Bigger Quotes

• The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.

  Khalil Gibran

  Eye, Vision, World

  "If Ignorance Is Bliss, Why Aren't There More Happy People?". Book by John Lloyd, p. 103, 2009.

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• I try to give as much blanket forgiveness as much as possible in my life because that's the only way you can get past things and move forward. But, conversely, I'd like to be forgiven. In many ways, that's the bigger leap, the bigger transformation and the bigger step forward.

  Tim McGraw

  Moving, Past, Giving

  "Tim McGraw talks about faith, forgiveness and 'The Shack'". Interview With Angela Dawson, www.knoxnews.com. March 2, 2017.

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• Mariano the Second had been the son of a fisherman, but he'd suffered from an unfortunate tendency toward seasickness and was forced to find a respectable career that could be safely conducted on dry land. So he built boats. Mariano the Third built bigger boats. And by the time a girl from a very different type of family business arrived at their shopfront on the Mediterranean coast, Mariano the Fourth had built and patented at least half a dozen of the most advanced (and justifiably expensive) watercrafts in the world.

  Ally Carter

  Girl, Son, Land

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• Climate change should be seen as the greatest challenge to face man and treated as a much bigger priority in the United Kingdom.

  Prince Charles

  Inspirational, Business, Men

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• But the rule seems to be that the bigger and more life-changing the decision, the less it will seem like a decision at all.

  Hugh Mackay

  Life Changing, Decision, Seems

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• Let your dreams be bigger than your fears and your actions louder than your words.

  Christine Caine

  Dream, Bigger Than Life, Action

  Twitter post from Nov 28, 2016

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• Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Life, Education

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  The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Success, Dance, Positivity

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

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• It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

  Albert Einstein

  Courage, Moving, Simple

  "Small is Beautiful". The Radical Humanist, Vol. 37, No. 5, (p. 22), August 1973.

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• Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

  E. F. Schumacher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Courage

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• You're gonna need a bigger boat.

  Peter Benchley

  Inspirational, Movie, Radio News

  "Fictional character: Chief Martin Brody". "Jaws", www.imdb.com. June 20, 1975.

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• However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.

  Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

  Stupidity, Fool, Bigs

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• Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

  Rick Cook

  Winning, Technology, Race

  "The Wizardry Compiled". Book by Rick Cook, 1989.

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• Voting Tory will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3.

  Boris Johnson

  Bmw, Wife, Voting

  "Boris casts his vote: 'Spectator' editor tells 'Desert Island Discs' he'll quit to spend more time with David Cameron". Francis Elliott, Independent on Sunday, October 30, 2005.

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• There's a big world out there. Bigger than prom, bigger than high school, and it won't matter if you were the prom queen or the quarterback of the football team or the biggest nerd. Find out who you are and try not to be afraid of it.

  Drew Barrymore

  Football, Queens, Team

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• Careful?! Was my mother careful when she stabbed me in the heart with a coat hanger while I was still in womb?

  Trey Parker

  Mother, Heart, Coats

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• A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

  Joseph Campbell

  Life, Inspiring, Veterans Day

  Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.151, Anchor

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• Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

  Brian Tracy

  Thankful, Gratitude, Appreciation

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Jun 26, 2014

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• Your heart, my friend, is the size of a stadium. If you try to fill it with small things - a new car, a vacation, a promotion at work, a bigger home, a stock portfolio - a mournful echo will fill your life. But if you fill your stadium with all of humanity and search for ways to make their lives better each day, you will find yourself in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing in the right way.

  Roy H. Williams

  Heart, Home, Vacation

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• God never shuts one door without opening a bigger better door. Hang in there. You are closer to success than you may think.

  Zig Ziglar

  Thinking, Doors, May

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Nov 29, 2013

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• If you're dealing with grappling [with] problems of feeding people, the biggest impact in fertility reduction is girls' schools. Schooled girls make a bigger impact on that than any other factor - not these various regulations [such as] you have to have one child or that. It turns out that none of these are effective.

  Amartya Sen

  Girl, Children, School

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I am against changing my body to become better. I am not against implants, I have a lot of girlfriends who have them, but the implants look good on them. I am never gonna get them, once I have kids they are gonna get bigger anyway.

  Summer Altice

  Girlfriend, Kids, Looks

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• The flute was an alternative to being a small fish in an increasingly bigger pool filled with a number of great guitar players.

  Ian Anderson

  Player, Guitar, Numbers

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• Working out is incredibly boring. I swear it's true that the bigger your muscles get, the fewer brain cells you have.

  Christian Bale

  Cells, Work Out, Brain

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the Americans say.

  Antonio Banderas

  Personality, Bigger Than Life, Encounters

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