Little things make big things happen .
Little things are a better test of character than great things. They come every day; great things do not. The world turns on small hinges, but for great things, we brace ourselves up and make exceptional efforts. Little things deal with reality, without any show; and what we call “little things” are often much greater than what we call the great ones, and therefore have much larger consequences. Attend to the little things, and we need not be anxious about the greater ones.
Real success in self-government is not the waiting for some special occasion to exert ourselves, but doing the best that can be done in the circumstances of everyday life.
Lessons:
1. Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
2. To despise little things is to show oneself utterly ignorant of the philosophy of life.
3. It is only man’s littleness which discovers no importance in trifles.
4. The little present is great because its littleness is the parent of the great future.
5. To do a small thing well is the best proof of ability to do what is great.