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Monthly Archives: March 2021
Thought For the Day: Every Child Deserves A Champion, An Adult Who Will Never Give Up On Them, Who Understands the Power of Connection and Insists That They Become the Best That They Can Possibly Be
“Every Child Deserves A Champion, An Adult Who Will Never Give Up On Them, Who Understands the Power of Connection and Insists That They Become the Best That They Can Possibly Be“- Rita Pierson
First Principles: Character Is Like A Tree and Reputation Like A Shadow. The Shadow Is What We Think of It; the Tree Is the Real Thing
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” – Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Character, First Principles, Real Thing, Reputation, Shadow, Think, Tree
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Thought For the Day: When More of the People’s Sustenance Is Exacted Through the Form of Taxation Than Is Necessary To Meet the Just Obligations of Government, Such Exaction Becomes Ruthless Extortion and A Violation of the Fundamental Principles of A Free Government
“When more of the people’s sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government, such exaction becomes ruthless extortion and a violation of the fundamental principles of a free government.” – … Continue reading
First Principles: Industry Is Increased, Commodities Are Multiplied, Agriculture and Manufacturers Flourish: and Herein Consist the True Wealth and Prosperity of A State
“Industry is increased, commodities are multiplied, agriculture and manufacturers flourish: and herein consists the true wealth and prosperity of a state.” – Alexander Hamilton (1790)
Never Enough of You
Never Enough of Youby Michael DoyleI didn’t know what I was afterUntil I heard your sweet laughterI hadn’t a clue what I was missingUntil you and I were kissingNever felt a hand that felt so rightUntil you were holding mine … Continue reading
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Tagged A Few More Smiles, All About, Clue, Days Like This, Deeply, Didn't Know, Dreamy Eyed, Each Memory We Build, Each Other's Faces, Every Moment, Every Turn of Events, Everything Will Be Alright, Felt A Hand, Filled With Love, Find You, Finding, Grab On Tight, Heard, Hold Me Close, Holding Mine, Hope, I Can Never Get Enough of You, Island Girl, Just Being You, Keep the Count, Kind of Kindness, Kiss By Kiss, Kissing, Love You, Missing, Moments So Precious, More and More, My Friend, My Lady, Mystified, Need My Smile, Never Enough of You, Never Replace, Our Story, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Quite the Road, Return, Seems, Seen Eyes, So Beautiful, So Right, Soar, Spend, Sworn, Telling Me, Thread By Thread, Tight, Traveling, Unraveling, What I Was After, Woke, Wonderful, Wonderful Things You Do, Worth While, You and I, You'll Always Love Me Too, Your Sweet Laughter
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First Principles: Here Comes the Orator! With His Flood of Words, and His Drop of Reason
“Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason.” – Benjamin Franklin (1735)
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Thought For the Day: I Have Never Let My Schooling Interfere With My Education
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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Tagged Interfere, Mark Twain, My Education, Never Let, Schooling, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Labor To Keep Alive In Your Breast That Little Spark of Celestial Fire Called Conscience
“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.” – George Washington (1748)
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Thought For the Day: Concentrated Power Is Not Rendered Harmless By the Good Intentions of Those Who Create It
“Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.“ – Milton Friedman
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Salt and Light
Salt and Lightby Michael DoyleWe need with loving greetingTo return to uplifting prayer meetingsStep by step, we can find God againIt starts by sharing God’s love with friendsIt’s in improving our Godly relationshipThat we can and will improve our governmentFinding … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, America, Banished, Be the Light, Determined, Difficulties Increase, Do What Is Needed, Each of Us Together, Embrace, Face of Hate, Find God Again, Flourishes, Follow, Friends, God Will Guide, God's Love, Godly Relationship, Great Commission, Greatness, Improve, Improve Our Government, Improvement, In Prayer, Jesus Movement, Last Days of Prophecy, Letting God, Light, Love, Love of Misery, Loving Evil Over Good, Loving Greeting, Make It Right, Me and You, Moment of Opportunity, Morality, Nation Lurches, National, Need For God, Our Churches, Our Mission, Our Opportunity, Poetry and Poems, Prayer Meetings, Press Ever On, Rampant, Right, Salt, Sharing, Sin, Spirit Pours Out, Step By Step, Tell Us, These Days, Tocqueville, Uplift, Use Us
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