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There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love

There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love

Mother Teresa
Small Acts, Great Love, Done

Our small acts of faith and service are how most of us can continue in God and eventually bring eternal light and glory to our family, our friends, and our associates.

Neill F. Marriott
Light, Small Acts, Glory
"Mormon Feminists Surprised By New Wording Referring To Women As ‘Blessed Disciples Of Jesus’" by Peggy Fletcher Stack, September 29, 2014.

There is no small act of kindness.

Mary Anne Radmacher
Kindness, Small Acts, Empathy
Mary Anne Radmacher (2008). “Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life”, Conari Press

Gretta sits herself down at the table. Robert has arranged everything she needs: a plate, a knife, a bowl with a spoon, a pat of butter, a jar of jam. It is in such small acts of kindness that people know they are loved.

Maggie O'Farrell
Kindness, Knives, Small Acts
Maggie O'Farrell (2013). “Instructions for a Heatwave”, p.14, Hachette UK

Dating is about grand romantic gestures that mean little over the long term. Marriage is about small acts of kindness that bond you over a lifetime.

Lori Gottlieb
Kindness, Mean, Small Acts
Lori Gottlieb (2010). “Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough”, p.166, Penguin

Soil is not usually lost in slabs or heaps of magnificent tonnage. It is lost a little at a time over millions of acres by the careless acts of millions of people. It cannot be saved by heroic feats of gigantic technology, but only by millions of small acts and restraints, conditioned by small fidelities, skills, and desires. Soil loss is ultimately a cultural problem; it will be corrected only by cultural solutions.

Wendell Berry
Loss, Technology, Small Acts
Wendell Berry (2003). “The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry”, p.202, Counterpoint

Small acts can drive reforms. What appears minor can actually be vital and fundamental. Generating 20,000 MW of power attracts a lot of attention. That is important. At the same time, 20,000 MW of power can be saved through a people's movement for energy efficiency. The second is more difficult but is as important as the first. Small indeed, is beautiful.

Narendra Modi
Beautiful, Small Acts, People

The cost of growth is always a small act of violence.

Jodi Picoult
Small Acts, Growth, Cost
Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.357, Simon and Schuster

Evident in every small act of kindness, it was love as a verb. Love that made me feel more complete than I had ever felt in my glamorous, Jimmy Choo filled past.

Emily Giffin
Kindness, Past, Small Acts
Emily Giffin (2010). “Something Blue: A Novel”, p.97, St. Martin's Press

healthy, adj. There are times when I'm alone that I think, This is it. This is actually the natural state. All I need are my thoughts and my small acts of creation and my ability to go or do whatever I want to go or do. I am myself, and that is the point. Pairing is a social construction. It is by no means necessary for everyone to do it. Maybe I'm better like this. Maybe I could live my life in my own world, and then simply leave it when it's time to go.

David Levithan
Mean, Thinking, Small Acts
David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.105, Macmillan

I think it's an aggregation of all of the small acts that are really transformative. I think a group of small acts transform the individual. And maybe when the individual transforms, collectively we transform.

Chris Abani
Thinking, Small Acts, Groups

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