Welcome to our collection of small quotes! Sometimes, it’s the brief words that carry the most profound meanings, encapsulating thoughts, emotions, and experiences in just a few words. Whether you’re seeking inspiration, motivation, or simply a moment of reflection, small quotes have a unique power to resonate deeply with individuals from all walks of life.
In this curated selection, you’ll discover a diverse array of small quotes spanning various themes such as love, friendship, success, happiness, and more. From renowned authors, philosophers, leaders, and thinkers to anonymous voices of wisdom, each quote offers a glimpse into the human experience and invites contemplation. These succinct expressions have the ability to spark introspection, provide comfort during challenging times, or serve as reminders of what truly matters in life.
Feel free to explore, ponder, and share these small quotes with others. Whether you choose to write them down, place them on an image, or enhance them with stylish fonts, let these words serve as guiding lights on your journey. Let’s delve into the beauty and depth of concise wisdom together.
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. Carl Sagan
Sometimes we should express our gratitude for the small and simple things like the scent of the rain, the taste of your favorite food, or the sound of a loved one’s voice. Joseph B. Wirthlin
I lived a sloppy life. So I took very small increments in my life. I started making my bed. I started cleaning my room. There were dishes in the sink. It started off with doing small house chores. I saw that the yard needed to be mowed. So instead of being told it needed to be mowed, I would mow it. David Goggins
Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry. Richard P. Feynman
The chances of each of us coming into existence are infinitesimally small, and even though we shall all die some day, we should count ourselves fantastically lucky to get our decades in the sun. Richard Dawkins
Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see. C. S. Lewis
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. Jonathan Swift
You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction. Alvin Toffler
Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. Corrie Ten Boom
It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to have to paint it. Steven Wright
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. Douglas Adams
The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small. Woody Allen
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Mother Teresa
The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow. Rupert Murdoch
While it may seem small, the ripple effects of small things is extraordinary. Matt Bevin
Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time. George Carlin
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake. W. C. Fields
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. George Eliot
The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. William Sloane Coffin
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. Max Lucado
Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. Far the greatest things grow by God’s law out of the smallest. But to live your life, you must discipline it. Florence Nightingale
There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. Nelson Mandela
Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it’s a small price to pay for living a dream. Peter McWilliams
From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow. Aeschylus
Real estate investing, even on a very small scale, remains a tried and true means of building an individual’s cash flow and wealth. Robert Kiyosaki
You have to have a dream, whether big or small. Then plan well, focus, work hard, and be very determined to achieve your goals. Henry Sy
I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action. Fidel Castro
A person’s a person, no matter how small. Dr. Seuss
It is so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done. Matthew Arnold
The older I get, the more I’m conscious of ways very small things can make a change in the world. Tiny little things, but the world is made up of tiny matters, isn’t it? Sandra Cisneros
Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world. Jack Ma
Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level. That’s the way the system works. And since we know that the system will not change the rules, we are going to have to change the system. Martin Luther King, Jr.
See, when you drive home today, you’ve got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you’ve got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what’s happened in your past is not near as important as what’s in your future. Joel Osteen
Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip. John Locke
Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great. Roger de Rabutin
Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. Peter Marshall
Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor. Norman Mailer
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all. George Washington
Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine. Fran Lebowitz
Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary. Blaise Pascal
Greatness comes by doing a few small and smart things each and every day. Comes from taking little steps, consistently. Comes from a making a few small chips against everything in your professional and personal life that is ordinary, so that a day eventually arrives when all that’s left is The Extraordinary. Robin S. Sharma
Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are – rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call ‘global challenges,’ which require global solidarity. Ban Ki-moon
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. Helen Keller
Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts. Elizabeth I
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. Marianne Williamson
I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions. Gene Tierney
Because of the dog’s joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born. Mary Oliver
My boy, one small breeze doesn’t make a wind storm. John McGraw
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. Napoleon Bonaparte
Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier
Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection. Pindar
That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. Neil Armstrong
It’s always the small people who change things. It’s never the politicians or the big guys. I mean, who pulled down the Berlin wall? It was all the people in the streets. The specialists didn’t have a clue the day before. Luc Besson
We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet. Stephen Hawking
Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life. Ralph Ransom
You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration. James Allen
Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn’t exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same again. As soon as you have an idea that changes some small part of the world you are writing science fiction. It is always the art of the possible, never the impossible. Ray Bradbury
My circle’s small. I’m around positive people. Boosie
Have a bias toward action – let’s see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away. Indira Gandhi
I am small. I was always small. But only physically. Agnes Varda
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history. Mahatma Gandhi
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay. Sallust
You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you. Robert Anton Wilson
Everyone, Republican or otherwise has their own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small, no one is too old or too young to do something. Bobby Sands
Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. ‘Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.’ Quincy Jones
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. Vincent Van Gogh
My theory on momentum is that the best way to produce it is through small, hard-fought victories that lead to bigger battles and bigger wins. Winning builds momentum. Shaun King
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. Robert Kennedy
But I’m not an artist. Maybe an artist with a small a. John Galliano
Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams. Ashley Smith
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope. Epictetus
Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves. Dale Carnegie
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. Albert Einstein
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. D. H. Lawrence
No matter how small the dishonest deed is, at the end of the day, cheating is cheating. Mohammad Amir
The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal. Jimmy Breslin
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. Eleanor Roosevelt
Small things amuse small minds. Doris Lessing
If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm. Stephen Covey
You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice. Shakira
Never give in – never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Winston Churchill
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. Theodore Roosevelt
Man loves company – even if it is only that of a small burning candle. Georg C. Lichtenberg
He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done. Charles Mackay
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. Napoleon Hill
Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football. John Heisman
Small things sometimes mean a whole lot! DanTDM
If your ego starts out, ‘I am important, I am big, I am special,’ you’re in for some disappointments when you look around at what we’ve discovered about the universe. No, you’re not big. No, you’re not. You’re small in time and in space. And you have this frail vessel called the human body that’s limited on Earth. Neil deGrasse Tyson
I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love. Marilyn Monroe
Notice the small things. The rewards are inversely proportional. Liz Vassey
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. Phillips Brooks
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop
As God has not made anything useless in this world, as all beings fulfill obligations or a role in the sublime drama of Creation, I cannot exempt from this duty, and small though it be, I too have a mission to fill, as for example: alleviating the sufferings of my fellowmen. Jose Rizal
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon. Booker T. Washington
Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest. Charles Dickens
Some think love can be measured by the amount of butterflies in their tummy. Others think love can be measured in bunches of flowers, or by using the words ‘for ever.’ But love can only truly be measured by actions. It can be a small thing, such as peeling an orange for a person you love because you know they don’t like doing it. Marian Keyes
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. Lao Tzu
We all have to start somewhere, and doing something is better than nothing at all. Start small so you don’t get discouraged and give up. Remember it is all about consistency. Khloe Kardashian