Life is made up not of great sacrifices or duties but of little things in which smiles and kindness and small obligations given habitually are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord but few of us are willing to do little things.

Character in great and little things means carrying through what you feel able to do.

The little may contrast with the great in painting but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast but there are also colors contrary to each other that is which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

Better a little which is well done than a great deal imperfectly.

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.

Little minds are interested in the extraordinary great minds in the commonplace.