Baby Steps Quotes

“One common cause of this mistake of preferring to imagine and admire a great ideal instead of beginning to do little deeds is our impatience with little baby steps, our lack of humility.”
― Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners

“A small step toward recovery is giant progress.”
― Mark Cortes

“Bird by bird buddy. Just take it bird by bird.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

“Anything you dream [can] be yours simply because you've focused on the steps you could take instead of the distance to get there.”
― A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar

“We all have blind spots – those areas for improvement and growth. As painful as it can be to admit we’re doing things we never wanted to do and saying things we never wanted to say, it is this acknowledgement that enables us to take the first step toward change. Be gentle with yourself. Be real with yourself. Take baby steps.”
― Rhonda Louise Robbins

“War is the extreme expression of division between people… but people are beguiled into this catastrophic trap by countless tiny steps of division. It begins way back in the virtuous little dissociations of oneself from the weaknesses that are all too evident in one’s neighbor.”
― Philip Britts, Water at the Roots: Poems and Insights of a Visionary Farmer

“There is nobody as brave as a baby taking his/her first non-stop 5 steps alone from Mummy's hand to daddy's hand...... trust me on that”
― Sameh Elsayed

“Battles like that ... They look like they come down to one person or one action in one big, flashy moment, but they don’t. Major victories come in inches. Each action, each sacrifice, every small act of defiance adds up..”
― Kaitlin Bevis, Aphrodite

“We must begin where we are and move forward immediately by starting small and capitalizing on what's at hand.”
― Mike Schmoker, Results: The Key to Continuous School Improvement

“What we don't often realize is that the rebirth and collapse of grand things do not begin with grand things at all, like the things we see, but with the small, like the things we are - in the things we do - in the things we say.”
― A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar

“If you're not sure what to do, do what you have to do.”
― Chinonye J. Chidolue

“ "It’s time for you to tell me the truth. All of it.”
My stomach winds up like a fist. “That’s a lot of years to cover. Where should I start?”
“Baby steps. Your mom’s history. How Jeb’s involved. Does he know what you are? And that winged creature who carried me out of Wonderland’s portal—what part does he play?”
“Wow, Dad. Baby steps?”
“Yep.”
“Baby brontosaurus, maybe,” I tease. ”
― A.G. Howard, Ensnared

“We can’t go from zero to sixty in a day or even a week when it comes to shifting our food-habit gears. We have to take baby steps, starting with an increasing awareness of our habits and a willingness to chip away at the ones that aren’t doing us any good. Slowly, with time and commitment, we move away from the rat-race, multitasking mentality to a place where we want to give our meals and ourselves the time and attention we deserve.”
― Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God

“One step is better than no steps.”
― Rebecca Brockway quoting 14-year-old son Carlino

“Masters today were starters yesterday, so begin now.”
― Bernard Kelvin Clive

“Remember, happiness isn't just a smile. You can't force it to come true.... Go to this masquerade ball with your new friends, put on a pretty gown, and dance the night away. Sneak out into the royal gardens and drink tea under the moonlight. Get lost in the streets of Valors and spend some of your wages on something that'll make you happy to look at every morning. Even the small joys are worth cherishing, and they will lead to greater ones.”
― Elizabeth Lim, So This is Love

“Every step you take toward the top is possible because of all the little steps you took in the past. You can climb the mountain, but do it slowly, slowly.”
― Dragos Bratasanu, The Pursuit of Dreams: Claim Your Power, Follow Your Heart, and Fulfill Your Destiny

“You have to start, or in this case, restart, somewhere.”
― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

“Making one good choice will put us back on the path, and when we make good choices 80 percent of the time, the results are evident.”
― Renée Jones, What's Really Eating You?: Overcome the Triggers of Comfort Eating

“BABY STEPS ARE BIGGER THAN BIG STEPS!”
― Aryan Chaudhary, Your Last Step To Fast Financial Freedom

“It is those little innocent baby steps and moves that eventually lead to uninvited sexual bondage. Be wise, my child, and never take that route as it will lead to destruction.”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“In the quest of fighting procrastination and paralysis through analysis, to make the first step is to accomplish half the task. Getting started will align everything and generate an enormous momentum to do the task at hand”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua