--- title: "12 House Small Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 House Small quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best House Small sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/jules-verne-795_close-friends_my-house-is-small-but-may-heaven-grant-t_640621.jpg" --- > [My house is small, but may heaven grant that it is never full of friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/my-house-is-small-but-may-heaven-grant-that-it-is-never-full-of/) [Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/jules-verne-795_close-friends_my-house-is-small-but-may-heaven-grant-t_640621.jpg) > [I grew up in a mud house, in a small village.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-nath-kovind/i-grew-up-in-a-mud-house-in-a-small-village/) [Ram Nath Kovind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-nath-kovind/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a36/ram-nath-kovind-5885_home_i-grew-up-in-a-mud-house-in-a-small-vill_501368.jpg) > [May our house always be too small to hold all of our friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/may-our-house-always-be-too-small-to-hold-all-of-our-friends/) [Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/myrtle-reed-5134_drinking-toast_may-our-house-always-be-too-small-to-hol_2692327.png) > [In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benchley/in-a-house-where-there-are-small-children-the-bathroom-soon-takes-on/) [Robert Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benchley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/robert-benchley-2562_appearance_in-a-house-where-there-are-small-childre_3014391.jpg) > [ Your house is your first small business. It's where your investment is and \[where\] our greatest asset is. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/your-house-is-your-first-small-business-it-s-where-your-investment-is/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a9/jesse-jackson-1161_assets_your-house-is-your-first-small-business_2904925.jpg) > [My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/my-house-is-small-but-you-are-learned-men-and-by-your-arguments-can/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/geoffrey-chaucer-1677_argument_my-house-is-small-but-you-are-learned-me_2081771.jpg) > [I have stopped sleeping inside. A house is too small, too confining. I want the whole world, and the stars too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-hubbell/i-have-stopped-sleeping-inside-a-house-is-too-small-too-confining-i/) [Sue Hubbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-hubbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/695/sue-hubbell-14236_astronomy_i-have-stopped-sleeping-inside-a-house-i_477008.jpg) > [Walk patiently through this troubled world, and you will find great treasure. Even though your house may be small, look within it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/walk-patiently-through-this-troubled-world-and-you-will-find-great/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c20/rumi-56_house_walk-patiently-through-this-troubled-wor_1555899.jpg) > [Todays Reality: Big house but small family.. More education, degrees but less common sense.. Advanced medicine but poor health.. Touched moon but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/todays-reality-big-house-but-small-family-more-education-degrees-but/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1c/anonymous-1_family_todays-reality-big-house-but-small-famil_352798.jpg) > [“The little house is not too small To shelter friends who come to call. Though low the roof and small its space…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-a-guest/the-little-house-is-not-too-small-to-shelter-friends-who-come-to-call/) [Edgar A. Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-a-guest/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d3/edgar-a-guest-41427_dwelling_the-little-house-is-not-too-small-to-she_2897181.jpg) > [The title says it all: 'Little House on a Small Planet.' With population, pollution and environmental pressures weighing heavily upon us, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wanda-urbanska/the-title-says-it-all-little-house-on-a-small-planet-with-population/) [Wanda Urbanska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wanda-urbanska/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/wanda-urbanska-83352_book_the-title-says-it-all-little-house-on-a_3127122.jpg) > [“So they went out for a walk. They went through narrow, lightless lanes, where houses that were silent but gave out smells…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/so-they-went-out-for-a-walk-they-went-through-narrow-lightless-lanes/) [Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/amit-chaudhuri-15700_black-and-white_so-they-went-out-for-a-walk-they-went-th_1706332.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/house-small/#itemlist", "name": "House Small Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My house is small, but may heaven grant that it is never full of friends.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jules Verne" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/my-house-is-small-but-may-heaven-grant-that-it-is-never-full-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/jules-verne-795_close-friends_my-house-is-small-but-may-heaven-grant-t_640621.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/jules-verne-795_close-friends_my-house-is-small-but-may-heaven-grant-t_640621.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/jules-verne-795_close-friends_my-house-is-small-but-may-heaven-grant-t_640621.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My house is small, but may heaven grant that it is never full of friends.” — Jules Verne", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grew up in a mud house, in a small village.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ram Nath Kovind" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-nath-kovind/i-grew-up-in-a-mud-house-in-a-small-village/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a36/ram-nath-kovind-5885_home_i-grew-up-in-a-mud-house-in-a-small-vill_501368.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a36/ram-nath-kovind-5885_home_i-grew-up-in-a-mud-house-in-a-small-vill_501368.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a36/ram-nath-kovind-5885_home_i-grew-up-in-a-mud-house-in-a-small-vill_501368.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I grew up in a mud house, in a small village.” — Ram Nath Kovind", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "May our house always be too small to hold all of our friends.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Myrtle Reed" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/may-our-house-always-be-too-small-to-hold-all-of-our-friends/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/myrtle-reed-5134_drinking-toast_may-our-house-always-be-too-small-to-hol_2692327.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/myrtle-reed-5134_drinking-toast_may-our-house-always-be-too-small-to-hol_2692327.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/myrtle-reed-5134_drinking-toast_may-our-house-always-be-too-small-to-hol_2692327.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“May our house always be too small to hold all of our friends.” — Myrtle Reed", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Benchley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benchley/in-a-house-where-there-are-small-children-the-bathroom-soon-takes-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/robert-benchley-2562_appearance_in-a-house-where-there-are-small-childre_3014391.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/robert-benchley-2562_appearance_in-a-house-where-there-are-small-childre_3014391.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/robert-benchley-2562_appearance_in-a-house-where-there-are-small-childre_3014391.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop.” — Robert Benchley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Your house is your first small business. 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With population, pollution and environmental pressures weighing heavily upon us, our planet grows smaller every day and the need for thoughtful, lower-impact housing becomes more urgent. This delightful book is full of inspiring ideas that will help you simplify your housing choices, make more environmentally responsible product and material choices and bring down the square footage of your next home. Or maybe you'll decide to take your current home and turn it into several. 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But why did these houses – for instance, that one with the tall, ornate iron gates and a watchman dozing on a stool, which gave the impression that the family had valuables locked away inside, or that other one with the small porch and the painted door, which gave the impression that whenever there was a feast or a wedding all the relatives would be invited, and there would be so many relatives that some of them, probably the young men and women, would be sitting bunched together on the cramped porch because there would be no more space inside, talking eloquently about something that didn’t really require eloquence, laughing uproariously at a joke that wasn’t really very funny, or this next house with an old man relaxing in his easy-chair on the verandah, fanning himself with a local Sunday newspaper, or this small, shabby house with the girl Sandeep glimpsed through a window, sitting in a bare, ill-furnished room, memorising a text by candlelight, repeating suffixes and prefixes from a Bengali grammar over and over to herself – why did these houses seem to suggest that an infinitely interesting story might be woven around them? And yet the story would never be a satisfying one, because the writer, like Sandeep, would be too caught up in jotting down the irrelevances and digressions that make up lives, and the life of a city, rather than a good story – till the reader would shout \"Come to the point!\" – and there would be no point, except the girl memorising the rules of grammar, the old man in the easy-chair fanning himself, and the house with the small, empty porch which was crowded, paradoxically, with many memories and possibilities. 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