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Thought For the Day: Rain Is Grace; Rain is the Sky Descending To the Earth; Without Rain, There Would Be No Life
“Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.” – John Updike
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First Principles: History By Apprising Citizens of the Past Will Enable Them To Judge of the Future
“History by apprising [citizens] of the past will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations; it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Ambition, Apprise, Assum, Citizens, Defeat, Design, Disguise, Experience, First Principles, Future, History, Judge, Naions, Other Times, Past, Thomas Jefferson, Views
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No Longer Afraid
No Longer Afraidby Michael DoyleIt’s really not so frightening To see Satan fall like lightningCast down from the Heavens aboveAll in the name of God’s sacred loveLiving life as a personal testimonyThe world sometimes crashes down on meAnd I’ll remain … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Afraid, Believe, Birth, Blessing, Cast Down, Conceive, Crash, Crippled, Death, Eyes, Fixed, Fright, God's Care, God's Sacred Love, Heaven, Holiness, Holy Hour, House of Worship, Jesus, Lam, Last Breath, Lightning, Living Life, Met, Miacles, Name, No Longer, Personal Testimony, Poetry and Poems, Pour, Power, Proclaim, Protected, Purpose, Safe, Satan, Satan's Snare, Servant, Spokn, Street, The World, Truth and Love, Victory, Walk
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Thought For the Day: Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!
Aloha Promises Forever wishes all its readers a very happy and if a believer, holy Saint Patrick’s Day! The Feast of Saint Patrick (Lá Fhéile Pádraig) is a religious and cultural holiday observed since the 17th century on March 17th … Continue reading
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Tagged Aloha Promises Forever, Christianity, Commenorate, Feast of Saint Patrick, Fun, Happy St. Patrick's Day, Ireland, Irish, Irish Diaspora, Lá Fhéile Pádraig, March 17th, Meaning, Patron Saint, Saint Patrick's Day, st-patrick, St. Patrick's Day, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: In A Single Sentence of Idle Chatter We Preserve Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Norse: We Carry A Museum Inside Our Heads
“We open our mouths and out flow words whose ancestries we do not even know. We are walking lexicons. In a single sentence of idle chatter we preserve Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Norse: we carry a museum inside our heads, each day … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestries, Anglo-Saxon, Commenorate, Heads, Heard, Idle Chatter, Know, Latin, Lexicons, Mouth, Museum, Norse, Open, Penelope Lively, Peoples, Single Sentence, Thought For the Day, Walk, Words
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First Principles: Do You Not Know That In A Race All the Runners Run, But Only One Gets the Prize? Run In Such A Way As To Get the Prize
“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians 9:24-25, Compete, Crown, First Principles, Forever, Games, Know, Last, Prize, Race, Run, Runners, Strict Training, Way
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Thought For the Day: The Pursuit of Truth and Beauty Is A Sphere of Activity In Which We Are Permitted To Remain Children All Our Lives
“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.” -Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (14 Mar 1879-1955)
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Tagged Activity, Albert Einstein, Beauty, Children, Lives, Permit, Pursuit, Remain, Sphere, Thought For the Day, Truth
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First Principles: It Has Been A Source of Great Pain To Me To Have Met With So Many Among My Opponents Who Had Not the Liberality To Distinguish Between Political and Social Opposition
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred … Continue reading
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Tagged Distinguish, First Principles, Great Pain, Hatred, Liberality, Met, Opponents, Person, Political, Political Opinion, Social Oppoition, Source, Thomas Jefferson, Transfer
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Thought For the Day: More Important Than Your Obligation To Follow Your Conscience, Or At Least Prior To It, Is Your Obligation To Form Your Conscience Correctly
“More important than your obligation to follow your conscience, or at least prior to it, is your obligation to form your conscience correctly.” – Antonin Scalia
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