Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: Your Voice Dries Up If You Don’t Use It

Posted on November 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Your voice dries up if you don’t use it.” – Patti Page, singer (8 Nov 1927-2013)

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Thought For the Day: Use the Talents You Possess, For the Woods Would Be A Very Silent Place If No Birds Sang Except the Best

Posted on November 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except the best.” – Henry van Dyke, poet (10 Nov 1852-1933)

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Thought For the Day: Every One of Us Is Precious In the Cosmic Perspective. If A Human Disagrees With You, Let Him Live

Posted on November 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Every one of us is precious in the cosmic perspective. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.” – Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (9 Nov 1934-1996)

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Thought For the Day: Private Property Was the Original Source of Freedom. It Still Is Its Main Bulwark

Posted on November 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main bulwark.” —Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)

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Thought For the Day: Humanity Also Needs Dreamers

Posted on November 7, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit. Without doubt, these dreamers do not deserve wealth, because they … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: I Don’t Think That Combat Has Ever Been Written About Truthfully; It Has Always Been Described In Terms of Bravery and Cowardice

Posted on November 6, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“I don’t think that combat has ever been written about truthfully; it has always been described in terms of bravery and cowardice. I won’t even accept these words as terms of human reference any more. And anyway, hell, they don’t … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Do You Wish the World Were Happy? Then Remember Day By Day, Just To Scatter Seeds of Kindness As You Pass Along the Way

Posted on November 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Do you wish the world were happy? / Then remember day by day, / Just to scatter seeds of kindness / As you pass along the way.” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet (5 Nov 1850-1919)

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Thought For the Day: Excellence Demands Competition. Without A Race There Can Be No Champion, No Records Broken, No Excellence

Posted on November 4, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Excellence demands competition. Without a race there can be no champion, no records broken, no excellence — in education or in any other walk of life.” – Ronald Reagan

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Thought For the Day: An Artist Discovers His Genius the Day He Dares Not To Please

Posted on November 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please.” – Andre Malraux, novelist, adventurer, art historian, and statesman (3 Nov 1901-1976)

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Thought For the Day: The Very Word ‘Secrecy’ Is Repugnant In A Free and Open Society

Posted on November 2, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.” – John F. Kennedy

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