Source: Life of Pi
Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind
Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 40, “On the Horns” (p. 290)
Context: Any student of mine must be able to defend his ideas against an attack. No matter how you spend your life, your wit will defend you more often than a sword. Keep it sharp!
Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing
Letter to a friend, quoted in The Life of Florence Nightingale Vol. II (1914) by Edward Tyas Cook, p. 406
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
Aesop book The Lion and the Mouse
The Lion and the Mouse.
Variant: No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
“No matter how small his portion, let him rejoice in it.”
Maimónides (1138–1204) rabbi, physician, philosopher
Source: Hilkhot De'ot (Laws Concerning Character Traits), Chapter 2, Section 7, p. 33
“Start with whatever you have, there is something in your hand no matter how small.”
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde (1978) Nigerian actress and singer
“No civilization, no matter how mighty it may appear to itself, is indestructible.”
Niall Ferguson book Civilization: The West and the Rest
Civilization: The West and the Rest (2011)
