumulation of single propositions.