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Time Will Tell
Time Will Tellby Michael DoyleTo begin a familyEven in a place like Tahiti,Is something to approach gently.It will be if it’s meant to be.It was a day like any other,If your day was anotherDay filled with paradise.But if you’re looking … Continue reading
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First Principles: Walking Is the Best Possible Exercise. Habituate Yourself To Walk Very Far
“Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Keep Away From People Who Try To Belittle Your Ambitions. Small People Always Do That, But the Really Great Make You Feel That You, Too, Can Become Great
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain
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First Principles: On This National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, We Ask Almighy God To Watch Over Our Nation and Grant As Patience and Resolve In All That Is To Come
“On this National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, we ask almighty God to watch over our nation, and grant us patience and resolve in all that is to come. We pray that He will comfort and console those who now … Continue reading
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Tagged Ask, First Pricniples, George W. Bush, God, Nation, National Day of Prayer, Patience, Pray, Promise, Remembrance, Resolve, Sorrow
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Thought For the Day: The Fear of the Lord Is the Beginning of Wisdom
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” – Solomon
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Victory Worn
Victory Wornby Michael DoyleWhen we talk about my king,I can’t help but sing.Wide awake with praise,I lift my voice in all my days.Into the world, He shines His light.Darkness is defeated in this fight.With Grace given on Calvary,He has given … Continue reading
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Tagged Arose, Calvary, Darkness, Days, Devil, Dignity, Down, Enemy, Felt Victory, Fight, Grace, Heaven, Heaven and Earth, His Life, Holiness, Holy Veil, Jesus, Light, Lion, Mine, My King, Parades, Poetry and Poems, Powerfully Real, Praise, Reveal, Seamlessly, Sing, Stone, Talk, The Lamb, Torn, Victory Worn, Voice
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First Principles: To Model Our Political Systems Upon Speculations of Lasting Tranquility Would Be To Calculate On the Weaker Springs of Human Character
“To model our political systems upon speculations of lasting tranquillity would be to calculate on the weaker springs of human character.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)
Thought For the Day: A Single Rose Can Be My Garden…A Single Friend, My World
“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.” -Leo Buscaglia, author, speaker, and professor (31 Mar 1924-1998)
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The Accidents of Love
The Accidents of Loveby Michael DoyleLife is short and fleeting.It leads to accidental meetings,Some that can be meaningful in strideIf we do our best not to hideThe willingness to try To say hello or smile in reply.It turns out strangers … Continue reading
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Tagged Accident, Accidental Meetings, Adventure, Born To Share, Care, Dance, Distant Miles, Find Our Way, Fleeting, Forget, Gift, Heaven Sent, Hide, Human Being, Journey, Life, Lived For Love, Living Day, Love, Meanintful, Meant, Measure, Met, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Romance, Say Hello, Secret, See, Seen, Smile, Smiles, Strangers, Stride, Together, Willingness
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First Principles: Nothing Is More Essential To the Establishment of Manners In A State Than That All Persons Employed In Places of Power and Trust Must Be Men of Unexceptional Characters
“Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.” – Samuel Adams (1775)
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Tagged Essential, Establishment, First Principles, manners, People, Persons, Places of Power, Samuel Adams, State, Trust, Unexceptional Characters
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