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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Dayby Michael DoyleMy mind’s blownBy the love you’ve shownIn presenting meThings of love shown clearlyMy heart is thumping so dearlyHappy Valentine’s Day!Every day is the awesomeAs I watch our love blossomHanded to me as these bloomMy heart’s going … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: In Rivers, the Water That You Touch Is the Last of What Has Passed and the First of That Which Comes; So With Present Time
“In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.” – Leonardo Da Vinci
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Tagged Comes, First, Last, Leonardo da Vinci, Passed, Present Time, Rivers, The Water, Thought For the Day, Touch
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First Principles: When the Well’s Dry, We Know the Worth of Water
“When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Dry, First Principles, Know, Water, Well, When, Worth
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First Principles: Knowledge Will Forever Govern Ignorance
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or … Continue reading
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Tagged A People, First Principles, Force, Forever, Govern, Ignorance, James Madison, Knowledge, Must Arm Themselves, Or the Means of Acquiring It, Popular Government, Power Knowledge Brings, Prologue, Their Own Governors, Tragedy, Without Popular Information
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Thought For the Day: Where Destruction Is the Motive, Unity Is Dangerous
“Where destruction is the motive, unity is dangerous.” – Ravi Zacharias
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Tagged Dangerous, Destruction, Motive, Ravi Zacharias, Thought For the Day, Unity, Where
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First Principles: There Is A Degree of Depravity In Mankind Which Requires A Certain Degree of Circumspection and Distrust
“There is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust.” – James Madison
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Tagged Certain Degree, Circumspection, Degree, Depravity, Distrust, First Principles, James Madison, Mankind, Require
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First Principles: Sometimes It Is Said That Man Cannot Be Trusted With Government of Himself. Can He, Then, Be Trusted With the Government of Others?
“Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others?” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
Thought For the Day: Optimism Is A Very, Very Important Part of Leadership…People Don’t Like To Follow Pessimists
“What I’ve really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership…. People don’t like to follow pessimists.“ – Robert Iger, Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company
