The Small Quotes

Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.

...racist thought and action says far more about the person they come from than the person they are directed at.

If there is a heaven, Jane Austen is sitting in a small room with Mother Teresa and Princess Diana, listening to Duran Duran, forever. If there's a hell, she's standing.

the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses

But economic recovery must be earned. And it will be earned by entrepreneurs and it will be earned by small businesses.

Such is of the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.

A small house must depend on its grouping with other houses for its beauty, and for the preservation of light air and the maximum of surrounding open space.

Confidence is everything. From there, it's a small step to winning.

If you don't have time for the small things, you won't have time for the big things

If you keep telling the same sad small story. You will keep living the same sad small life.

The repetition of small efforts will accomplish more than the occasional use of great talents.

Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love...the smaller the thing, the greater must be our love.

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.

My hope for my children must be that they respond to the still, small voice of God in their own hearts.

I really like singing, but coming from a small town like where I grew up, how do you start that journey?

If you wait for people to come to you, you'll only get small problems. You must go and find them. The big problems are where people don't realize they have one in the first place.

After working for 14 years on Wall Street and growing up in a family with strong roots in small business, I know how important the entrepreneurial spirit is to attaining the American dream.

In America, small business is a big deal.

Notice the small things. The rewards are inversely proportional.

No matter what's happening, choose to be happy. Don't focus on what's wrong. Find something positive in your life. Thank God for the small things.

Great things have small beginnings.

Conservatives should question how the death penalty actually works in order to stay true to small government, reduction in wasteful spending, and respect for human life.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

It's not a small world! It's a painful, ugly world!

It is important to recognize the small successes.

You have to learn to love the small things in life, like a hot bath. You have to love the small things, when you have nothing else

But I'm very libertarian in the sense that I believe in small government and, as a general rule, I don't believe in imposing values upon people.

Small minds select narrow roads; expand your mental vision and take to the broad road of helpfulness, compassion and service.

Success doesn't happen overnight. It's the small successes achieved day by day that build a company. So, don't be impatient or focused on immediate financial rewards.

Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.

From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.

The spirit of defeating a man is the same for ten million men. The strategist makes small things into big things, like building a great Buddha from a one foot model.

Think boldly. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Don't miss small details, keep your eyes open and be modest in everything except your aims.

A season of suffering is a small assignment when compared to the reward. Rather than begrudge your problem, explore it. Ponder it. And most of all, use it. Use it to the glory of God.

Let us invoke a continuance of the same protecting care which has led us from small beginnings to the eminence we this day occupy.

In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

The beauty of life is in small details, not in big events.

Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other.

i do not know what it is about you that closes and opens;only something in me understands the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses

We never worry about the big things, just the small things.

I never imagined that so many days would ultimately make such a small life.

I took to my room and let small things evolve slowly.

When I entertain at home, I take time and pleasure in the small details that make all the difference. Entertaining is about giving to people and sharing with them.

If you can somehow think and dream of success in small steps, every time you make a step, every time you accomplish a small goal, it gives you confidence to go on from there.

A brand is a living entity-and it is enriched or undermined cumulatively over time, the product of a thousand small gestures.

I would tell your generation, wherever you are on the totem poll - whether you're halfway there or at the bottom, don't despise small beginnings; small beginnings get you ready for great things.

Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.

Human beings cannot comprehend very large or very small numbers. It would be useful for us to acknowledge that fact.