little quotes

A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.

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Great minds have purposes, little minds have wishes.

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It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little — do what you can.

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The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.

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I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.

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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

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The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.

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Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

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Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

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I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.

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There's always a little bit of personal satisfaction when you prove somebody wrong.

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Basically the children who watch it just see the little characters they love, and so they're not discerning about whether it looks great or it's a great story or anything.

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A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.

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Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.

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It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

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I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

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For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great.

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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.

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Nothing can be done except little by little.

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From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.

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A man ought to read just as his inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.

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Words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes.

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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.

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A small leak can sink a great ship

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Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!

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Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed -- there's so little competition.

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A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

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If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great.

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All great things are only a number of small things that have carefully been collected together.

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Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction.

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Little pots soon boil over.

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To be free of destructive stress don't sweat the small stuff and by realizing that all stuff is small.

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You can always be a little bit better.

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I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little ink drops, and posting it. And I scald alone, here, under the fire of the great moon.

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What a profound significance small things assume when the woman we love conceals them from us.

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A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.

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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

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If you fight back and get hit, it hurts a little while; if you don't fight back it hurts forever.

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Inch by inch, it's a cinch.

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You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little.

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I enjoy jokes, smiling, and making people smile. I may be a little different, but that's OK, who wants to be normal anyway?

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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience

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I find that it's nice to work with somebody and spin off on someone else's feelings. You get a little jaded by yourself.

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Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.

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The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

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Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.

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Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.

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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

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I feel like my mind is a little quieter when I exercise.

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The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

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More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.

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Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.

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A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.

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If we triumph in the little things of our common hours, we are sure to triumph in our lives.

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The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!

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When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire.

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The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.

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Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left.

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A million thoughts went through my mind. What little mind I have.

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Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if...'; And then do it.

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There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

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I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.

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I was raised on a little farm about 12 miles out of Portsmouth, Ohio.

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It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

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I'm embarrassed every time I look a teacher in the eye, because we ask them to do so much for so little.

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I was thinking of writing a little foreword saying that history is, after all, based on people's recollections, which change with time.

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Little by little does the trick.

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Writers are a little below the clowns and a little above the trained seals.

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A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her.

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Inches make champions.

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All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

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A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.

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I'm a little more comfortable in that role. I love being in the studio.

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But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.

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The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.

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The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.

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Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.

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Gotta have a little sadness once in a while so you know when the good times come

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Those that are little, little things suit.

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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

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You have another little drink, and I'll have another little drink, and maybe we can work up some real family feeling here.

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From the time I was a little boy I found myself reading history when I had a choice. I read a lot of things, but history had a special appeal for me.

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One goes through school, college, medical school and one's internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success.

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If you have a little extra parking, I err on the side of getting rid of it in favor of having some more greenery.

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That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey - and know they can win a gold medal, too.

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I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding.

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Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.

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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

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I used to do Facebook but you get a little too wrapped up in that stuff. Its more distracting than anything so I don't any more. I left it behind. I detoxed!

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I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.

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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.

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Little children, you are from God, and have conquered them; for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in this world.

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Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories.

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I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.

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But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money.

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I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound; if I can remember any of the damn things.

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I got a feeling that when I have kids, I'm going to have a little girl, and she's going to be completely sensible.

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I'm a sucker for good black skirts and pretty little shirts and kooky tops. I have to admit that shopping satisfies my craving for immediate gratification.

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Ever since we were little, we were so on fire for our dreams. We never let anyone blow our flames out.

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