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little Quotes
- A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. ...
- A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil - but it needs a little mulch of...
- A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a...
- A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances...
- A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. ...
- A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his...
- A little Government and a little luck are necessary in life; but only a fool trusts either of them....
- A little boy came home and told his mother he had gotten first prize in an examination. The question...
- A little faith will bring your soul to heaven, but a lot of faith will bring heaven to your...
- A little girl can be sweeter (and badder) oftener than anyone else in the world. She can jitter around,...
- A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse. ...
- A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. ...
- A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast love for all humankind. ...
- A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more...
- A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men. ...
- A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation. ...
- A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth man's minds about to religion. ...
- A little pot boils easily. ...
- A man can take a little bourbon without getting drunk, but if you hold his mouth open and pour...
- A man is a little soul carrying around a courpse. ...
- A man of good will with a little effort and belief in his own powers can enjoy a deep,...
- A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do...
- A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to need,...
- A man with a half volition goes backwards and forwards, and makes no way on the smoothest road; a...
- A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors...
- A student is not a professional athlete. ... He is not a little politician or junior senator looking for...
- A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how...
- Advertising is like learning - a little is a dangerous thing. ...
- All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little I still know, I've guessed. ...
- Always be a little kinder than necessary. ...
- An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little...
- And yet a little tumult, now and then, is an agreeable quickener of sensation; such as a revolution, a...
- Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I...
- Appetizers are the little things you keep eating until you lose your appetite. ...
- Be of love a little more careful than of anything. ...
- Boys are found everywhere - on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping...
- Bury me on my face, said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, Because in a little...
- By depending on the great, The small may rise high. See: the little plant ascending the tall tree Has...
- By doing just a little every day, I can gradually let the task completely overwhelm me. ...
- Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do. ...
- Christmas night, stars shine bright, and all the angels are singing. 'The Son of God is Born!' Little child,...
- Conceit. God's gift to little men. ...
- Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death of a sparrow in the corner...
- Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death of a sparrow in the corner...
- Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release...
- Courage is the price that life extracts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not. knows no release...
- Creativity often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes...
- Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can. ...
- Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you...
- Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few. ...
- Do whatever comes your way as well as you can. Think as little as possible about yourself and as...
- Do you ever sit down and wonder what is wrong with the world? Do you ever ask yourself why...
- Do your work; not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishings sake -...
- Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it...
- Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and...
- Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and...
- Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. ...
- Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. ...
- Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we...
- Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we...
- Every act of dishonesty has at least two victims: the one we think of as the victim, and the...
- Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth....
- Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a...
- Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the...
- False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if...
- Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made so easily, and the...
- First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. ...
- For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it is...
- Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee and I'll forgive Thy great big one on me. ...
- Generally we study too much and think too little. ...
- Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way. ...
- Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other...
- Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you...
- Great minds have purposes, little minds have wishes. ...
- He who knows little quickly tells it. ...
- Heredity is a strong factor, even in architecture. Necessity first mothered invention. Now invention has little ones of her...
- History … is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. ...
- History is little else than a picture of human crimes and misfortunes. ...
- History is written by the winners. The books say the Indians were bad guys and the whites just needed...
- How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free Down to its root,...
- How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. ...
- How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does...
- Humility is not my forte, and whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they...
- I am often mad, but I would hate to be nothing but mad: and I think I would lose...
- I could have spoken from Rhode Island where I have been staying ... But I felt that, in speaking...
- I had always loved beautiful and artistic things, though before leaving America I had had a very little chance...
- I have nothing but confidence in you, and very little of that. ...
- I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the...
- I just wish we knew a little less about his urethra and a little more about his arms sales...
- I learned...that inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into...
- I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears...
- I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare...
- I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a...
- I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have...
- I thought to myself, 'I am wiser than this man: neither of us knows anything that is really worthwhile,...
- I try to do the right thing at the right time.They may just be little things, but usually they...
- I try to make everyone's day just a little more surreal. ...
- I was born not knowing and have only had a little time to change that here and there. ...
- Identity would seem to be the garment with which one covers the nakedness of the self, in which case,...
- If I were to begin life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my...
- If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of...
- If being wealthy is taken to mean having the means to satisfy one's every want, all but the very...
- If it helps to make people think a little bit more what those ideals are, then I'll keep wearing...
- If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little...
- If my own son, who is now 10 months, came to me and said, “You promised to pay for...
- If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one...
- If thou shouldst lay up even a little upon a little, and shouldst do this often, soon would even...
- If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be...
- If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ...
- If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more...
- If you would stand well with a great mind, leave him with a favorable impression of yourself; if with...
- In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely...
- Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better. ...
- It all meant nothing but 'Move a little farther. You are to near me.' ...
- It has been our policy not to use obscenities in the paper. It's a harmless little eccentricity of ours....
- It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the more important. ...
- It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is...
- It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own. ...
- It is in fact nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely...
- It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, I'm earning enough to support my family....
- It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do...
- It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what...
- It isn't the great pleasures that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones....
- It seems to me the book has not just aesthetic values - the charming little clothy box of the...
- It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction...
- It's a great advantage not to drink among hard-drinking people. You can hold your tongue and, moreover, you can...
- It's not love's going hurts my days But that it went in little ways. ...
- Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience. ...
- Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to...
- Let those who think I have said too little and those who think I have said too much, forgive...
- Life is a series of little deaths out of which life always returns. ...
- Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty. ...
- Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, help to make earth happy like the heaven above. ...
- Little friends may prove great friends. ...
- Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people. They are born with a little bit of angelshine...
- Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make a small fortune in...
- Little said is soonest mended. ...
- Little things affect little minds. ...
- Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how,...
- Love all love of other sights controls, And makes one little room an everywhere. ...
- Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping...
- Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith. ...
- Make no little plans. They have no Magic to stir Men's blood. ...
- Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood.... Make big plans... aim high in hope...
- Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions. ...
- Maybe you're right, boss. It all depends on the way you look at it. Look, one day I had...
- Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images. ...
- Misfortunes leave wounds which bleed drop by drop even in sleep; thus little by little they train man by...
- Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more. ...
- Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time, which every day produces, and which most...
- Nature uses as little as possible of anything. ...
- Never before have we had so little time in which to do so much. ...
- Never lose sight of the importance of a beautiful sunrise, Or watching your kids sleep, or the smell of...
- No families take so little medicine as those of doctors, except those of apothecaries. ...
- Nothing more clearly show how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money, position and other wordly...
- Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us,...
- Nurture an appetite for being puzzled, for being confused, indeed for being openly stupid, and that - despite what...
- On the Little-known Importance of Poultry Inspectors: The crime bill passed by the Senate would reinstate the Federal death...
- Once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing...
- One life - a little gleam of Time between two Eternities. ...
- One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture...
- One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your...
- Only little boys and old men sneer at love. ...
- Only the little people pay taxes. ...
- Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as...
- Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as...
- People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. ...
- Personally, I'm in favor of democracy, which means that the central institutions of society have to be under popular...
- Practise yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things; and thence proceed to greater. ...
- Present your religion to a little child, set him in the midst of those who profess it. If it...
- Remember this, - that very little is needed to make a happy life. ...
- Remember this[,] very little is needed to make a happy life. ...
- Save a little money each month and at the end of the year you'll be surprised at how little...
- Seize today, and put as little trust as you can in tomorrow. ...
- Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always try to be a little kinder than is...
- Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever...
- Sit down before fact like a little child, and be prepared to give up every preconceived notion. Follow humbly...
- So little done, so much to do. ...
- Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things - I am tempted to think there are...
- Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps...
- That best portion of a good man's life. His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. ...
- That was and still is the great disaster of my life - that lovely, lovely little boy. ...
- That we can comprehend the little we know already is mindboggling in itself. ...
- The American male at the peak of his physical powers and appetites, driving 160 big white horses across the...
- The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but they are both not...
- The assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for His existence. But...
- The best audience is intelligent, well-educated, and a little drunk. ...
- The best audience is intelligent, well-educated, and a little drunk. ...
- The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love....
- The big thieves hang the little ones. ...
- The conformation of his mind was such that whatever was little seemed to him great, and whatever was great...
- The definition of success - To laugh much; to win respect of intelligent persons and the affections of children;...
- The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little...
- The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as...
- The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know,...
- The great successful men of the world have used their imagination...they think ahead and create their mental picture in...
- The greatest wealth is to live content with little. ...
- The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss...
- The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer. ...
- The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but...
- The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we...
- The little I know, I owe to my ignorance. ...
- The little dictator who went to Moscow in his green fatigues to receive a bear hug did not forsake...
- The little things are most worthwhile - quiet word, a look, a smile. ...
- The little things are most worthwhile - quiet word, a look, a smile. ...
- The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person's life. ...
- The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he...
- The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into...
- The real sadness of fifty is not that you change so much but that you change so little. ...
- The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible And indescribably as the tints of morning or...
- The way you let your hand rest in mine, my bewitching Sweetheart, fills me with happiness. It is the...
- There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, Yes, I've got dreams, of course...
- There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid...
- There are three things which if one does not know, one cannot live long in the world: what is...
- There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between mediocrity and superiority. ...
- There is hardly anything in the world that some man can't make a little worse and sell a little...
- There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude....
- There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals. ...
- There is no little enemy. ...
- There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by...
- There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. I'll not be...
- These people who are always briskly doing something and as busy as waltzing mice, they have little, sharp, staccato...
- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ...
- Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success. ...
- This Being of mine, whatever it really is, consists of a little flesh, a little breath, and the part...
- This is the true joy in life - being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty...
- This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one;...
- Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of...
- Time is like a river. It flows one direction, But with a little force you can go back. But...
- To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. ...
- To love is not a passive thing. To love is active voice. When I love I do something, I...
- Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense. ...
- We can all be angels to one another. We can choose to obey the still small stirring within, the...
- We can often tell by a man's walk whose son he is, and we should walk so that men...
- We know accurately only when we know little; with knowledge doubt increases. ...
- We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so...
- We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see. ...
- We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip little by little at a truth we find...
- We would like to apologize for the way in which politicians are represented in this presentation. It was never...
- Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold. ...
- We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big ones. ...
- We're trying to show that we're not a little bit of England in America, but a place for Americans...
- What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world...
- What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a...
- What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how to learn. ...
- What we obtain too cheap we esteem too little; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. ...
- Whatever you want too much you can't have, so when you really want something, try to want it a...
- When Charles first saw our child Mary, he said all the proper things for a new father. He looked...
- When God temporarily rolled up the building plans of prophecy and placed them aside, He made known a secret...
- When I get a little money, I buy books. And if there is any left over, I buy food....
- When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did I suspect that I...
- When the tea is brought at five o'clock And all the neat curtains are drawn with care, The little...
- Where the soul is full of peace and joy, outward surrounding and circumstances are of comparatively little account. ...
- Where there is no belief in the soul, there is very little drama . . . . Either one...
- Who begins too much accomplishes little. ...
- Why Paul? God already had called twelve apostles of the kingdom? Although Judas had fallen in transgression, the seat...
- Why does this magnificent applied science, which saves work and makes life easier, bring us little happiness? The simple...
- Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking. ...
- Worry a little every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is...
- You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it. ...
- You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55. ...
- You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you...
- You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because...
- You know when you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as...
- You may search my time-worn face, You'll find a merry eye that twinkles I am NOT an old lady...
- You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. ...
- You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still...
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