Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such

If the gods care not for me and for my children, There is a reason for it.

People find pressure in different ways. I find it in keeping my mind clear. In not turning away from people or the things that happen to them. In accepting and welcoming everything I see. In treating each thing as it deserves.

One of the recurring themes in Marcus' handbook is leadership's responsibility to work intelligently with what it is given and not waste time fantasizing about a world of flawless people and perfect choices.

Remember that all things are only opinion and that it is in your power to think as you please.