--- title: "12 Things Greater Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Things Greater quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Things Greater sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/mehmet-murat-ildan-3_complicated_simple-things-have-greater-power-than-th_1728799.jpg" --- > [Simple things have greater power than the complicated things!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/simple-things-have-greater-power-than-the-complicated-things/) [Mehmet Murat Ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/mehmet-murat-ildan-3_complicated_simple-things-have-greater-power-than-th_1728799.jpg) > [“Kindness, unlike most things, becomes greater when it is given away.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-rathbone/kindness-unlike-most-things-becomes-greater-when-it-is-given-away/) [Brian Rathbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-rathbone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cc/brian-rathbone-23679_greater_kindness-unlike-most-things-becomes-grea_2672096.jpg) > [Things seem greater by imagination than they are in effect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/things-seem-greater-by-imagination-than-they-are-in-effect/) [Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/michel-de-montaigne-142_effects_things-seem-greater-by-imagination-than_1119590.jpg) > [Live with fewer things that have greater meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominique-browning/live-with-fewer-things-that-have-greater-meaning/) [Dominique Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominique-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/dominique-browning-50416_fewer_live-with-fewer-things-that-have-greater_2110288.jpg) > [Four things greater than all things are Women and horses and power and War.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/four-things-greater-than-all-things-are-women-and-horses-and-power/) [Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/rudyard-kipling-527_four_four-things-greater-than-all-things-are_228589.png) > [Don't build your identity on material things, you are greater than what you have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pontsho-manzi/don-t-build-your-identity-on-material-things-you-are-greater-than/) [Pontsho Manzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pontsho-manzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bd/pontsho-manzi-57030_identity_don-t-build-your-identity-on-material-th_508327.jpg) > [I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-savio/i-am-not-capable-of-doing-big-things-but-i-want-to-do-everything-even/) [Dominic Savio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-savio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/724/dominic-savio-51364_ability_i-am-not-capable-of-doing-big-things-but_1240885.png) > [“These are small things; I am coming to things of greater importance, but which seem smaller, because they are more common.' —…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conrad-rudolph/these-are-small-things-i-am-coming-to-things-of-greater-importance/) [Conrad Rudolph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conrad-rudolph/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fe/conrad-rudolph-75619_small-things_these-are-small-things-i-am-coming-to-th_2904580.jpg) > [There are things greater than our wisdom, beyond our justice. The right and wrong of this we cannot say, and it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/there-are-things-greater-than-our-wisdom-beyond-our-justice-the-right/) [Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/jack-london-595_greater_there-are-things-greater-than-our-wisdom_311255.jpg) > [I believe in things that are greater than us. I don't know how to quantify them but I believe in energy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-fitzgerald/i-believe-in-things-that-are-greater-than-us-i-don-t-know-how-to/) [Tara Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/tara-fitzgerald-5875_believe_i-believe-in-things-that-are-greater-tha_1165266.jpg) > [“Who was she, what was she that she should hold herself superior? What view of life, what design upon fate, what conception…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/who-was-she-what-was-she-that-she-should-hold-herself-superior-what/) [Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/henry-james-417_greater_who-was-she-what-was-she-that-she-should_2065284.jpg) > [Now, may our God be our hope. He Who made all things is better than all things. He Who made all beautiful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/now-may-our-god-be-our-hope-he-who-made-all-things-is-better-than-all/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbc/saint-augustine-328_all-things_now-may-our-god-be-our-hope-he-who-made_489381.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/things-greater/#itemlist", "name": "Things Greater Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Simple things have greater power than the complicated things!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mehmet Murat Ildan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/simple-things-have-greater-power-than-the-complicated-things/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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