Big Things Quotes

203 quotes by 176 authors

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… — Colin Powell
The little things, I can obey. But the big things - how we think, what we value - those you must choose yourself. You can't… — Morrie Schwartz
As president, Reagan worked very well with Democrats to do big things. It is true that he worked to reduce the size of government and… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
I would not have lasted a minute, literally a minute, on this Earth without God and angels by my side, because I was born. And… — Mattie Stepanek
You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction. — Alvin Toffler
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen. — John Wooden
Swimming and athletics are the big gigs at the Olympic games. Cycling and rowing are pretty big for Britain, but globally, the two big things… — Clare Balding
I am done with great things and big things, great institutions and big success, and I am for those tiny, invisible molecular moral forces that… — William James
Men don't get knocked out, or I mean they can fight back against big things. What kills them is erosion; they get nudged into failure.… — John Steinbeck
It was true, she thought, that the big things awe us but the little things touch us. — Bess Streeter Aldrich
And the air was full of Thoughts and Things to Say. But at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. Big Things… — Arundhati Roy
And even now she beats her head against the bars in the same old way and wonders if there is a bigger place the railroads… — Carl Sandburg
I sometimes think that perhaps our minds are too weak to grasp joy or sorrow except in small things...In the big things joy and sorrow… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
One can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things,… — Daniel Handler
I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering bout the big things and asking bout the big things,… — Alice Walker
You'll see, you'll come to understand. These big things, these terrible things, are not the important ones. If they were, how could one go on… — Benedict Freedman
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… — Mitch Albom
It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true--big things are often just small things that are noticed. — Markus Zusak
We have lived in this world where little things are done for love and big things for money. Now we have Wikipedia. Suddenly big things… — Clay Shirky
There are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things. — Mother Teresa

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