--- title: "9 Small Important Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Small Important quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Small Important sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c5/l-ron-hubbard-881_bigs_people-have-value-and-are-important-big_3167344.jpg" --- > [People have value and are important. Big or small they are important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-ron-hubbard/people-have-value-and-are-important-big-or-small-they-are-important/) [L. Ron Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-ron-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c5/l-ron-hubbard-881_bigs_people-have-value-and-are-important-big_3167344.jpg) > [...there is no absolute scale of size in nature, and the small may be as important, or more so than the great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-heaviside/there-is-no-absolute-scale-of-size-in-nature-and-the-small-may-be-as/) [Oliver Heaviside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-heaviside/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c90/oliver-heaviside-26165_absolutes_there-is-no-absolute-scale-of-size-in-na_151513.jpg) > [Knowing what is big and what is small is more important than being able to solve partial differential equations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/knowing-what-is-big-and-what-is-small-is-more-important-than-being/) [Stanislaw Ulam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanislaw-ulam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/stanislaw-ulam-16765_able_knowing-what-is-big-and-what-is-small-is_1958249.jpg) > [So we came to understand that small and important thing, that our lives could be large with interesting strangers who would pass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ondaatje/so-we-came-to-understand-that-small-and-important-thing-that-our/) [Michael Ondaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ondaatje/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/michael-ondaatje-940_important_so-we-came-to-understand-that-small-and_1182927.png) > [“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) > [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) > [“It’s almost unbelievable that one person could have such an effect on it. It makes me wonder about the small things in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-cole/it-s-almost-unbelievable-that-one-person-could-have-such-an-effect-on/) [Gwen Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c0/gwen-cole-46983_bigger-picture_it-s-almost-unbelievable-that-one-person_360207.jpg) > [“There came a moment in this journey when I freely realized that the lives most of lead are small. Important, but small.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-romm/there-came-a-moment-in-this-journey-when-i-freely-realized-that-the/) [Robin Romm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-romm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/979/robin-romm-49524_death_there-came-a-moment-in-this-journey-when_2061153.jpg) > [Perspective gives us the ability to accurately contrast the large with the small, and the important with the less important. Without it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sununu/perspective-gives-us-the-ability-to-accurately-contrast-the-large/) [John Sununu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sununu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfa/john-sununu-10818_ability_perspective-gives-us-the-ability-to-accu_3021255.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/small-important/#itemlist", "name": "Small Important Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People have value and are important. Big or small they are important.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "L. 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