Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.

The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you're above everybody else.

I knew what type of player I was: a free agent, a small kid who came from a small school.

I've found that small wins, small projects, small differences often make huge differences.

I was born and raised in a small village, and I didn't even think I was especially pretty.

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

My favourite thing about being in nature is that I feel so small and kind of insignificant.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

I don't have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension.

I keep my inner circle of people very small and tight, and I like to relax if I get a chance.

Manila is like a small New York. Nothing works, and everybody's out to get the better of you.

Create around one at least a small circle where matters are arranged as one wants them to be.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

I grew up in a super small town in upstate New York; my nearest neighbour was really far away.

Intention involves such a small fragment of our consciousness and of our mind and of our life.

I hate small towns because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do.

Small change, small wonders - these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life.

Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk.

Hollywood likes to put actors in boxes, and it likes to put Asian actors in really small boxes.

Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one.

You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

Life is too short to talk about the small, unimportant things when you catch the bigger picture.

We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.

I still never get recognized. Small, bald white guys like myself - we all kind of look the same.

As a small country, both in size and population, our future hinges on the quality of our people.

I always say, 'To have a big dream requires the same effort as having a small dream. Dream big!'

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.

I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other.

I don't want to produce anymore small or independent movies because it's just too hard these days.

I enjoy going on motorcycle trips and stopping in small towns and enjoying drinks with the locals.

I feel not unlike a small boy, waking from a bad dream to find reality not much of an improvement.

Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.

I don't like to do small things. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to really make an impact.

The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.

We dribble away our life, little by little, in small packages - we don't throw it away all at once.

Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child.

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

Small nations have no time for small goals - they have to think big in order to become contributors.

America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.

The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

I've built companies, I've created jobs, I know the frustration of small businesses with higher taxes.

It's amazing how small business owners figure out how to stretch a dollar as far as they possibly can.

I grew up in a very large family in a very small house. I never slept alone until after I was married.

Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.

Things aren't always easy, but you just have to keep going and don't let the small stuff bog you down.

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