These little things quotes will inspire you. Little things are matters, issues, concerns, outcomes, etc., that are or seem to be of minor significance or importance.
A collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging little things quotes, little things sayings, and little things proverbs.
Best Little Things Quotes
- “Little things are indeed little, but to be faithful in little things is a great thing.” ~ Mother Teresa
- “Little by little does the trick.” ~ Aesop
- “Delight in the little things.” ~ Rudyard Kipling
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“I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace.” ~ Arthur Conan Doyle
- “It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” ~ John Wooden
- “Nothing can be done except little by little.” ~ Charles Baudelaire
- “It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.” ~ Arthur Conan Doyle
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“Without water drops, there can be no oceans; without steps, there can be no stairs; without little things, there can be no big things!” ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
- “The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.” ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
- “There is no luck in life, everything happens for a reason. Every little thing that you do… leads up to a bigger thing. And that’s the story of my life.” ~ Georges St-Pierre , Little things quotes in life
- “If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.” ~ Colin Powell
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“Don’t take life so seriously. Have fun. Enjoy your time on this planet. Try new things, go on adventures, and appreciate every little thing because it may not be as little as you might think.” ~ Haley Pullos
- “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” ~ Robert Breault , Enjoy the little things quotes
- “Still, these days when I daydream about the movie, I don’t think about the big picture. It’s more fun for me to think of little things that would add to the movie. I like to think the powers that be would let me amuse myself with some small things in order to shut me up while they re-write the screenplay to turn Kvothe into a lesbian, shape-changing unicorn.” ~ Patrick Rothfuss
- “If you take care of the little things, the big things take care of themselves.” ~ Renford Reese
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“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
- “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.” ~ Aaron Siskind
- “I appreciate the little things in life because it adds up to everything.” ~ Lisa M , Appreciate little things quotes
- “The thing that goes the farthest
towards making life worthwhile,
That costs the least, and does the most,
is just a pleasant smile.” ~ Wilbur D. Nesbit -
“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
- “A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.” ~ Dante Alighieri
- “The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.” ~ Georg C. Lichtenberg
- “Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the everyday things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.” ~ Booker T. Washington
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“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” ~ Winston Churchill
- “The Principle of Power gives us just what we ask of it; if we only undertake little things, it only gives us power for little things; but if we try to do great things in a great way it gives us all the power there is.” ~ Wallace D. Wattles
- “What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which, generally speaking, decides the whole future of an existence. One single black speck may be the beginning of gangrene, of a storm, of a revolution.” ~ Henri Frederic Amiel
- “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” ~ Confucius
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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.” ~ Ernest Dimnet
- “I know well that happiness is in little things.” ~ John Ruskin
- “You need to let little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.” ~ Andy Warhol
- “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~ Maya Angelou
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“Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.” ~ Frank A. Clark
- “A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching.” ~ Sivananda
- “It isn’t the big pleasures that count the most; it’s making a great deal out of the little ones.” ~ Jean Webster
- “What we call little things are merely the causes of great things.” ~ Henri Frederic Amiel
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“I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually, they make the difference between winning and losing.” ~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- “Those that are little, little things suit.” ~ Horace
- “If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.” ~ Emily Dickinson
- “It can be helpful simply to make a written or mental list of the things you do each day. Then give yourself a mental credit for each of them, however small. This will help you focus on what you have done instead of what you haven’t gotten around to do. It may sound simplistic, but it works.” ~ David D. Burns
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“If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great.” ~ Hesiod
- “The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” ~ William James
- “Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.” ~ Bruce Barton
- “There are no little things.” ~ Bruce Barton
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“The most powerful way to change the world is to secretly commit little acts of compassion. You must behave as if your every act, even the smallest, impacted a thousand people for a hundred generations. Because it does.” ~ Thom Hartmann
- “It’s the little things that make the big things possible. Only close attention to the fine details of any operation makes the operation first class.” ~ J. Willard Marriott
- “There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.” ~ Samuel Johnson
- “There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.” ~ Walt Whitman
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“It’s the little things citizens do. That’s what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.” ~ Wangari Maathai
- “Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.” ~ Zeno of Citium
- “Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I’ll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.” ~ Lawrence Dale Bell
- “My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.” ~ Daisy Ashford
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“The little things, I can obey. But the big things – how we think, what we value – those you must choose yourself. You can’t let anyone – or any society – determine those for you.” ~ Morrie Schwartz
- “Let me tell you something big: Give importance to little things!” ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
- “As the few adepts in such things well know, universal morality is to be found in little everyday penny-events just as much as in great ones. There is so much goodness and ingenuity in a raindrop that an apothecary wouldn’t let it go for less than half-a-crown.” ~ Georg C. Lichtenberg
- “Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector’s passion borders on the chaos of memories.” ~ Walter Benjamin
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“Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.” ~ Jim Rohn
- “I don’t mean you disregard every rule of your community. I don’t go around naked, for example. I don’t run through red lights. The little things, I can obey. But the big things- how we think, what we value- those you must choose yourself. You can’t let anyone or any society- determine those for you. ‘ -Morrie Schwartz” ~ Mitch Albom
- “I think the difference between me and some people is that I’m content to do my little bit. Sometimes people think they have to do big things in order to make change. But if each one would light a candle we’d have a tremendous light.” ~ Thea Bowman
- “We cultivate a very small field for Christ, but we love it, knowing that God does not require great achievements but a heart that holds back nothing for self.” ~ Rose Philippine Duchesne , Love little things quotes
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“Ask often, be content of little, reward always.” ~ Nuno Oliveira
- “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
- “Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that soft word of praise or thanks, that delivery of the very best that you can do. It does not matter what others think, it is of prime importance, however, what you think about you. You can never do your best, which should always be your trademark if you are cutting corners and shirking responsibilities. You are special. Act it. Never neglect the little things.” ~ Og Mandino
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“If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
- “Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they’re having a piss.” ~ Banksy
- “For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh
