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Thought For the Day: We May Explain Success Mainly By One Word and that Word Is WORK!
“We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! Not transient and fitful effort, but patient, enduring, honest, unremitting, and indefatigable work, into which the whole heart is put.” – Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)
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First Principles: Where There Is No Law, There Is No Liberty
“Where there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.” – Benjamin Rush (1788)
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Shadowboxing
Shadowboxingby Michael DoyleShadowboxing with my egoHiding from whispers of an echoWhen cleansing of sin is neededAnd common sense is not heededThere are dangers in complexityRaw feelings rough in their simplicityI just need to hold on to the sunriseVisions that bleed … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Soul, Bleed, Cleansing of Sin, Common Sense, Complexity, Danger, Demons Dwell, Echo, Ego, Grow, Hid, Hurt, ID, Inferno, Innocence of Childhood, Jaded Past, Killing Me, Let Go, Living Hell, Lose Control, Love, Making, Mistakes, Must, Pain Inside, Past Trauma, Poetry and Poems, Pool of Blood, Raw Feelings, Shadow Boxing, Simplicity, Sunrise, Swept, Taking, Trust, Uncertainty, Whisper, World, Wound, Wounded Parts
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Thought For the Day: The Opposite of A Correct Statement Is A False Statement. But the Opposite of A Profound Truth May Well Be Another Profound Truth
“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.” –Niels Bohr, physicist, Nobel laureate (7 Oct 1885-1962)
First Principles: The Most Sacred of the Duties of A Government Is To Do Equal and Impartial Justice To All Its Citizens
“[T]he most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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Thought For the Day: If You Tell the Truth, You Don’t Have To Remember Anything
“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” – Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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Thought For the Day: There Are Times When We Must Sink To the Bottom of Our Misery To Understand Truth, Just As We Must Descend To the Bottom of a Well To See the Stars In Broad Daylight
“There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.” – Vaclav Havel, writer, Czech Republic … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottom, Daylight, Descend, Misery, Sink, Stars, Thought For the Day, Times, Truth, Understand, Vaclav Havel, Well
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First Principles: The Foundations of Our National Policy Will Be Laid In the Pure and Immutable Principles of Private Morality
“The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens, and command … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: He Who Tampers With the Currency Robs Labor of Its Bread
“He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.” – Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
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Tagged Bread, Currency, Daniel Webster, Labor, Rob, Tamper, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: He Serves His Party Best Who Serves the Country Best
“He serves his party best who serves the country best.” -Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th US president (4 Oct 1822-1893)
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