Sermon quotes on little things
Jerry Bridges
Nothing is too big for Him to handle, and nothing is too small to escape His attention.
Raymond Chandler
To say goodbye is to die a little.
The Long GoodbyeÂ
Kent Crockett
Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers,” not “blessed are the troublemakers.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”Â
The Little Prince
Erasmus
When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.
Francis of Assisi
All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.
The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi
Robert Frost
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.
Thomas a Kempis
It is better to have but little knowledge with humility and understanding, than great learning which might make you proud. For a person’s merits are not to be estimated by having many visions, or by knowledge of the bible, or by being placed in a higher position; but by being grounded in true humility, and by seeking always, purely, and entirely, the honor of God.
Helen Keller
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
C.S. Lewis
Poetry too is a little incarnation, giving body to what had been before invisible and inaudible.
Mother Teresa
We can do no great things-only small things with great love.
John Piper
God made man small and the universe big to say something about himself.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Little by little, one travels far
John Jay
I can do but little – that little shall be done.
Betty Reese
If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito.
Albert Schweitzer
We are gripped by God’s will of love, and must help carry out that will in this world, in small things as in great things, in saving as in pardoning. To be glad instruments of God’s love in this imperfect world is the service to which we are called.
Brother Lawrence
That we ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed. That we should not wonder if, in the beginning, we often failed in our endeavors, but that at last we should gain a habit, which will naturally produce its acts in us, without our care, and to our exceeding great delight.
Russ Ramsey
In terms of time and space, the scale of Jesus’s earthly ministry was small—three years in a parcel of land where the corners of the world came together.
Behold the King of Glory: A Narrative of the Life, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, Crossway.
Betty Reese
If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito.
Daniel J. Simundson
The small size of Bethlehem reminds one of a common biblical theme: When God is about to do something great, human estimates of status, size, power, and influence are completely irrelevant. In fact, God often deliberately chooses someone whom we would probably dismiss as the most unlikely candidate for carrying out God’s mission.
New Interpreter’s Bible Commentary (OT), Vol.7, The Book of Micah, Abingdon Press, 2015.
Ashley Hales
When we live our lives by the story of unlimitedness, we believe small equals powerless.
Taken from A Spacious Life: Trading Hustle and Hurry for the Goodness of Limits by Ashley Hales Copyright (c) 2021 by Ashley Hales. Published by InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, IL. www.ivpress.com
Hungarian Proverb
Who doesn’t appreciate the small things, doesn’t deserve the big.
Andy Warhol
You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.Â
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