--- title: "13 Know Small Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Know Small quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Know Small sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/405/pradeepa-pandiyan-62081_big_explore-often-only-when-you-will-know-ho_1420370.jpg" --- > [“Explore often. Only when you will know how small you are and how big the world is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pradeepa-pandiyan/explore-often-only-when-you-will-know-how-small-you-are-and-how-big/) [Pradeepa Pandiyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pradeepa-pandiyan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/405/pradeepa-pandiyan-62081_big_explore-often-only-when-you-will-know-ho_1420370.jpg) > [With my Les Paul, I know I'm small. But I enjoy living anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-bolan/with-my-les-paul-i-know-i-m-small-but-i-enjoy-living-anyway/) [Marc Bolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-bolan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a8/marc-bolan-15501_enjoy_with-my-les-paul-i-know-i-m-small-but-i_3052268.jpg) > [“Don’t make a big deal out of a small deal - and you know everything is s small deal. Nothing is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-hochberg/don-t-make-a-big-deal-out-of-a-small-deal-and-you-know-everything-is/) [Art Hochberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-hochberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/050/art-hochberg-1133_big-deal_don-t-make-a-big-deal-out-of-a-small-dea_964962.jpg) > [“You never know. Something small and broken really can be powerful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/you-never-know-something-small-and-broken-really-can-be-powerful/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/360/beth-revis-2212_powerful_you-never-know-something-small-and-broke_2040132.jpg) > [“Wait, how did she know I would be with you?” “It’s a small town, Samantha.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/wait-how-did-she-know-i-would-be-with-you-it-s-a-small-town-samantha/) [John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/880/john-grisham-974_small-town_wait-how-did-she-know-i-would-be-with-yo_2133448.jpg) > [But I know that all the things I do know are very small compared with the things that I don't know](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-pullman/but-i-know-that-all-the-things-i-do-know-are-very-small-compared-with/) [Philip Pullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-pullman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/philip-pullman-525_answers_but-i-know-that-all-the-things-i-do-know_2344038.png) > [Only when you're in that ditch, lying there in the muddy runoff you've made of your life, gazing up at the peak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/artie-lange/only-when-you-re-in-that-ditch-lying-there-in-the-muddy-runoff-you-ve/) [Artie Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/artie-lange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/625/artie-lange-7262_ditch_only-when-you-re-in-that-ditch-lying-the_2121393.jpg) > [“Think too much and you know you are nothing. Think just enough and you know you are small, but important to some.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-eggers/think-too-much-and-you-know-you-are-nothing-think-just-enough-and-you/) [Dave Eggers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-eggers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4c/dave-eggers-638_think_think-too-much-and-you-know-you-are-noth_595117.png) > [There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-karon/there-are-so-many-people-who-don-t-know-small-towns-exist-when-i/) [Jan Karon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-karon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/jan-karon-2637_books_there-are-so-many-people-who-don-t-know_791588.png) > [“We then spend our lives not seeing what we saw . The picture is there: what we know when we’re small; when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-ne-cixous/we-then-spend-our-lives-not-seeing-what-we-saw-the-picture-is-there/) [Hélène Cixous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-ne-cixous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/h-l-ne-cixous-3823_childlike_we-then-spend-our-lives-not-seeing-what_819406.jpg) > [The key thing is managed awareness of your role in the world and history. Think too much and you know you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-eggers/the-key-thing-is-managed-awareness-of-your-role-in-the-world-and/) [Dave Eggers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-eggers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/dave-eggers-638_awareness_the-key-thing-is-managed-awareness-of-yo_1809237.png) > [“You know it's a small world when you bump into friends you haven't seen since grade school on the, It's A Small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kilburn-hall/you-know-it-s-a-small-world-when-you-bump-into-friends-you-haven-t/) [Kilburn Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kilburn-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/kilburn-hall-53473_disney_you-know-it-s-a-small-world-when-you-bum_1581979.jpg) > [I know that we are a small country, but we can be very impactful, and I believe in that - the power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koffee/i-know-that-we-are-a-small-country-but-we-can-be-very-impactful-and-i/) [Koffee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koffee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f2/koffee-5461_believe_i-know-that-we-are-a-small-country-but-w_2824757.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-small/#itemlist", "name": "Know Small Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Explore often. 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