True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others but the urge to serve all others. ~Arthur Ashe

Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. ~Langston Hughes

RT @marketlikeachik Promote Your Event Using LinkedIn Event Application | Market Like A Chick http://bit.ly/4rpbrX

Heading to hear @sarvay at @AMARichmond's Market Dialogue this morning. Any other AMA members attending? I'll see you there.

RT @VentureBeat Will The New York Times meter kill traffic from social media? | VentureBeat http://bit.ly/5rmfiA

RT @AMARichmond: GET IN THE GAME: AMA-Richmond's Advertising Bowl is coming up on Wed, 2/10 @ 5:30pm. Sign up TODAY! http://ow.ly/10eyP #RVA

RT @mikemyatt: The danger of becoming a disconnected Leader: http://tinyurl.com/y8bs6vc #Leadership

The time is always right to do what is right. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

GIGANTIC NEWS: The Martin Agency is @adweek's U.S. Agency of the Year. Congrats @MartinTweets! Well-deserved! http://ow.ly/ZYjl

RT @chrisbrogan: Wow. Took my speech points and made them advice for bloggers. Nice post - http://bit.ly/4AZBQ8

RT @unmarketing: If someone has a bad experience with ur biz, they no longer tell 10 ppl. They tell them all on Twitter.

No man was ever great by imitation. ~Samuel Johnson

Until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him. ~Martin Luther

My philosophy about social media strategy for small businesses? Strategy In Action, of course.

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you're doing the impossible. ~St. Francis of Assisi

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ~Edith Wharton

Atwitter in Mass.: Brown’s Social Media Strategy Tops Coakley’s http://ow.ly/YGCW

One must be something, in order to do something. ~Goethe

Social CRM: http://ow.ly/YALf

3 Things Companies Need to Know About Social Media Strategy from Mashable: http://ow.ly/YAC7

Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground. ~Theodore Roosevelt

RT @byinviteonlyrva: Just rec'd Holiday Gift from a vendor...a book titled "Holiday Tweets" Here's one 1 like "You're cheeritating. #grinch"

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. ~Bill Cosby

While you're struggling with the fear that it can't be done, somebody else is doing it. ~Holly Stiel

Before we can care for others, we must learn to love the self. ~Drew Leder

Every life needs a purpose to which it can give the energies of its mind and the enthusiasm of it heart. ~@JohnCMaxwell

The man who keeps busy helping the man below him won't have time to envy the man above him. ~Henrietta Mears

It was the nation and race that had the lion's heart. I had the opportunity to give the roar. ~Winston Churchill

There is no cause half so sacred as cause of a people. There is no idea so uplifting as the idea of service of humanity. ~Woodrow Wilson

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one's self. We do ourselves the most good doing something for others. ~Horace Mann

Well done good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things and I will make you ruler over many things. ~Matt 25:23

Shun those studies in which the work that results dies with the worker. ~Leonardo Da Vinci

Life is a great big canvas and you should throw all the paint on it that you can. ~Danny Kaye

My joy in learning is partly that it enables me to teach. ~Seneca

Whoever is careless w/ the truth in small matters cannot be trusted w/ the important matters. ~Albert Einstein

A man is not as big as his belief in himself; he is as big as the number of persons who believe in him. ~Woodrow Wilson

If you look at things properly, there's no need to wait for the dessert cart. Dessert is everywhere. ~Merrill Markoe

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them. ~Gandhi

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be. ~Fanny Brice