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Quotes by Roman Authors
"If all emotions are common coin, then what is unique to the good man?To welcome with affection what is sent by fate. Not to stain or disturb the spirit within him with a mess of false beliefs. Instead, to preserve it faithfully, by calmly obeying God " saying nothing untrue, doing nothing unjust. And if the others don't acknowledge it " this life lived in simplicity, humility, cheerfulness " he doesn't resent them for it, and isn't deterred from following the road where it leads: to the end of life. An end to be approached in purity, in serenity, in acceptance, in peaceful unity with what must be."
"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all other virtues."
"Don't hang out with people who are: Ungrateful, Unhelpful, Unruly, Unkindly, Unloving, Unambitious, Unmotivated or make you feel...Uncomfortable."
"Father God, we thank you for your grace and your mercy, for allowing us to be together under your covenant and God we thank you for the revelations and for the breakthroughs; for your direction and for your healing. We thank you God for the opportunity to just be a vessel for your kingdom. God we trust you, we love you, we honor you, and all glory is yours. Amen."
"Certain signs precede certain events."
"We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right."
"Old age especially an honoured old age has so great authority that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth."
"There is nothing so bitter that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it."
"What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious."
"Swiftly the remembrance of all things is buried in the gulf of eternity."
"Preserve a sense of proportion in your attitude to everything that pleases you, and make the most of them while they are at their best."
"The good things that belong to prosperity are to be wished but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired."
"For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor."
"The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture."
"Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too."
"You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine."
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."
"I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome."
"Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture."
"Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin."
"The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine."
"Use social media for good and lift others up, not tear them down. Stay on the high road. Keep your peace."
"Let your light shine as an inspiration to humanity and BE THE REASON someone believes in the goodness of people."
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