If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way. Don't wait for great opportunities. Seize common, everyday ones and make them great.
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
You're not going to become a great manager overnight. You're not going to become a great public speaker or figure out how to raise money. These are the things you want to start the clock on as early as possible.
You don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process.
Mr. Lincoln was not only a great President, but a great man - too great to be small in anything. In his company I was never in any way reminded of my humble origin, or of my unpopular color.
It will be a great accomplishment if I become the best player in the world. But if my children can grow up with great core values and become great people and do good things and are happy, then, man, that would bring me great joy.
For of those [cities] that were great in earlier times, most of them have now become small, while those which were great in my time were small formerly.
Packing lunches and going over menus is a great way to make small changes in the way your kids eat.
If you try, you will find it impossible to do one great thing. You can only do many small things with great love.
The smallest things become great when God requires them of us; they are small only in themselves; they are always great when they are done for God.
Begin to do small things in a great way...You must put the whole power of your great soul into every act.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
The great thing about the dilemma we're in is that we get to re-imagine every single thing we do...There isn't a single thing that doesn't require a complete remake. There are two ways of looking at that. One is: Oh my gosh, what a big burden. The other way, which I prefer, is: What a great time to be born! What a great time to be alive! Because this generation gets to essentially completely change the world.
A great means to preserve continual peace and tranquillity of soul is to receive everything from the hands of God, both great and small, and in whatever way it comes.
Life is an exercise in the development of feeling. When we repress feelings, we become sour and judgmental. When we live awash in great feeling over small things, we become jaded long before we have even begun to enjoy. When feelings are in balance they sweeten long days and great distances with gratitude and hope.
I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of potential to become something more.