“Do your little bit of good where you…” – Desmond Tutu

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”

– Often attributed to Desmond Tutu

What does it mean?

You don't have to fix everything. If everyone does small good things where they live, together they make a huge difference.

Desmond Tutu: South African archbishop and anti-apartheid leader (1931–2021).

These exact words are widely credited to Desmond Tutu, but they don’t appear in their known work. They may be a later paraphrase or a misattribution.