Small Things – Quotes

We fought so long

We fought so long against small things that we became small ourselves. Eugene O’Neill

Quite a small spoke

Quite a small spoke is enough to stop a wheel – even a mighty big wheel – if it’s going too fast. Ethel M. Dell

If one finds the

If one finds the strength to deal with small things, one finds it to deal with the large ones as well. Etty Hillesum

It is so often

It is so often the odd, the unexpected, the apparently trifling, that stamps itself upon the memory for ever, while much more memorable things pass away like a breath of wind. Esther Meynell

I took to my

I took to my room and let small things evolve slowly. Erik Satie

Greatness is a lot

Greatness is a lot of small things done well. Eric Thomas

Then something fails and they’re all out again, but DVD revenue is disappearing, you know, it’s not disappearing but it’s going off a cliff and what that’s done is it’s polarized the industry in a way that I’ve never seen before where studios are making less, they’re bifurcating their choices where they’re either going very, … Read more

If you take care

If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things. Emily Dickinson

I need to capture

I need to capture my sprite with trembling hands. Except I could crush her. Wonder how many small things of beauty – flowers, seashells, dragonflies – have met such a demise. Wonder how much fragile love has collapsed beneath the weight of confession. Ellen Hopkins

He felt with the

He felt with the force of a revelation that to throw up the clods of earth manfully is as beneficent as to revolutionize the world. It was not the matter of the work, but the mind that went into it, that counted – and the man who was not content to do small things well … Read more