Things, Little Things

Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done. – Proverb

Little by little does the trick. – Aesop

What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which, generally speaking, decides the whole future of an existence. One single black speck may be the beginning of a gangrene, of a storm, of a revolution. – Henri Frederic Amiel

My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind. – Daisy Ashford

Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories — those that dont work, those that break down and those that get lost. – Russell Baker

Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things. I am tempted to think there are no little things. – Bruce Barton

Nothing can be done except little by little. – Charles Baudelaire

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and Ill show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things. – Lawrence D. Bell

Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collectors passion borders on the chaos of memories. – Walter Benjamin

As we become curators of our own contentment on the Simple Abundance path… we learn to savor the small with a grateful heart. – Sarah Ban Breathnach

I dont look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over. – Warren Buffett

It can be helpful simply to make a written or mental list of the things you do each day. Then give yourself a mental credit for each of them, however small. This will help you focus on what you have done instead of what you havent gotten around to do. It may sound simplistic, but it works. – David D. Burns

Dont be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves. – Dale Carnegie

There is no one giant step that does it. Its a lot of little steps. – Peter A. Cohen

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions — the little soon forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment, and the countless infinitesimal of pleasurable and genial feeling. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark. – Dante Alighieri

I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace. – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Its the little things that matter, that add up in the end, with the priceless thrilling magic found only in a friend. – Elizabeth Dunphy

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. – Marian Wright Edleman

It is in these acts called trivialities that the seeds of joy are forever wasted, until men and women look round with haggard faces at the devastation their own waste has made, and say, the earth bears no harvest of sweetness — calling their denial knowledge. – George Eliot