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Big Enough Quotes

On measuring up, growing bigger, and readiness.

Being big enough is rarely just about size — it's about capability, courage, and readiness to face a real challenge. Some quotes frame this on a personal level, like accepting both winning and losing, echoing the mindset found in our Confidence collection.

We believe that God is big enough to give every nationality their own religion, as he's given them their own taste in food, in plants, in furniture, and housing. I think that each religion has their basic Christ-ish way to...

Quotes by Duane Chapman

I've heard all my life how I'm too short or not big enough to play this game. It's nothing new.

Quotes by Doug Baldwin

I am Maradona, who makes goals, who makes mistakes. I can take it all, I have shoulders big enough to fight with everybody.

Quotes by Diego Maradona

It would be nice if they didn't make me get up at 5 A.M. for a 12-hour day. My caravan is never big enough to lie down. There is no little doze. You are knackered by the time you get...

Quotes by Diana Rigg

Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.

Quotes by David Lee Roth

If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word.

Quotes by Dave Barry

Your future is only big enough for you to walk through, not for you and your past to walk through.

Quotes by Danny Gokey

Leaving the house is a big enough occasion for me, so getting on a plane and flying across the world and playing to a room full of people is just out of this world.

Quotes by Courtney Barnett

Truly what the Emmys are about are the machine behind them, and Oscars are the same way, where if you have a big enough machine behind you, you get nominated, because truly how many of the best performances actually win......

Quotes by Christopher Judge

I believe with my sage and epigrammatic friend P. J. O'Rourke that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take it all away.

Quotes by Christopher Buckley

My parents were on the Grand Ole Opry. They traveled all over the country singing hillbilly music. That's what they called it back then. They were friends with Roy Acuff and the Delmore Brothers and the Carter Family. And all...

Quotes by Charlie Haden

You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.

C.S. Lewis

I don't think we yet know - because it's probably not big enough - what exactly Amazon does to our cities, but whatever it is, I don't anticipate retail wastelands. If anything, it's maybe a wake-up call to retailers that...

Quotes by Brad Stone

If I were to leave Congress and want to start Farenthold TV, it would be very difficult. The fewer players there are, the fewer the opportunities to build a big enough audience to get on.

Quotes by Blake Farenthold

The world of 'Sherlock Holmes' and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation.

Quotes by Benedict Cumberbatch

The Internet's a big enough place for everybody to be happy.

Quotes by Ben Huh

I want to work with directors who can tell intimate stories in a way that feels universal and with a big enough scope and depth to travel outside of Iceland.

Quotes by Baltasar Kormakur

Furniture manufacturing in plastics requires very costly machinery, which the Danish market is not big enough to justify. Or so they say. But show me a plastics manufacturer who dares to take on the experiment.

Quotes by Arne Jacobsen

I never pursued Hollywood banging my drum, because I was never in a film big enough to do that.

Quotes by Armand Assante

I am content, ambitious and equally know the need to switch off from work. My world is big enough to go beyond movies too.

Quotes by Arbaaz Khan

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the theme of the "Big Enough" quotes page?
It centers on the idea of being big enough — in courage, size, or capability — to face a challenge, whether that challenge is personal, political, or historical.
Do these quotes only apply to sports or competition?
No, while one line connects being big enough to accepting both winning and losing, others apply the phrase to larger political and historical contexts.
Are any of these quotes about historical conflicts?
Yes, one frames a real, large-scale ideological rivalry as a symbolic clash carried out by individuals, showing how personal moments can represent something much bigger.
What does "big enough" mean in a personal growth context?
It often points to readiness — having the confidence and capability to handle outcomes either way, a theme closely tied to our Confidence quotes.
Where can I find more quotes about growth and readiness?
Browse our Growth quotes collection for more on building capability over time.

Others stretch the idea to a global scale, describing how personal-sized struggles can carry symbolic weight for entire eras and rival ideologies. For more, browse Growth quotes or Capability quotes.