Quotes About Insignificant

Most details are insignificant; one or two are vital. It is the brain, the little grey cells"—he tapped his forehead—"on which one must rely. The senses mislead. One must seek the truth within—not without.

You're a minuscule part of this vast cosmic epoch!

La vie? Un rien l'amène, un rien l'anime, un rien la mine, un rien l'emmène.

Deprived of the infinite, man has become what he always was: a supernumerary. He hardly counts; he forms part of the troupe called Humanity; if he misses a cue, he is hissed; and if he drops through the trapdoor another puppet is in readiness to take his place.

He was magnificent and trivial.

Men are led by trifles.

Those men who are commended by everybody must be very extraordinary men; or, which is more probable, very inconsiderable men.

Man makes a great fuss about this planet which is only a ballbearing in the hub of the universe.

Some men seem remarkable to the world in whom neither their wives nor their valets saw anything extraordinary. Few men have been admired by their servants.

Men are lead by trifles.

How great in number are the little minded men

A man must be of a very quiet and happy nature, who can long endure the country; and, moreover, very well contented with his own insignificant person.

Often, the most extraordinary opportunities are hidden among the seemingly insignificant events of life. If we do not pay attention to these events, we can easily miss the opportunities.

Yeah, I was with Jethro Tull for three weeks, so what?

They regarded our passage not at all, and by the afternoon I felt no more significant than an ant. I had never thought to be disdained by a tree.

When you are so insignificant your choices don't really matter, the waves you create are like grain of sand landing in the ocean.

The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the force.

The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in trifles.

Feeling insignificant because the universe is large has exactly the same logic as feeling inadequate for not being a cow.

I am but a small pencil in the hand of a writing God

There is no one insignificant in the purposes of God.

Your calling may seem insignificant to you, but to God it is very significant

What characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see himself as both exceptional and insignificant, marvelous and awful, good and evil.

What we call little things are merely the causes of great things.