Little Things Quotes - Page 30

• I like that feeling when you’re making art, that you’re taking the energy out of your body and putting it into a physical object. I like things that are labor-intensive : you make a little thing and another little thing and another little thing, and eventually you see a possibility.

  Kiki Smith

  Art, Feelings, Energy

  Siri Engberg, Kiki Smith, Linda Nochlin, Walker Art Center, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2005). “Kiki Smith: a gathering, 1980-2005”

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• In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Friendship, Good Morning

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things, and thence proceed to greater.

  Epictetus

  Philosophical, Practice, Discipline

  "Epictetus: Discourses and Enchiridion".

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• Don't fuss about trifles. Don't permit little things-the mere termites of life-to ruin your happiness.

  Dale Carnegie

  Littles, Ruins, Permit

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”, p.163, Simon and Schuster

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• People always think that happiness is a faraway thing," thought Francie, "something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up; a place of shelter when it rains - a cup of strong hot coffee when you're blue; for a man, a cigarette for contentment; a book to read when you're alone - just to be with someone you love. Those things make happiness.

  Betty Smith

  Strong, Rain, Coffee

  BETTY SMITH (1947). “A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN MAGGIE NOW”

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• I feel if theres one little thing I could do, its to make people realize: We are not worthless because we inhabit a country which is seen by Western eyes as a primitive, fundamentalist country only. . .I mean, we are a rich mixture of all sorts of forces as well, and our lives are very much worth living.

  Bapsi Sidhwa

  Inspirational, Life, Country

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• And there's a wonderful parable in the New Testament: The sower scatters seeds. Some seeds fall in the pathway and get stamped on, and they don't grow. Some fall on the rocks, and they don't grow. But some seeds fall on fallow ground, and they grow and multiply a thousandfold. Who knows where some good little thing that you've done may bring results years later that you never dreamed of?

  Pete Seeger

  Fall, Years, Rocks

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• Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.

  Humphry Davy

  Life, Family, Smile

  Sir Humphry Davy, John Davy (1839). “The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. ...: Memoirs of the life of Sir Humphry Davy, by his brother, John Davy”, p.448

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• I know I'm an acquired taste - I'm anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things.

  Tori Amos

  Want, Littles, Taste

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• Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it's necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.

  Fiona Apple

  Insecure, Littles, Sides

  "New Again: Fiona Apple". Interview with Colleen Kelsey and Tracey Pepper, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 28, 2012.

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• Cynthia came in quietly and set a cup of tea before him. He kissed her hand, inexpressibly grateful, and she went back into the kitchen. When we view the little things with thanksgiving, even they become big things.

  Jan Karon

  Grateful, Views, Hands

  Jan Karon (2005). “These High, Green Hills”, Penguin Books

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• Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!

  St. Catherine of Siena

  Want, Littles, Great Things

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• When many little people in many little places do many little things, then the whole world changes.

  Michael Franti

  People, World, Littles

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• You can never predict what little things in the way somebody looks or talks or acts will set off peculiar emotional reactions in other people.

  Andy Warhol

  Happiness, Emotional, People

  Andy Warhol (2014). “The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again”, p.85, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It's amazing how many people are being fed because of this crazy little thing we started. We're feeding millions and it is not costing anyone anything.

  John van Hengel

  Crazy, People, Littles

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• In the world take always the position of the giver. Give everything and look for no return. Give love, give help, give service, give any little thing you can, but keep out barter. Make no conditions and none will be imposed on you. Let us give out of our own bounty, just as God gives to us.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Giving, Looks, World

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3095, Manonmani Publishers

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• Women observe subconsciously a thousand little details, without knowing they are doing so. Their subconscious mind adds these little things together - and they call the result intuition.

  Agatha Christie

  Women, Knowing, Intuition

  Agatha Christie (1977). “Masterpieces of murder”, Dodd Mead

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• Take time to smell the roses. Appreciating the little things in life really can make all the difference.

  Andy Puddicombe

  Smell, Differences, Things In Life

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• In the enriching of marriage, the big things are the little things. There must be constant appreciation for each other and thoughtful demonstration of gratitude. A couple must encourage and help each other grow. Marriage is a joint quest for the good, the beautiful, and the divine

  James E. Faust

  Love, Marriage, Beautiful

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• If you live in an oppressive society, you've got to be resilient. You can't let each little thing crush you. You have take every encounter and make yourself larger, rather than allow yourself to be diminished by it.

  James Earl Jones

  Crush, Encounters, Littles

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• It was clear to me that it wouldn't matter what I did - they would never truly appreciate me or learn what I had to offer. They were far beyond fickle - they were insensible, like kittens,predatory little things, distracted by the first bit of string or shiny bauble that rolled across the floor, and nothing I could ever say or do could possibly make any kind of dent in their willful ignorance.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Ignorance, Appreciate, Fickle

  Jeff Lindsay (2010). “Dexter Is Delicious: Dexter Morgan (5)”, p.209, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace, The soul that knows it not, knows no release, From little things; Knows not the livid loneliness of fear Nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear The sound of wings.

  Amelia Earhart

  Inspirational, Courage, Fear

  Amelia Earhart (2009). “Last Flight”, p.192, Crown

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• Jealousy sees things always with magnifying glasses which make little things large, of dwarfs giants, of suspicions truths.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Emotional, Glasses, Giants

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• We measure areas of performance that are often ignored: jumping in pursuit of every rebound even if you don't get it, swatting at every pass, diving for loose balls, letting someone smash into you in order to draw the foul. These 'effort' statistics are also stored on computer. Effort is what ultimately separates journeyman players from impact players. Knowing how well a player executes all these little things is the key to unlocking career-best performances.

  Pat Riley

  Sports, Player, Knowing

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• Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own

  Albert Schweitzer

  Attitude, Remember You, Remembers You

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