Trifles Quotes

197 quotes by 150 authors

One day there springs up the desire for money and for all that money can provide - the superfluous, luxury in eating, luxury in dressing,… — Mother Teresa
I cannot bear to associate with the ordinary run of people. I have to surround myself with individuals who for the most part are more… — Wallace Thurman
How delightful is the company of generous people, who overlook trifles and keep their minds instinctively fixed on whatever is good and positive in the… — Van Wyck Brooks
To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the… — Isaac Watts
Getting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the worldâ€¦ Focus on your main duty — Epictetus
Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space. — Charles Spurgeon
I expected so much from life and if I had not seen it so close, I would to this day be expecting something. What treasures… — Ivan Goncharov
Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations. — George Crabbe
All works, no matter what or by whom painted, are nothing but bagatelles and childish trifles... unless they are made and painted from life, and… — Unknown Author
Itâ€™s a trifle. Itâ€™s got all of these layers. First thereâ€™s a layer of ladyfingers, then a layer of jam, then custard, which I made… — Rachel
O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles. — Friedrich Schiller
The quest for this unwearied peace is constant and universal. Probe deeply into the teaching of Buddha, Maimonides, or a Kempis, and you will discover… — Joshua L. Liebman
To forsake Christ for the world, is to leave a treasure for a trifle, eternity for a moment, reality for a shadow — William Jenkyn
I expressed just now my mistrust of what is called Spiritualism â€” ... I owe it a trifle for a message said to come from… — William De Morgan
. . . nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death To… — William Shakespeare
Do not let trifles disturb your tranquility of mind. The little pin-pricks of daily life when dwelt upon and magnified, may do great damage, but… — Grenville Kleiser
Life is so great in its opportunities and possibilities, that you should rise confidently above the inevitable trifles incident to daily contact with the world.… — Grenville Kleiser
A word, a look, an accent, may affect the destiny not only of individuals, but of nations. He is a bold man who calls anything… — Andrew Carnegie
There are no trifles in the moral universe of God. Speak me a word to-day; ? it shall go ringing on through the ages. — William Morley Punshon
We are not to look upon our sins as insignificant trifles. On the other hand, we are not to regard them as so terrible that… — Martin Luther

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