Marcus Tullius Cicero - Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

Marshall McLuhan - “There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.”

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero - A man of courage is also full of faith.

Marcus Tullius Cicero - Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

Marcus Tullius Cicero - Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

Warren G. Harding - America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.

Barry Bonds - Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.

Nathaniel Parker Willis - Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness

Thomas Jefferson - But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.

Sasha Velour - For me, my greatest weakness is also my greatest strength: I'm a complete overthinker about everything.

Drew Barrymore - Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld - A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

H. G. Wells - Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.

Nelson Mandela - For to be is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Stephen Fry - Gays are not interested in making other people gay…But homophobes are interested in making others homophobic.