"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts...take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature." -- Marcus Aurelius

"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religion but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We shall not fight alone. God presides over the destinies of nations. The battle is not to the strong alone. Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, ALMIGHTY GOD! Give me liberty or give me death!"

-- Patrick Henry

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself."

-- Mikhail Baryshnikov

"Every private citizen has a public responsibility."

-- Myra Janco Daniels

"Gratitude is the root of both goodness and happiness."

-- Dennis Prager

"A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment."

-- Harvey S. Firestone

"The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal who I am."

-- Laura Schlessinger