Some of us are short in height and often made fun of. This bias against short people is quite hurting at times. They are often discriminated at work, social gatherings, and in personal relationships. But they are do not deserve any of this. Because these cute, strong-willed people have the power to change the world.
So don’t feel upset if you are small and uncomfortable about it. Check out these quotes about short heightened people, a mix of inspirational, funny, and unique sayings that will give you a perspective of how short people feel.
Short People Sayings and Quotes
Sometimes the best things come in small packages. They make up for what short people lack in height with heart and grit. Below you’ll find a collection of wise and humorous short people quotes.
- “The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is.” – Phillip Brooks
- “Life is short… and so am I !”
- “I’m not short. I’m built close to the ground for speed and accuracy.”
- “Small-sized people are strong-willed.”
- “The girls with short height are damn cute!”
- “It’s very cool to be short, very cool. When I was in eight grade, and the height I am now, I would just look at the cute little short girls and think, If only,if only.” – Alison McGhee
- “I’m short to be strong!”
- “I’m not short, I’m just more down to earth than other people.”
- “You are the perfect height for an armrest.”
- “Women short in height tend to be more ambitious, independent, feisty and achieve more financially.”
- “Size, weight, height, looks, shouldn’t matter. I’m tall, you’re short, I’m willing to risk the teasing and weirdness to be with you.” – Nessa
- “Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.” – Fran Lebowitz
- “Short people have long faces, and long people have short faces. Big people have little humor, and little people have no humor at all.” – Donald O’Connor
- “Though she is little, she is fierce.”
- “I was told I would never make it because I’m too short. Well, I’m still too short. It doesn’t matter what your height is, it’s what’s in your heart.” – Kirby Puckett
- “Keep it up, wise guy. I’m always going to be taller than you once you’re lying unconscious on the ground.” – Jim Butcher
- “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.” – J.R.R Tolkien
- “My favorite part of my appearance is my height. I’m five foot one and I feel feminine being small.” – Alanna Ubach
- “No, I am not intimidated by you because you are taller.”
- “Every tall person needs a short one.”
- “Short people: God only lets things grow until they are perfect… Some of us didn’t take as long as others!”
- “I feel sorry for short people, you know. When it rains, they’re the last to know.” – Rodney Dangerfield
- “I’m not short, I’m people McNugget.”
- “Height doesn’t mean a thing. Coach always says: Small and fast always beats fast and strong.” – Mike Nardi
- “Sometimes, said Pooh, the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” – Winnie the Pooh
- “The best things come in small packages.” – Amirah
- “I got the looks from my dad, the wisdom from my mom and the height from an Elf.”
- “Every tall person needs a short friend.”
- “I’m not short, I’m just concentrated awesome.”
- “Well, when I walk behind short people I feel like I’m going to fall over because I start taking these little steps, and I can’t take little steps.” – Venus Williams
- “Short people deserve your love.”
- “I bet all you short people get really excited when you hit your head on things.”
- “Short people are mean because they’re closer to hell.”
- “I’m not short! My height is just cute.”
- “I’m not short, I’m just compact and ridiculously adorable.”
- “Kids are just like short annoying people.” – Hank Azaria
- “I’m not short,’ Daisy muttered. ‘Short women are never mysterious, or elegant, or pursued by handsome men. And they’re always treated like children. I refuse to be short.” – Lisa Kleypas
- “Short people DO NOT like to be picked up.” – Amy Poehler
- “Short is the new sexy.”
- “Short men are happy, for they can pass easily through the door. Tall men are happy, for they can stand erect and pluck oranges with their hands. Again, short men are angry, for they cannot stand erect and pluck oranges with their hands. Again, tall men are angry, for they cannot pass easily through the door.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
- “It’s nice to be short, because people expect less from you.” – Amy Poehler
- “Keep calm and love short people.”
- “Short people are better than people with short thinking.” – Lavy
- “Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.” – Veronica Roth
- “Be careful not to piss off short people… Dynamite comes in small packages!”
- “You can measure height. But you can’t measure heart.” – Howie Dickenman
- “I never wear flats. My shoes are so high that sometimes when I step out of them, people look around in confusion and ask, ‘Where’d she go?’ and I have to say, ‘I’m down here.” – Marian Keyes
- “Short people are like the eight notes in music, still just as important as the quarter notes, they simply take up a smaller amount of space.”
- “If I’m not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “You’ve really gotta hand it to short people… Because we usually can’t reach it anyways.”
- “Short people: We maintain a great perspective on life because we’re always looking up.”
- “What?! I’m not small! It’s the world that’s too big!!” – Hiromu Arakawa
- “A person’s a person, no matter how small.” – Dr. Seuss
- “Don’t flatter yourself. I only look up to you because I am short.”
- “God blessed me with a lot of heart and no height, and I’ll take that any day.” – Nate Robinson
- “In some areas, short people do better than those who are tall and strong.”
- “I’m not short, I’m just unusually not tall.”
- “I’m not short. I’m fun-sized!”
- “Short people are the future, and they consume less food, use less car fuel and more of them can fit on earth. They’re basically eco friendly humans.”