Monthly Archives: December 2022

Thought For the Day: Although No One Can Go Back and Make A Brand New Start, Anyone Can Start From Now and Make A Brand New Ending

Posted on December 31, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard

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First Principles: I Like the Dreams of the Future Better Than the History of the Past

Posted on December 31, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” – Thomas Jefferson

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First Principles: If You Want Something You’ve Never Had, You Must Be Willing To Do Something You’ve Never done

Posted on December 30, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“if you want something you’ve never had, you must be wiling to do something you’ve never done.” –-Thomas Jefferson

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Thought For the Day: The Most Perfect Technique Is That Which Is Not Noticed At All

Posted on December 30, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all. “– Pablo Casals, cellist, conductor, and composer (29 Dec 1876-1973)

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First Principles: In the Supposed State of Nature, All Men Are Equally Bound By the Laws of Nature, Or to Speak More Properly, the Laws of the Creator

Posted on December 29, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“In the supposed state of nature, all men are equally bound by the laws of nature, or to speak more properly, the laws of the Creator.” – Samuel Adams

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Thought For the Day: Anyone Can Be Passionate, But It Takes Real Lovers To Be Silly

Posted on December 29, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.” –Rose Franken, author and playwright (28 Dec 1895-1988)

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Thought For the Day: One Does Not Ask of One Who Suffers: What Is Your Country and What Is Your Religion? One Merely Says: You Suffer, That Is Enough For Me

Posted on December 28, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me.” -Louis Pasteur, chemist and bacteriologist (27 Dec 1822-1895)

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First Principles: The Hand of Providence Has Been So Conspicuous In All This, That He Must Be Worse Than An Infidel That Lacks Faith

Posted on December 28, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations.” – George Washington (1778)

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Thought For the Day: We Are So Vain That We Even Care For the Opinion of Those We Don’t Care For

Posted on December 27, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don’t care for.” -Marie Ebner von Eschenbach, writer (1830-1916)

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First Principles: The Conditions Upon Which God Hath Given Liberty To Man Is Eternal Vigilance

Posted on December 27, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become prey to the active. The conditions upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the … Continue reading →

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