#small thing

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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What a profound significance small things assume when the woman we love conceals them from us. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#all things #because #faithful #lies #small

In a way, the sense of quality has improved, the status symbol of the small things is gone, and it is acceptable to use stainless steel, even if the neighbour uses silver. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#all things #even #gone #improved #neighbour

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

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Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

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But for the first time in many years, I get to sleep in my own bed every night. I haven't done that, literally, in years. It seems like such a small thing, but it is so nice. ↗

— Linda Vester

#done #every #every night #first #first time

When I was a kid I joined the circus. I did that. It is true. But it's not like you think. There was a guy, he had his own circus. His name was Carol Jacobs and he owned it. It was a small thing. ↗

— Christopher Walken

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

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

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