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Monthly Archives: January 2021
Walking With the Giants
Walking With the Giantsby Michael DoyleWalking with the giantsWe stand in our defianceCalling out the holy namesKnown with the mark of God’s fameWalking in the faith that’s knownConfidence that has grownThough the future remains unseenIn this assurance, we find new … Continue reading
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First Principles: Remember Not Only To Say the Right Thing In the Right Place, But Far More Difficult Still, To Leave Unsaid the Wrong Thing At the Tempting Moment
“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”― Benjamin Franklin
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Thought For the Day: Those Who Insist On the Dignity of Their Office Show They Have Not Deserved It
“Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.” -Baltasar Gracian, philosopher and writer (8 Jan 1601-1658)
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Thought For the Day: The Limits of Tyrants Are Prescribed By the Endurance of Those Whom They Oppress
“Find out just what the people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, … Continue reading
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Tagged Endurance, Frederick Douglass, Limits, Oppose, Prescribed, Thought For the Day, Tyrants, Whom
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First Principles: A Good Moral Character Is the First Essential In A Man
“A good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted at your age are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life.” – George Washington (1790)
Empty Jar
Empty Jarby Michael DoyleIt’s an empty jar that we fillGiven the many choices of our free willIt’s best to live with full intentionLooking back, we’ll see what’s had our attentionThis jar of ours, might just shatterIf we fill it with … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention, Cannot Steal, Center, Choice, Cold Night, Confessed, Definition, Destination, Don't Matter, Due Consideration, Empty Jar, End, Fact, Faith, Family, Fictions, Fill, Fill It, Filled With Love, Final Test, Foundation, Free Will, Full Intention, God, Greatest Treausre, Hearts, Heaven, Holy Star, Impact, Infancy, Legacy, Lessons, Life, Live, Looking Back, Matter Most, Minds, Mistaken, Over Fact, Overdue Conversation, Past, Poetry and Poems, Priceless, Priority, Purpose, Real, Realize, Serve, Service, Shatter, Sisters and Brothers, Situation, Thieves, Time Slips, Toward All, Wish
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Thought For the Day: The Principles That the End Justifies the Means Is In Individualist Ethics Regarded As the Denial of All Morals. In Collectivist Ethics It Becomes Necessarily the Supreme Rule
“The principle that the end justifies the means is in individualist ethics regarded as the denial of all morals. In collectivist ethics it becomes necessarily the supreme rule.” – Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992)
First Principles: Love Your Neighbor As Yourself and Your Country More Than Yourself
“Love your neighbor as yourself and your country more than yourself.” – Thomas Jefferson (1825)
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Thought For the Day: It Will Be Found An Unjust and Unwise Jealousy To Deprive A Man of His Natural Liberty Upon the Supposition He May Abuse It
“It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.” – Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
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First Principles: Let Justice Be Done Though the Heavens Should Fall
“Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.” – John Adams (1777)
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