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When the Detour Becomes the Intention
When the Detour Becomes the Intentionby Michael DoyleThere is an art to elegant simplicity,Avoiding all that becomes duplicity,We seek to make our lives be lived realWhere the art of meaning meets the feel.Funny moments become the art of distinction,As we … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Destination, Detour, Distinction, Duplicity, Elegant Simplicity, Faith, Feel, Funny Moments, Inclination, Inspiration, Intenttion, Life, Live Real, Mening, Poetry and Poms
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First Principles: It Is One of My Sources of Happiness Never To Desire A Knowledge of Other People’s Business
“It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people’s business.” – Dolly Madison Maybe we’d all be best advised to live more this way than to seek to undermine each other all the … Continue reading
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Tagged Desire, Dolly Madison, First Principles, Happness, Knowledge, Other People's Business, Source
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Thought For the Day: We Should Ask Ourselves Three Questions Before We Speak: Is It True? Is It Kind? Does It Glorify Christ?
“We should ask ourselves three questions before we speak: Is it true? Is it kind? Does it glorify Christ?” – Billy Graham
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Her Song
Her Songby Michael DoyleA voice came to me from beyond my screen.A brown-eyed beauty who loved what she had seen,She smiled at me with growing anticipation Suggesting with a smile that we write about creation. I couldn’t help but wonder … Continue reading
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Tagged Anticipatioin, Beautiful Face, Beyond, Brown-Eyed Beauty, Comforrtable, Creation, Dannger, Emotion, Fear, Glad, Grace, heartbeat, Her Song, Kiss, Knew, Know, Life, Love, Miss, Note, Personal Ocean, Poeetry, Poetry and Poems, Riff, Screen, Smle, Stranger, Suggestion, Vibe, Voce, Wonder
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First Principles: Commercial Policy Should Hold and Equal and Impartial Hand: Neither Seeking Nor Granting Exclusive Favours or Preferences
“Harmony, liberal intercourse with all Nations, are recommended by policy, humanity and interest. But even our Commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand: neither seeking nor granting exclusive favours or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Ninety-Nine Precent of the Failure Comes From People Who Have A Habit of Making Excuses
“Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.” – George Washington Carver
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Tagged Excuses, Failure, Habit, Ninety-Nine Percent, People, Thought For the Day
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Community Thrived
Community Thrived by Michael DoyleA new day awaits the exploring soul.It decides where and when to go.Learning things as it openly dreams,All its world bursting at the seams.Becoming brave, it becomes itself,Either through life or books on the shelf.From this … Continue reading
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Tagged Accept, Books, Brve, Community, Dream, Exploring Soul, God, Integrity, Learn, Life, New Day, Oopportunity, Poetry and Poems, Prosperity, Seams, Thrive, Understood, World
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Thought For the Day: A Great Civilization Is Not Conquered From Without, Until It Has Destroyed Itself From Within
“A great civilization is not conquered from without, until it has destroyed itself from within. The essential causes of Rome’s decline lay in her people, her morals, her class struggle, her failing trade, her bureaucratic despotism, her stifling taxes, her … Continue reading
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Tagged Class Struggle, Conquer, Decline, Despotism, Destroy, Failing Trade, Great Civiliization, Morals, People, Rome, Taxes, Thought For the Day, War, Will Durant, Within, Without
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First Principles: National Defense Is One of the Cardinal Duties of A Statesman
“National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman.” – John Adams (1815)
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Tagged Cardinal Duty, First Principles, John Adams, National Defense, Statesmn
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 