The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (American Author)
It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
—Cicero (Roman Philosopher)
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: “we did it ourselves.”
—Laozi (Chinese Philosopher)
There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.
—Mother Teresa (Albanian Catholic Humanitarian)
Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.
—Henry Miller (American Novelist)
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.
—Khalil Gibran (Lebanese-born American Philosopher)
The happiness of any given life is to be measured not by its joys and pleasures, but by the extent to which it has been free from suffering, from positive evil.
—Arthur Schopenhauer (German Philosopher)
A leader is best|When people barely know he exists,|When his work is done, his aim fulfilled,|They will say:|We did it ourselves.
—Laozi (Chinese Philosopher)
People may not remember exactly what you did, or what you said, but, they will always remember how you made them feel.
—Maya Angelou (American Poet)
It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.
—Eric Hoffer (American Philosopher)
Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.
—Kurt Vonnegut (American Novelist)