In historic events, the so-called great men are labels giving names to events, and like labels they have but the smallest connection with the event itself. Every act of theirs, which appears to them an act of their own will, is in an historical sense involuntary and is related to the whole course of history and predestined from eternity.

Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that soft word of praise or thanks, that delivery of the very best that you can do. It does not matter what others think, it is of prime importance, however, what you think about you. You can never do your best, which should always be your trademark, if you are cutting corners and shirking responsibilities. You are special. Act it. Never neglect the little things.

Og Mandino

Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.

Anna Deavere Smith

What I like to do is just make good music, good movies, hopefully perform a good show full of energy and just have some fun.

LL Cool J

MISTAKES are the stepping stones that lead to future accomplishments.

Source Unknown

Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.

Thomas Jefferson

It's easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans -- born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Inaugur

To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship.

Samuel Johnson

There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination.

Lionel Trilling

There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace. To avoid the first danger, one should plant a garden, preferably where there is no grocer to confuse the issue. To avoid the second, he should lay a split of good oak on the andirons, preferably where there is no furnace, and let it warm his shins while a February blizzard tosses the trees outside. If one has cut, split, hauled, and piled his own good oak, and let his mind work the while, he will remember much about where heat comes from, and with a wealth of detail denied to those who spend the weekend in town astride a radiator.

Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Alma

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

Josh Billings

If you saw Queen Elizabeth it would be amazing, she came from another planet. She was so attractive in what she was wearing.

Vivienne Westwood