90+ Petty Quotes for the Powerful and Fabulous

Petty quotes are a playful and humorous way to express our mischievous side. They capture the lightheartedness of teasing, sarcasm, and clever comebacks. These quotes add a touch of fun to our interactions, reminding us not to take ourselves too seriously and enjoy a good laugh with friends.

I’ve learned one thing, and that’s to quit worrying about stupid things.

Do something you really like, and hopefully, it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s a success.

If you’re posting stuff to make people mad, make sure they care first.

I’LL KEEP THIS WORLD FROM DRAGGIN ME DOWN. GONNA STAND MY GROUND. AND I WON’T BACK DOWN.

Exemplary persons are steadfast in the face of adversity, while petty persons are engulfed by it. — Confucius

Petty Quotes

Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, and steal your crown.

A mindset in its way is wasted. Don’t do it.– Eric SchmidtMost things I worry about never happen anyway.

Don’t put me in a position to show you how petty I actually can be.

Petty things become unimportant when people are impassioned about a purpose higher than the self.— Stephen Covey

I pity the man who praises God only when things go his way.

Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him? – Zhuangzi

I got just one life in a world that keeps on pushin’ me around. But I stand my ground and I won’t back down.

You can throw all the shade you want, it’s still sunny in my world.

YOU BELONG SOMEWHERE YOU FEEL FREE.

Fill your brain with giant dreams so it has no space for petty pursuits. — Robin Sharma

Chickenshit is so-called – instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit – because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously.

What I’ve learned about marriage: You need to have each other’s back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.

Giving an insignificant thing your attention is a form of self-disrespect.

Refuse to fight small battles with petty people. Your life is bigger and better than that.

WHAT LIES AHEAD, I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING, BUT UNDER MY FEET, BABY, GRASS IS GROWING. IT’S TIME TO MOVE ON, IT’S TIME TO GET GOING.

Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions. — Will Smith

Being bigheaded can be as irritating and as dangerous as being small-minded.

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, and great minds are with the ordinary. – Blaise Pascal

The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to heart, the waiting is the hardest part.

The lion does not turn around when a small dog barks. -African Proverb

WORKIN’ ON A MYSTERY, GOIN’ WHEREVER IT LEADS. RUNNIN’ DOWN A DREAM.

My life is full of drama, and I don’t have time to worry about something as petty as what I look like. — Adele

He’d rather wish for his neighbor’s cow to die than have his own cow brought back to life. – Juliet Butler

I don’t see myself as the savior of anything. On one hand, I’m flattered; that’s why it’s so hard to complain. What we’re really striving for is to inspire someone.

Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it personally. -Kamand Kojouri

One’s opinion should only be as strong as one’s knowledge on the matter. – Eric Hirzel

I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things. ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

YOU TAKE IT ON THE FAITH, YOU TAKE IT TO THE HEART. THE WAITING IS THE HARDEST PART.

Listen, there are different ways of getting closure and one of those ways might be to make someone miserable for the sake of satisfying your petty soul.

I want to be successful. Not just money. Just making a successful record and a successful show. I could feel successful without selling a million records.

I don’t think it’s a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.

Toxic people will pollute everything around them. Don’t hesitate. Fumigate. -Mandy Hale

SOME DAYS ARE DIAMONDS, SOME DAYS ARE ROCKS.

The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty doubts. ― Sun Tzu

The petty man wants to use God for himself; the ambitious man wants God to use him for God.

Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things. – George Carlin

Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you’ll be a happy person.

DO SOMETHING YOU REALLY LIKE, AND HOPEFULLY, IT PAYS THE RENT. AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED, THAT’S SUCCESS.

I’m sorry I didn’t acknowledge whatever dramatic crisis you’re imagining today.

Don’t be unwilling to take those little steps; in them are residing great journeys. Move on.

By removing that which is petty and self-seeking, we bring forth all that is glorious and mindful of the whole. — Eknath Easwaran

It’s the only true magic I know. It’s not pulling a rabbit out of a hat; it’s real. It’s your soul floating out to theirs.

Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead, I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, the grass is growing.

No man pays double or twice for the same thing, forasmuch as nothing can be spent but once.

Let your words be petty and actions plenty!

A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person. – Zig Ziglar

Music really isn’t supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the soul. It must come from the soul.

I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.

If it costs you your peace, it’s too expensive.

THAT’S THE WAY IT GOES, IT’LL ALL WORK OUT.

Bit by bit, whatever you see to be petty becomes plenty.

A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acres of no more effect.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. – Eleanor Roosevelt

I refuse to entertain petty drama. My time is too important for that.

I DON’T KNOW, BUT I’VE BEEN TOLD, ‘YOU NEVER SLOW DOWN, YOU NEVER GROW OLD.

Raising money may indeed change the species, but with so much loss as the foreign pieces were raised unto, above their intrinsic value.

A petty person often misses out on what is pretty in life.

Don’t let the pettiness of life prevent you from enjoying God’s plenty. – Bernard Kelvin Clive

I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.

Just because some people’s lives are fueled by drama doesn’t mean you have to attend the performance.

EVERYBODY GOT SOMEBODY TO LEAN ON. PUT YOUR BODY NEXT TO MINE AND DREAM ON.

A house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expense, the other as it is an instrument and tool of gain.

I once began to ask around what constitutes a good poem. It felt petty, in a sense. A boy would need no help in deciding which girls he thinks are pretty.

I think if I’d quit years ago, I’d never have known what I was capable of doing.

The ego is what drives a self-serving individual who hates to admit they are wrong. – Suzy Kassem

You know, music isn’t really supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the soul.

Drama doesn’t just walk into your life. Either you create it, invite it or associate with it.

THERE’S SOMETHING GOOD WAITING DOWN THIS ROAD. I HAVE BEEN PICKING UP WHATEVER’S MINE.

The trade of banks is the buying and selling of interest and exchange.

To come up against someone who appeared not to give a damn about exerting petty power almost restored his faith in the public.

Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity, and remorse? – Ivan Turgenev

If there’s one thing I know about music theory, it’s that if you don’t believe the singer, you won’t believe the song.

There comes a time in life when you have to walk away from the drama and all the people who create it.

THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT GETTING OLDER IS YOU GET SMART ENOUGH TO AVOID UNNECESSARY PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW WHAT’S WORTH SPENDING TIME ON AND WHAT’S NOT.

Every Seaman of Industry and Ingenuity is not only a Navigator, but a Merchant, and also a Soldier.

Cat got your tongue and several other useful organs?

Rock isn’t young music anymore. I don’t think it’s necessarily even youth-oriented music.

Some say life will beat you down. Break your heart, steal your crown. So I’ve started out for God knows where, I guess I’ll know when I get there.

Some people create their own storms and then complain when it rains.

I LIKE TO BE AN OPTIMIST, BUT I LIKE TO BE A REALIST, TOO.

I hope no man takes what I said about the living and dying of men for a mathematical demonstration.

Partly, I still felt something of the sheer unholy excitement which I had experienced initially at the thought of a friend (especially this one) in trouble.

I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.

If you spend a lot of time thinking about your career, you don’t have one.

Silence is better than unnecessary drama.

Well, you’re not starving, Dio. That much is evident

Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. – Thomas Paine

I like to be an optimist, but I like to be a realist, too.

I suppose you think I should be thanking you, for stepping up to assist in reviving me.

I don’t want to be a politician. I don’t like politics. It’s petty; it fights dirty. – John Mellencamp

I have no illusions that the day you thank me for anything, Rhysand, is the day the burning fires of hell go cold.

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.

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