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Monthly Archives: January 2020
First Principles: Rebellion To Tyrants Is Obedience To God
“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God” – Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, God, Obedience, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rebellion, Tyrant
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Thought For the Day: Conviction .. Is Worthless Until It Converts Itself Into Conduct
“Conviction …Is Worthless Till It Converts Itself Into Conduct.” – Thomas Carlyle
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Tagged Begin, Conduct, Convert, Conviction, Knowledge, Loving Heart, Thomas Carlyle, Thought For the Day, Worth
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First Principles: Falsehood of the Tongue Leads To That of the Heart
“It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it … Continue reading
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Tagged Attend, Believe, Contempt, Deprave, Disposition, Falsehood, First Principles, Good, Habit, Heart, Important, Lie, Mean, Permit, Resolutioni, Thomas Jefferson, Time, Tongue, Truth, Untruth, Vice
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Thought For the Day: As Obstacles Arise, Change the Direction To Reach Your Goal; Not Your Decision To Get There
“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.” – Zig Ziglar
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Tagged Arise, Change, Decision, Direction, Goal, Obstacle, Reach, Thought For the Day, Zig Ziglar
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First Principles: There Is No Greater Mistake Than Doing Nothing Because Only Little Could Be Done
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” – Edmund Burke, statesman and writer (12 Jan 1729-1797)
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Tagged Edmund Burke, Evil, First Principles, Good Men, Great, He, Little, Mistake, Nobody, Nothing, Triumph
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Kid Lost In Story
What’s the difference between a kid at play and an artist lost in art? Give up? Maybe me too…. Kid Lost In Story by Michael Romani Hand sketched And mentally stretched The artist knows her caper Put down as it … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Artist, Awkward, Belogn, Better, Blocks, Burn, Caper, Children, Construct, Energy, Escstacy, Fantasy, Flow, Glory, Grow, Instruct, Kid, Learn, Lost, Meant, Paper, Percussion, Photograph, Pieces, Playground, Poem, Poetry, Rocks, Sculpture, Sketch, Smile, Story, Stretch, Understood, World, Wrong
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A Victorian Legacy
Have you ever read all of the Dickens works? I know most of us are familiar with A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield and perhaps a few more. But, what a time and age to live through with all of its … Continue reading
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Tagged Carriage, Christmas Carol, Christmas Eve, Circumspect, City, Cold, Contempt, David Copperfield, Death, Demand, Dickens, Diminish, Eager, Empty, Heart, Hearth, Home, House, Hunger, Joy, Legacy, Library, Lost, Love, Mirth, Neglect, Orphan, Penny, Photograph, Pity, Poem, Poetry, Poverty, Prevail, Respect, Scrooge, Snow, Society, Soul, Squalor, Travail, Two, Victorian, Winter
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Thought For the Day: Praise God That Believing Souls Give Light In Darkness, Comfort In Despair
“Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.” – William Shakespeare
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Tagged Believe, Comfort, Darkness, Despair, God, Light, Praise, Soul, Thought For the Day, William Shakespeare
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