Gratus Quotes

#1. A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.
[Lat., Gratus animus est una virtus non solum maxima, sed etiam mater virtutum onmium reliquarum.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#2. Simon Cameron: I loved my brother, as only the poor and lonely can love those with whom they have toiled and struggled up the rugged hill of life's success - but he died bravely in the discharge of his duty.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

#3. I think that political parties are fuelling this fear in order to create divisions. The more we bring up fear, the more we neglect real political issues. Political debate in France is crumbling since every single issue is brought to Islam now.

Tariq Ramadan

#4. Money will always turn up when there is a potential for profit.

James Cook

#5. Meditation is like hearing a voice on the telephone: there might be slight delays if the line is not perfect, but it is otherwise direct and requires no effort other than listening

Sumangali Morhall

#6. For you in the West to hear the phrase 'All men are created equal' is to draw a yawn. For us, it's a miracle. We're starting out at rock bottom, man. But South Africa does have soul.

Athol Fugard

#7. When the strong help the weak, it makes us all stronger

Gordon Brown

#8. All the work I've done in my life will be obsolete by the time I'm fifty.

Steve Jobs

#9. Another powerful principle of our nature, which is the spring of war, is the passion for superiority, for triumph, for power. The human mind is aspiring, impatient of inferiority, and eager for preeminence and control.

William Ellery Channing

#10. Know that I loved you more than the stars have power to kiss the night sky.

Wade Kelly

#11. I think you can tell when someone is being dishonest as an actor.

Kat Dennings

#12. Never has it been inappropriate for a girl to wear a red dress.

Caroline George