Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: Change Is the Law of Life, and Those Who Look Only To the Past and Present Are Certain To Miss the Future

Posted on June 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future” – John F. Kennedy

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Thought For the Day: A Great Deal of Intelligence Can Be Invested In Ignorance When the Need for Illusion Is Deep

Posted on June 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.” – Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (10 Jun 1915-2005

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Thought For the Day: You Cannot Subsidize Irresponsibility and Expect People To Become More Responsible

Posted on June 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible.” – Thomas Sowell

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Thought For the Day: Now More Than Ever, We Need To Embrace the Family As the Central Unit of Our Society. Restoration of the Family Is At the Core of Restoring the American Dream

Posted on June 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Now more than ever, we need to embrace the family as the central unit of our society. Restoration of the family is at the core of restoring the American Dream for everyone.” – former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

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Thought For the Day: You Won’t Get Gun Control By Disarming Law-Abiding Citizens

Posted on June 7, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“You won’t get gun control by disarming law-abiding citizens. … There’s only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and the criminals, lock them up and if you don’t actually throw away the key, at least lose … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: I Had the Blues Because I Had No Shoes Until Upon the Street, I Met A Man Who Had No Feet

Posted on June 6, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.” – Denis Waitley

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Thought For the Day: I Think I Was Wrong…About the Path that Inflation Would Take

Posted on June 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“I think I was wrong … about the path that inflation would take.” – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen No kidding? In the country where I grew up (the United States) when a person failed this badly at their job and … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Do You Wish To Rise? Begin By Descending. You Plan A Tower That Will Pierce the Clouds? Lay first the foundation of Humility

Posted on June 4, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.” -St. Augustine (354-430)

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Thought For the Day: The Question About Progress Has Become the Question Whether We Can Discovery Any Way of Submitting To the Worldwide Paternalism of A Technocracy Without Losing All Personal Privacy and Independence

Posted on June 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The question about progress has become the question whether we can discover any way of submitting to the worldwide paternalism of a technocracy without losing all personal privacy and independence. Is there any possibility of getting the super Welfare State’s … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: If Galileo Had Said In Verse That the World Moved, the Inquisition Might Have Let Him Alone

Posted on June 2, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the Inquisition might have let him alone.” -Thomas Hardy, novelist and poet (2 Jun 1840-1928)

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