All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.

I always keep a small timer next to me to tell me how many seconds I have to wash each part of my face.

Improving small business opportunities through federal contracts creates jobs and saves taxpayer money.

The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice.

Being in a band is like a small family. You travel together, make music, and share time with each other.

Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.

Profound subject matter can be encompassed in small space - for proof, look at any sonnet by Shakespeare!

I watch all sports in some shape or form. When you grow up in a small town, sports becomes a form of you.

Patriarchy is so ingrained in our psyche, that most us propagate it in small ways even without realizing.

My first proper credit was a small voice-over on an episode of 'The Sopranos' when I was, like, 11 or 12.

When I was born my parents lived in a flat so small that it now legally can't be rented out as a dwelling.

I don't take on big things. What I do, pretty much, is make the big things small and the small things big.

Business is about people. It's about passion. It's about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.

You can be a big fish in a small pond, but you're only going to be competing against people at that level.

What people see is just your career graph and the films you do. But that's a very small aspect of my life.

Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.

I stand fearlessly for small dogs, the American Flag, motherhood and the Bible. That's why people love me.

Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.

There's something about being afraid, about being small, about enforced humility that draws me to climbing.

Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.

I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches.

In a small space, you want to keep the bedding as simple as possible so it looks clean, calm and collected.

My eyes are too small, and they're too close together, and I have a pointy nose. But who cares? Who cares?!

Swaziland is a small part of south-east Africa, the last country in the continent to gain its independence.

I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty.

As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life.

The purpose of the United Nations should be to protect the essential sovereignty of nations, large and small.

I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions.

The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.

'The Jungle Book.' It's one of the best animated films ever. I saw it when I was small at a cinema in Tehran.

I've made a lot of mistakes in my life. And I'm really sensitive, so I take even small mistakes as huge ones.

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

The duties of a teacher are neither few nor small, but they elevate the mind and give energy to the character.

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.

Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends.

Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows the trouble I've not seen!

It is the small things in life which count; it is the inconsequential leak which empties the biggest reservoir.

I aimlessly travel, meaning I have no agenda other than to get small in the world, be quiet and observe people.

I've learned it's always better to have a small percentage of a big success, than a hundred percent of nothing.

Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.

With small breasts, you don't have to wear a bra with dresses that have some support. It feels sexy without one.

There is nothing more boring for an intelligent woman than to spend endless amounts of time with small children.

I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.

My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I'll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy.

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.

Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.

I live in Florida, and I live on a small lagoon. I sit and look out at the water all day - that's what my desk is.

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

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