Little Man Quotes

• The Little Man does not know that he is little, and he is afraid of knowing it. He covers up his smallness and narrowness with illusions of strength and greatness...

  Wilhelm Reich

  Greatness, Men, Knowing

  "Listen, Little Man!". Book by Wilhelm Reich, 1948.

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• Little things are great to little men.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Men, Littles, Little Things

  "The traveller. Or, a prospect of society". Poem by Oliver Goldsmith, 1764.

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• Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.

  Zig Ziglar

  Change, Forgiveness, Ambition

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• Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervour.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Short Life, Life Is Too Short, Life Is Short

  "Coningsby, or The New Generation". Book by Benjamin Disraeli (Book VII, Chapter 2), 1844.

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• To little men, gods send little things.

  Callimachus

  Men, Littles, Little Things

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• A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• Recorded history is largely an account of the crimes and disasters committed by banal little men at the levers of imperial machines.

  Edward Abbey

  Men, Machines, Levers

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.19, RosettaBooks

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• The devil is a very big angel, but a very little man.

  Gregory Maguire

  Angel, Men, Devil

  Gregory Maguire (2011). “Wicked”, p.400, Hachette UK

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• Realise well, proud little man that even the highest clouds don't shine! For above all things there lie brightest stars.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Stars, Lying, Men

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• Great men honour intelligence, little men honour stupidity.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Men, Stupidity, Littles

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• Great men cultivate love...only little men cherish a spirit of hatred

  Booker T. Washington

  Men, Hatred, African American

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• The difference between a great man and a little man is their commitment to Integrity and Hard Work

  Shiv Khera

  Integrity, Hard Work, Commitment

  FaceBook post by Shiv Khera from Jun 06, 2016

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• You need a new hobby, Rachel. Something other than nasty little men with visions of world domination.

  Kim Harrison

  Men, Vision, Hobbies

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• Great men's errors are to be venerated as more fruitful than little men's truths.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Men, Errors, Littles

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• At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper. . . .

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Men, Democracy, Paper

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• Character is the direct result of mental attitude. I believe that character is higher than the intellect. I believe that leadership is in sacrifice, in self-denial, in humility and in the perfectly disciplined will. This is the distinction between great and little men.

  Vince Lombardi

  Attitude, Believe, Character

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• The great man is too often all of a piece; it is the little man that is a bundle of contradictory elements. He is inexhaustible. You never come to the end of the surprises he has in store for you.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Greatness, Men, Pieces

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• The use of great men is to serve the little men, to take care of the human race, and act as practical interpreters of justice and truth.

  Theodore Parker

  Greatness, Men, Race

  Theodore Parker (1863). “The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Discourses of politics”, p.135

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• You are an over-excited little man, with a need for self-expression far beyond the scope of your natural gifts. This is not discreditable. Neither does it make you an artist.

  Tom Stoppard

  Artist, Men, Self

  Tom Stoppard (1996). “Travesties”, p.41, Grove Press

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• The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.

  Bella Abzug

  Men, Littles, Made

  Bella S. Abzug (1972). “Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington”, Saturday Review Press

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• I think if I were to get as big as I could get, it does change your mind-state. I think like the little man. I think like the underdog. I don't want to change that.

  Chris Rock

  Change, Men, Thinking

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

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• Show me a frigid woman and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man.

  Julie Burchill

  Women, Heartless, Littles

  Julie Burchill (1992). “Sex & Sensibility”

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• The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Truth, Science, Men

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.27, Penguin

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• Really great things, when discussed by little men, can usually make such men grow big.

  Saint Augustine

  Men, Littles, Bigs

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• Great men too often have greater faults than little men can find room for.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Greatness, Men, Littles

  Walter Savage Landor (1853). “Imaginary Conversations of Greeks and Romans”, p.110

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