The best Quotes by Sydney Smith

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can!

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.

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Statecraft is the art of attending to small matters as diligently as grand ones.

Ar-Pharazôn in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Season 1 Episode 4

Politics Small Things

Even the smallest of us are capable of great things.

Master Chow in Minions - 2: The Rise of Gru

Small Things

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Small Things Fate & Destiny

How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.

Morgan Freeman

Small Things

A very small man can cast a very large shadow.

Lord Varys in Game of Thrones - Season 2 Episode 3

Small Things Appearance Dwarfs

Such is of the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.

Elrond in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Small Things Hands Hobbits & Harfoots

A mosquito is more annoying for a lion than a lion is for a mosquito.

Selma Lagerlöf

Small Things Mosquitoes

The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you're above everybody else.

Kevin Hart

Small Things

I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay.

Gandalf in The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey

Small Things

Small things can grow into big problems.

Duke of Oxford in Kingsman - The King's Man

Small Things

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.

Keri Russell

Decisions Small Things

Small things amuse small minds.

Doris Lessing

Small Things

A river is made drop by drop.

Pete Buttigieg - Shortest Way Home

Small Things Rivers

While it may seem small, the ripple effects of small things is extraordinary.

Matt Bevin

Small Things

I've learned that you are never too small to make a difference.

Greta Thunberg (Climate activist)

Children & Childhood Small Things Motivation

Small things make me happy, and I laugh out loud on the silliest of jokes!

Divyanka Tripathi

Small Things

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.

Norman Lear

Small Things

To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.

Giorgio Armani

Great Works Small Things

Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.

Ginny Weasley in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Courage Motivation

To me, the very definition of the word "broken" suggests that something can be fixed.

Elijah Mikaelson in The Originals - Season 1 Episode 8

Breakup Beginning Motivation

Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.

Grandmother Willow in Pocahontas

Work Motivation

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

Albert Einstein

Motivation Borders

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Anne Frank

Change Motivation Minutes

There is no such thing as bad ideas. Just poorly executed awesome ideas.

Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries

Ideas Motivation

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Vincent van Gogh

Courage Risk Motivation

If you give it your all, there's nothing to blame yourself for.

Dirk Nowitzki

Motivation

The difference between the novice and the master is that the master has failed more times than the novice has tried.

Koro-Sensei in Assassination Classroom

Teachers Failures & Mistakes Motivation

Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.

Angie Thomas in The Hate U Give

Motivation

A dream is only a dream.. until you decide to make it real.

Harry Styles

Dreaming Motivation

How others see you is not important. How you see yourself is everything.

Harvey Specter in Suits

Self-Confidence Popularity Motivation

Whether a fish lives in a clear stream or a water ditch, so long as it continues swimming forward, it will grow up beautifully.

Koro-Sensei in Assassination Classroom

Motivation Fish

Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.

Knute Rockne

Motivation Weaknesses

The struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose.

Chadwick Boseman

Motivation Fighting

The only failure is not to try.

George Clooney

Motivation Positive Quotes

Each individual has got to look themselves in the mirror and try and see what they can do better. Period. Point blank.

Jason Kidd

Character Motivation

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

Bruce Lee

Motivation

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

Deadpool

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

China Hackers

I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's why they divided power among three branches, to set interest against interest.

James Comey

I will do everything if confirmed as FBI director to make sure the American public knows the full weight of what happened.

Kash Patel - Januar 2025

The Epstein Files

Technology has forever changed the world we live in. We're online, in one way or another, all day long. Our phones and computers have become reflections of our personalities, our interests, and our identities. They hold much that is important to us.

James Comey

Smartphones

There are well over 250 victims, so we have to make sure that their identity is protected. Other than that, I think tomorrow you're gonna see some Epstein information being released by my office. What you're gonna see is a lot of flight-logs, a lot of names, a lot of information.

Pam Bondi - February 2025

The Epstein Files

The people of the FBI are sworn to protect both security and liberty. It isn't a question of conflict. We must care deeply about protecting liberty through due process of law, while also safeguarding the citizens we serve - in every investigation.

James Comey

FBI

It's sitting on my desk right now to review. The Trump administration is committed to truth and transparency.

Pam Bondi - February 2025

The Epstein Files

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