Monthly Archives: April 2022

Thought For the Day: Language Is the Amber In Which A Thousand Precious and Subtle Thoughts Have Been Safely Embedded and Preserved

Posted on April 13, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Language is the amber in which a thousand precious and subtle thoughts have been safely embedded and preserved.” -Richard C. Trench, poet (1807-1886

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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit, and Intelligence of the Citizens

Posted on April 13, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Schools Are Quick To Blame Everyone and Everything But Themselves For the Failures of American Education. To Them, Every Bad Teacher Is the Exception and Every Bad Parent the Rule

Posted on April 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Schools are quick to blame everyone and everything but themselves for the failures of American education. To them, every bad teacher is the exception and every bad parent is the rule.” – Thomas Sowell

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First Principles: If We Can Prevent the Government From Wasting the Labors of the People, Under the Pretense of Taking Care of Them, They Must Become Happy

Posted on April 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.” – Thomas Jefferson (1802)

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Take the Dice and Roll

Posted on April 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Take the Dice and Rollby Michael DoyleEvery choice that we makeCould be the wrong oneMake it anyhow!The best shot we takeCould miss the targetTake it anyhow!Wrong or rightIf you couldn’t live with youIf you didn’t do as you mightDo what … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Courage and Perseverance Have A Magical Talisman, Before Which Difficulties Disappear and Obstacles Vanish Into Air

Posted on April 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.” – John Quincy Adams

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Thought For the Day: The Purpose of Life Is Not To Be Happy At All…It Is To Matter, To Have It Make Some Difference That You Lived.

Posted on April 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The purpose of life is not to be happy at all. It is to be useful, to be honorable. It is to be compassionate. It is to matter, to have it make some difference that you lived.” – Leo Rosten

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From Hosanna to Crucifixion

Posted on April 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

From Hosanna to Crucifixion (Palm Sunday 2022)by Michael DoyleIPassages in sermons find seed in our lifeSpeaking to us to create peace and take our strifeStilled hearts help us reach the truth to seePraying that we might commit to this way … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Hosanna. Blessed Is He Who Comes In the Name of the Lord. Blessed Is the King of Israel.

Posted on April 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“They took Palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting ‘Hosanna’. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the King of Israel.” – John 12:13

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Thought For the Day: If Just As We Are, We Would Lay Ourselves On the Altar of Service of Jesus Christ, There Is No Saying What Christ Could Do With Us and Through Us

Posted on April 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“If just as we are, we would lay ourselves on the altar of service of Jesus Christ, there is no saying what Christ could do with us and through us.” – William Barclay

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Monthly Archives: April 2022

Thought For the Day: Language Is the Amber In Which A Thousand Precious and Subtle Thoughts Have Been Safely Embedded and Preserved

First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit, and Intelligence of the Citizens

Thought For the Day: Schools Are Quick To Blame Everyone and Everything But Themselves For the Failures of American Education. To Them, Every Bad Teacher Is the Exception and Every Bad Parent the Rule

First Principles: If We Can Prevent the Government From Wasting the Labors of the People, Under the Pretense of Taking Care of Them, They Must Become Happy

Take the Dice and Roll

First Principles: Courage and Perseverance Have A Magical Talisman, Before Which Difficulties Disappear and Obstacles Vanish Into Air

Thought For the Day: The Purpose of Life Is Not To Be Happy At All…It Is To Matter, To Have It Make Some Difference That You Lived.

From Hosanna to Crucifixion

First Principles: Hosanna. Blessed Is He Who Comes In the Name of the Lord. Blessed Is the King of Israel.

Thought For the Day: If Just As We Are, We Would Lay Ourselves On the Altar of Service of Jesus Christ, There Is No Saying What Christ Could Do With Us and Through Us

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