“Such a small thing to cause so much trouble.”

“It is our duty never to speak ill of others, you know; least of all when we know that to do so will be the cause of much pain and trouble.”

George Gissing book The Unclassed

“Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) American poet

“Verbal ability is a highly overrated thing in a guy, and it's our pathetic need for it that gets us into so much trouble.”

Nora Ephron (1941–2012) Film director, author screenwriter

“Freedom is taking so much for granted, when you don't appreciate the small things that you have.”

Cameron Duncan (1986–2003) New Zealand filmmaker

“The trouble with witches is that they’ll never run away from things they really hate.

And the trouble with small furry animals in a corner is that, just occasionally, one of them’s a mongoose.”

Terry Pratchett book Witches Abroad

“I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi

“Oh my God, baby, you are in so much trouble.”

Elizabeth Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love

“Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends.”

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist

“I know the police cause you trouble
They cause trouble everywhere
But when you die and go to heaven
You find no policeman there”

Woody Guthrie (1912–1967) American singer-songwriter and folk musician