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First Principles: To Be Respected and Trusted, We Must Keep Our Agreements
“States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” – Alexander Hamilton (1790)
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Tagged Agreements, Alexander Hamilton, Conduct, Engagements, Fate, First Principles, Keep, Observe, Persons, Respect, States, Trust
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Thought For the Day: Nothing Great In This World Has Been Accomplished Without Passion
“Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.” – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, philosopher (27 Aug 1770-1831)
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Tagged Accomplish, Georg W F Hegel, Greatness, Passion, Thought For the Day, World
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Her Legacy
Last Sunday was a day of recognition and honor for women on an international level. When you think about it and all that women have done for us in all of their roles, shouldn’t every day be one? Her Legacy … Continue reading
Daily Prompt – Declaration
Among the truths that remain self evident There is especially on that is quite relevant When so many declare God’s death so openly They so at great peril for our republican society For if there is no God on which … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Society, Daily Prompt, Dead, Declaration, God, Good Intentions, Hearts, Mankind, Peril, Regime, Relevant, Reliance, Republican, Rights, Sacred, Self-Evident, Society, Truth
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First Principles: We Should Observe Christian Precepts Not Just Christmas
“How many observe Christ’s birth-day! How few, his precepts!” – Benjamin Franklin (1743)
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Thought For the Day: Don’t Overthink; Take Risks
“You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” – Tina Fey
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Tagged Mistakes, Opportunity, Overthinking, Risk, Thought For the Day, Tina Fey, Worry
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Imagine Life If You Will
Psalms 90:12 Imagine Life If You Will by Michel Romani Numbering our days in adoration Gaining wisdom in our fascination Deep within our hearts it seems Is the keeper of our best dreams Imagine your worse nightmare Come to light … Continue reading
Daily Prompt – Marine
Looking back, a lifetime ago or so it now seems One of the things that was foremost in my dreams Was the thought of growing up and becoming someone Like Jacques Cousteau, only an American one I would study and … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Destruction, Dreams, Humanity, Instruction, Jacquest Cousteau, Lifetime, Marine, Marine Conservation, Ocean, Reply, Seagulls, Shore, Someone, Vanity
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First Principles: There Is No Graver Error Than To Rest Our Nation On Favors From Other Nations
“There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favors from Nation to Nation. ‘Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.” – George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796 … Continue reading
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Tagged Calculation, Cure, Discard, Error, Expectation, Experience, Favor, First Principles, Foreign Nations, George Washington, Illusion, Pride
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Thought For the Day: If You Want Success Neither Take Or Give Excuse
“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.” – Florence Nightingale
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