Big Things Quotes

• To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

  Anatole France

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Introductory speech at a session of the French Academy, December 24, 1896.

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• It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Courage

  John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

  Robert Breault

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Don't 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 will tend to take care of themselves.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance

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• It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Life, Wisdom, Past

  Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892) "Case of Identity"

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• I happened to be in the right place at the right time.

  Calvin Harris

  Good Luck, Ohio, Mcdonalds

  "Calvin Harris Out-Earns Jay Z, Toby Keith As World’s Highest Paid DJ" by Cavan Sieczkowski, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 20, 2014.

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• I was in the right place at the right time.

  Mel Allen

  Photography, Perseverance, Good Luck

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• Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "P.S. I Love You: When Mom Wrote, She Always Saved the Best for Last". Book by H. Jackson Brown, Jr., March 1, 1991.

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• If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

  Dale Carnegie

  Perseverance, Determination, Jobs

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• Big dreams turn into big things.

  Meek Mill

  Dream, Bigs, Turns

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• The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing — desire.

  Willa Cather

  People, Desire, World

  Willa Cather (1970). “The World and the Parish: Willa Cather's Articles and Reviews, 1893-1902”, p.5, U of Nebraska Press

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• Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

  Lawrence Dale Bell

  Inspirational, Wrestling, Greatness

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• We're as much influenced by everybody else as they are by us, if they are. It's just all a part of the big thing.

  George Harrison

  Bigs, Ifs

  Source: www.fifthestate.org

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

  Albert Camus

  Principles, Graciousness, Bigs

  Albert Camus (2008). “Notebooks, 1951-1959”, Ivan R Dee

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• Otherness is a big thing for me. I'm always drawn to characters that live lives that I couldn't lead.

  Jodie Foster

  Live Life, Character, Bigs

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• In most cultures, you can have a kid at 18 and it's not a big thing. It's not like, 'Oh, you've got to get a different haircut and move to the suburbs and act, like, 35.'

  Julian Casablancas

  Moving, Kids, Different

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• We need to heal the environment - that's a big thing - because we messed it up and we have a responsibility to heal and clean up what we have messed up before we think about leaving here. We can't really heal the outer environment on those levels until we heal our families.

  Drunvalo Melchizedek

  Responsibility, Thinking, Leaving

  Source: lovinglifeonearth.wordpress.com

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• I think the big thing is the fairy tale. It's taking old folk fairy tales and retelling them in modern day. I think it's just taking you out of everyday life, and everyone loves a good fairy tale.

  Lily Collins

  Thinking, Everyday, Fairy Tale

  "Exclusive: Lily Collins Talks PRIEST, ABDUCTION, THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS and THE BROTHERS GRIMM: SNOW WHITE at WonderCon". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. April 4, 2011.

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• the little things in life often make more trouble than the big things.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Things In Life, Littles, Little Things

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2013). “The Anne of Green Gables Chronicles (Annotated Edition)”, p.454, Jazzybee Verlag

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• A.J. Bryant is a player waiting to happen. If he gets a little confidence going and a couple of catches, he can really do some big things for us.

  Mark Richt

  Couple, Player, Waiting

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• Live life like its the last breath you take for that breath is the whole essence of living, the little things in life are what connects us to all the big things we live for

  Robert Frost

  Life, Essence, Littles

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• 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.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  Life, Too Much, Remember

  Jawaharlal Nehru, Sarvepalli Gopal (1980). “Jawaharlal Nehru, an anthology”, Oxford University Press, USA

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• There are drawbacks in being famous too, but you can live with those. They're not life-threatening. If the paparazzi are outside your restaurant or your house - and actors make such a big thing of it and scurry into cars and drape things - you think they're going to be crucified or something. It's not a big deal. You can get used to that. It's not so terrible.

  Woody Allen

  Thinking, Car, House

  "Woody Allen Interview To Rome With Love". Press conference with Woody Allen, www.moviesonline.ca. June, 2012.

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• I was brought up in a household of chaos and I never felt stable at home. At a really young age, I decided I was never going to feel helpless, I was never going to feel weak around a man, and I was never going to rely on anyone. Independence was a big, big thing for me.

  Christina Aguilera

  Home, Men, Independence

  "Christina: Intimate Talk About a Past That Still Hurts". Interview with Laurie Sandell, www.glamour.com. November 30, 2006.

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

  Tom Lenk

  Done, Projects, Bigs

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