Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
To do a great right do a little wrong.
A great man is always willing to be little.
Fishes live in the sea as men do a-land the great ones eat up the little ones.
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
I think I finally chose the graduate degree in engineering primarily because it only took one year and law school took three years and I felt the pressure of being a little behind - although I was just 22.
Some go on to trade schools or get further training for jobs they are interested in. Some go into the arts some are craftsmen some take a little time out to travel and some start their own businesses. But our graduates find and work at what they want to do.
Where there is little or no public opinion there is likely to be bad government which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.
By the time Obama came into office Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion government infusion into the world banking system. Nothing of the sort had ever been done before and it was done spit spot with very little national debate.
You know that big government doesn't hurt big corporations. They've got the best lawyers and accountants in the world. You know who gets destroyed by big government? It's the little guys.
So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many many years and then President Clinton lied about a relationship and everyone was surprised! A little naive I feel!
Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.
While all other sciences have advanced that of government is at a standstill - little better understood little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.
A little group of willful men representing no opinion but their own have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
The problem is not that people are taxed too little the problem is that government spends too much.
You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things like being spanked every day by a middle-aged woman: Stuff you pay good money for in later life.
You have a good many little gifts and virtues but there is no need of parading them for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long and the great charm of all power is modesty.
A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.
You know when something feels so good but you're afraid to feel good about it? So you kinda hold back? Everyone says Congratulations you must be so happy. And you say something stupid like I'm just doing what little I can with what little I have.
I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.