Quotes about Big and Small Things

Some of the smallest things on a smaller film, to me, are greater achievements than on a big film when you have the resources and the time and everything else. Votes: 3

I find the best things are done for yourself or start as a small project and become a big thing. Votes: 2

I don't take on big things. What I do, pretty much, is make the big things small and the small things big. Votes: 2

Support a small chef. Not these big chains... but support the people who are out there trying to do things right and working hard to do that. Votes: 2

As I remember my grandfather and those Christmas mornings he gave for a little girl's pleasure, I know that often a big life starts with doing small things. Votes: 2

I find that very appealing: the blurring of the lines between what's funny and what's tragic. And what's ordinary and what's not - the big things in the small things. Votes: 2

I believe that in music and in a lot of things it's kind of like surfing, you can have a really big wave sometimes and then you can have a smaller wave. Votes: 2

Republicans have been very successful. There are three things Americans don't like: big unions, big government and big corporations. So Republicans go after big government and big unions, and only talk about small businesses. Votes: 2

I think the success around any product is really about subtle insights. You need a great product and a bigger vision to execute against, but it's really those small things that make the big difference. Votes: 2

I'm fascinated by management and organizations: how organizations get things done and how successful organizations are built and maintained, how they evolve as they grow from start-ups to small companies to medium companies to big companies. Votes: 2

Doing things in my day was simple: you either signed to a big label or you signed to a very small label, and you worked with that one, and then they eventually signed you on to a big one. Votes: 2

Getting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you've started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can't get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things? Votes: 2

What I like writing about are people's relationships, not necessarily great big dramatic things but the smaller things in life and how they affect characters and challenge and change the people that they are. I do like a happy ending, so my books have to have a happy ending. Votes: 2

I started out doing something little. I went to Africa to spend five weeks putting roofs on a building. I seen the small child that stepped on a land mine. Three months later, I'm back helping pull the land mines out. Little things just kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger. Votes: 2

The homes I like the best are totally occupied, busy, and useful, whether it's a tiny little house or a great big one. Rarely do you find a great big house that's used in a good way. So I prefer smaller spaces that are full of books, full of things that people are doing. Votes: 2

Every time I rap about being a big girl in a small world, it's doing a couple things: it's empowering my self-awareness, my body image, and it's also making the statement that we are all bigger than this; we're a part of something bigger than this, and we should live in each moment knowing that. Votes: 2

One of the things that I realize is that if you look at big business, I mean, they - and what they fund and what they do, they don't really - they don't fund the small non-profit community-based organizations that really are out there on the front lines helping people. They fund the big philanthropies. They're safe. Votes: 2

At this stage of my life I would rather try and have some small impact within a company and suffer through those things than make such a big stink that nobody can trust to work with you. It's very important in an environment of a big institution that people don't feel threatened that you're going to expose them in any way. Votes: 2

To go back to architecture, what's organic about architecture as a field, unlike product design, is this whole issue of holism and of monumentality is really our realm. Like, we have to design things which are coherent as a single object, but also break down into small rooms and have an identity of both the big scale and the small scale. Votes: 2

We get angry about the small things sometimes, I feel, so that we feel like we're doing something, so that we don't have to tackle the big things. And it's fine; let people do that. But I'm not gonna now change because of that. You know? Like, the worst thing that happens to me is you don't like me. And then what? Votes: 2

Faithfulness in the small things will lead to blessing in the big things. Votes: 1

Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love...the smaller the thing, the greater must be our love. Votes: 1

If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate. Votes: 1

Big things have small beginnings. Votes: 0

Small things lead to big changes. Votes: 0

Big things come in small packages! Votes: 0

People who accomplish big things did small things well. Votes: 0

Without big words, how could many people say small things? Votes: 0

We are quite small in the big scheme of things. Votes: 0

It's about glowing lights and small things that are big. Votes: 0

If you do enough small things right, big things can happen Votes: 0

We never worry about the big things, just the small things. Votes: 0

If you appreciate the small things, you're likely to get the big ones. Votes: 0

One must place one's principles in big things. For the small, graciousness will suffice. Votes: 0

It's more important to do big things well than to do small things perfectly. Votes: 0

Focus on doing small things consistently rather than a big thing once a while Votes: 0

Focus on things that are small enough to change, but big enough to matter Votes: 0

I am a small man who wants to do big things for small people. Votes: 0

In all small things be honest and the big ones will take care of themselves. Votes: 0

That big guy, Winfield, at 6'6", can do things only a small man can do. Votes: 0

We are very, very small, but we are profoundly capable of very, very big things Votes: 0

There's nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team. Votes: 0

Right is right, and wrong is wrong, in small things as well as in big things. Votes: 0

I want to do small things, for small people, and to make the small people big... Votes: 0

I don't go see big, silly movies. I like small things about regular folks, you know? Votes: 0

You can't always relate to the big action things, but you can relate to small moments. Votes: 0

If you don't have time for the small things, you won't have time for the big things Votes: 0

If you're not content with the small things, then you won't be content with the big things. Votes: 0

Beware of the tyranny of making small changes to small things. Rather, make big changes to big things. Votes: 0

If you plan to excel in big things, you have to develop the habit in the small ones. Votes: 0

... our little things are all big to God's love; our big things are all small to His power. Votes: 0

It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true--big things are often just small things that are noticed. Votes: 0

Everything in the world starts small and then becomes bigger—except bad things. They start big, and then get smaller. Votes: 0

I try to look after the really small things and the really big things, and delegate the stuff in between, Votes: 0

After 'Where The Wild Things Are,' which was this big, long five-year project, I spent a year making small things. Votes: 0

There are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things. Votes: 0

We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts. Votes: 0

The biggest obstacle to wealth is fear. People are afraid to think big, but if you think small, you'll only achieve small things. Votes: 0

It's not about one person doing one big thing ... It's about a lot of people doing small things that really make the difference. Votes: 0

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways. Votes: 0

All children can do things to help, whether how big or small - by donating toys or lending a hand in the community. Votes: 0

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction. Votes: 0

You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too. Votes: 0

A woman gets stretch marks from one of two things. Either she was big and got small or she was small and got big. Votes: 0

I have a big life, a small child, I work, I do a lot of things, so I'm often playing catch-up with what's current. Votes: 0

I think I'm more concerned with things that are very big and things that are very small than with all the stuff in between. Votes: 0

Such a Big miracle in such a tiny baby. Big things often have small beginnings A baby is God's opinion that life should go on. Votes: 0

I'm not the type of person to eat big hunks of meat. I think people are starting to realize that great things come in small batches. Votes: 0

Lord, I feel so small sometimes in this great big old world.Yeah, I know there are more important things.But don't forget to remember me. Votes: 0

We have to challenge ourselves and be innovative so as to change the world. Get to this level of thinking. No small dreams, do big things! Votes: 0

What's really important here," I whispered loudly to myself,"is not the big things other people have thought up, but the small things you, yourself have Votes: 0

If you can't remember the small things, how are you going to remember the big things? The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves. Votes: 0

Einstein's theory of relativity does a fantastic job for explaining big things. Quantum mechanics is fantastic for the other end of the spectrum - for small things. Votes: 0

A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things, of which we have thought too much. Votes: 0

And the air was full of Thoughts and Things to Say. But at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. Big Things lurk unsaid inside. Votes: 0

There is much to be learned from the little kids and from the little animals! Little things teach us big things! Small candles too challenge the huge darknesses! Votes: 0