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Thought For the Day: There May Be Trouble Ahead – But While There’s Moonlight, and Music, and Love, and Romance – Let’s Face the Music and Dance
“There may be trouble ahead – But while there’s moonlight, and music, and love, and romance -Let’s face the music and dance.” – Irving Berlin
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Tagged Dance, Face, Fuiture, Iriving Berlin, Love, Moonlight, Music, Romance, Thought For the Day, Trouble
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First Principles: I Am Not Influenced By the Expectation of Promotion Or Pecuniary Reward. I Wish To Be Useful, and Every Kind of Service Necessary For the Public Good Becomes Honorable By Being Necessary
“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, becomes honorable by being necessary. If the exigencies of my country demand a … Continue reading
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Tagged Expectation, First Principles, Honor, Influence, Nathan Hale, Necessity, Pecuniary Reward, Promotion, Public Good, Service, Usefulness, Wish
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Thought For the Day: It Does Not Require Many Words To Speak the Truth
“It does not require many words to speak the truth.” – Chief Joseph
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Tagged Chief Joseph, Requirement, Spoken Word, Thought For the Day, Truth, Words
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First Principles: All Distinctions of Birth Or of Rank Have Been Abolished. All Citizens, Whether Native Or Adopted, Are Placed Upon Terms of Precise Equality
“All distinctions of birth or of rank have been abolished. All citizens, whether native or adopted, are placed upon terms of precise equality. All are entitled to equal rights and equal protection.” – James Polk
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Tagged Abolishment, Adopted, All Citizens, Birth, Distinction, Entitlement, Equality, First Principles, James K. Polk, Native, Percision, Protection, Rank, Rights, Term
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Resurrected Life
Resurrected Lifeby Michael DoyleGratitude flows from the inside.This is the resurrected life that I can’t hide.The Word of God fuels the fireGiving all of us our holy desires.To do what pleases God within our dreams – The story of Joseph … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, Dream, Evil, Faith, God, Good, Gratitude, Holiness, Holy Spirit, Intention, Jesus, Joseph, Life, Overflow, Poetry and Poems, Resurrection, Understanding, Word of God
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Thought For the Day: Nothing Is Discovered Without God’s Intention and Assistance
“Nothing is discovered without God’s intention and assistance, and I suppose every new knowledge of His works that is conceded to man to be distinctly a revelation by which men are to guide themselves.” – Charles Dickens
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Tagged Assistance, Charles Dickens, Concession, Discovery, God, God's Works, Guidance, Intention, New Knowledge, Nothing, Revelation, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: You Intended To Harm Me, But God Intended It For Good To Accomplish What Is Now Being Done, the Saving of Many Lives
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” – Genesis 50:20
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Tagged Accomplishment, First Principles, Genesis 50:20, God, Good, Harm, Intention, Lives
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Thought For the Day: Save Me From Trendy Religion That Makes Cheap Cliches Out of Timeless Truths
“Save me from trendy religion that makes cheap clichés out of timeless truths.” – Rich Mullins
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Tagged Cliche, Religion, Rich Mullins, Save, Thought For the Day, Timeless Truth, Trendy
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First Principles: Now More Than Ever the People Are Responsible For the Character of Their Congress
“Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it … Continue reading
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Tagged Body, Bravery, Centenniel, Character, Congress, Control, Corruption, Culture, Enterprise, First Principles, Great Nation, High Quality, Ignorance, Intelligence, James A. Garfield, Morality, More Than Ever, National Legislature, Political Forces, Pristine, Recklessness, Representation, The Nation, The People, Tolerance
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Thought For the Day: Success Is Determined Not By Whether Or Not You Face Obstacles, But By Your Reaction To Them…Each One Strengthens You
“Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as … Continue reading
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Tagged Determination, Dr. Ben Carson, Excuse, Fence, Hurdle, Observation, Obstacle, Reaction, Strengthen, Success, Thought For the Day
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