37 Quotes About Finding Happiness in the Little Things

A good life is made up of a series of life’s lessons. These quotes about finding happiness in the little things will encourage you to look deeper at the world around you.

“Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.”

“Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you’re doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.”

“Every time I start to get worked up over something, I just think to myself, ‘Is this really going to matter in my life tomorrow, in an hour, in a year?’ You just can’t get stressed about the little things ’cause it’s just not worth it at the end of the day.”

“Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.”

“God tests and proves us by the common occurrences of life. It is the little things which reveal the chapters of the heart.”

“Guys who might not be superstars but because of their hustle, because of the little things they do, these are the guys who can really mean the difference between winning and losing.”

“I can be fascinated with very little things. The clouds stimulate my imagination, and sometimes I just sit somewhere and go on dreaming for a long time. Your head is also a computer. When you’re dreaming, you are simulating a world in which you are living.”

“I think it’s important to find the little things in everyday life that make you happy.”

“I try to find a reason to laugh each day. Somehow, if you can incorporate laughter into your day, every day, it really helps. It’s the little things in life that make me happy.”

“If we are faithful to God in little things, we shall gain experience and strength that will be helpful to us in the more serious trials of life.”

“If you can’t do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.”

“If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.”

“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”

“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.”

“It’s no big thing, but you make big things out of little things sometimes.”

“It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”

“It’s the little things citizens do. That’s what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.”

“Let me encourage you to get up every day and focus on what you do have in life. Be thankful for the blessings of the little things, even when you don’t get what you expect.”

“Life is filled with tragedy, with long patches of struggle and with, I think, beautiful bursts of joy and accomplishment. Blessed with those moments, you just try to relax as much as possible and focus on the little things, like the joy of changing your baby’s diaper.”

“Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.”

“Little things can make such a big difference during recording.”

“Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.”

“Looking beautiful isn’t just about what you apply on your face. It’s the little things you do that matter. A combination of a good diet, exercise, healthy habits, discipline, dancing etc. is what my beauty routine consists of. Also, I have no bad habits; I don’t drink or smoke. All these contribute to me being fit and looking good.”

“People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don’t have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and there’s this childlike wonder and interest in the world, the observation of little things that happen in life.”

“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”

“Practice yourself, for heaven’s sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.”

“Sometimes the most happy people in life are the ones with nothing. We can’t lose sight of the little things in life that should make us the happiest.”

“The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.”

“The little things, I can obey. But the big things – how we think, what we value – those you must choose yourself. You can’t let anyone – or any society – determine those for you.”

“There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.”

“There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands.”

“True greatness consists in being great in little things.”

“We concentrate so much on anniversaries and birthdays that you forget it’s the Tuesday that’s tough that really counts. Sometimes she just needs some flowers or even just that ear. It’s the little things that count. It’s the regular days of the year that you have to keep your attention on her.”

“We humans are a minority of giants stumbling around in a world of little things.”

“When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart.”

“While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.”

“You can’t jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience.”

The little things in life can make all the difference in seeing the bigger picture.