I have not done a "quote post" in a while, and today I stumbled across one that really goes hand in hand with the posts I wrote earlier this week on how we can make the world's children a priority, and on how the children left behind weigh heavily on my heart.

"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little."-
Edmund Burke (12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797)

Edmund Burke was an Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher, who served for many years in the British House of Commons as a member of the Whig party, who is remembered for his support of the American colonies in the struggle against King George III that led to the American Revolution and for his strong opposition to the French Revolution.(thanks Wikipedia!)

I love this quote because it is a great reminder that even if we can not do much, we can always do something...even if it is just a really small something, which is an appropriate thought and conclusion of sorts after all of the posts and comments on here this week.

It also goes hand in hand with one of my favorite quotes of all time by Gandhi, that I wrote about in this post, "“Practically anything you do will be insignificant, but it is important that you do it.”

So, those are my "words to live by" for today. When a problem seems way too big for us to really make a difference and we are left feeling helpless, let us all remember that even if because of lack of time, lack of money, lack of opportunity or lack of anything else we are not able to do "much", we are able to do something. And lots of small and insignificant "somethings" have the habit of turning into something big.