It is my Father's good pleasure to give me the kingdom of all good.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

–Cicero, ‘Pro Plancio,’ 54 B.C.

Tried and True Thank You Phrases

The Highest Good

In the New Testament, abba (αββα) is always connected with "the Father" (ὁ πατήρ) to form "Abba, the Father" (i.e., αββα ὁ πατήρ). It is thought that the word "Abba" might have been unknowable to Greek-speaking Jews and therefore ὁ πατήρ ("the Father") was added to clarify the meaning. http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Names_of_G-d/Father/father.html

“There is more eloquence in the words ‘Abba, Father,’ than in all the orations of Demosthenes or Cicero put together!”~ Martin Luther

Summum bonum is a Latin expression meaning "the highest good", which was introduced by Cicero, to correspond to the Idea of the Good in Greek philosophy.

Spurgeon alludes to the priceless treasure we gain when we gain the right to cry "Abba! Father! writing....

The difference between presentation and persuasion.

There were two great orators of antiquity. One was Cicero, and the other Demosthenes.

Plutarch drew attention in his Life of Demosthenes to the strong similarities between the personalities and careers of Demosthenes and Marcus Tullius Cicero:

The divine power seems originally to have designed Demosthenes and Cicero upon the same plan, giving them many similarities in their natural characters, as their passion for distinction and their love of liberty in civil life, and their want of courage in dangers and war, and at the same time also to have added many accidental resemblances. I think there can hardly be found two other orators, who, from small and obscure beginnings, became so great and mighty; who both contested with kings and tyrants; both lost their daughters, were driven out of their country, and returned with honor; who, flying from thence again, were both seized upon by their enemies, and at last ended their lives with the liberty of their countrymen.