Vermont is a small state which makes an enormous difference.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Small communities or states can have outsized positive impacts.
- In plain terms
- Small places can make a big difference.
- What can you take from it?
- Size does not limit impact.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What small thing made a big difference for you?
- Where can you focus your local efforts?
Another view
Sometimes larger scale is necessary to solve major systemic problems.
More from Fred Rogers
'I believe that appreciation is a holy thing, that when we look for what's best in the person we happen to be with at the moment, we're doing what God does; so…
Permalink to quote #7 It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never ha…
Permalink to quote #9 When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part…
Permalink to quote #6
Related quotes
We need to confront honestly the issue of scale. Bigness has a charm and a drama that are seductive, especially to politicians and financiers; but bigness prom…
Wendell BerryWendell Berry quote #49 For greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose r…
Phillips BrooksPhillips Brooks quote #2 A church should be judged not on its seating capacity, but on its sending capacity.
Rick WarrenRick Warren quote #4