Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: The World Makes Way For the Man Who Knows Where He Is Going

“The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

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Thought For the Day: One Cannot Wage War Under Present Conditions Without the Support of Public Opinion, Which Is Tremendously Molded By the Press and Other Forms of Propaganda

“One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.” – General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)

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Thought For the Day: Politics Is War Without Bloodshed While War Is Politics With Bloodshed

“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.” – Mao Tse-Tung (1893-1976)

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In Honor of National Medal of Honor Day

March 25th is National Medal of Honor Day. This is in recognition of the government’s highest military decoration awarded to American airmen, coast guardsmen, guardians, Marines, sailors, and soldiers who have distinguished themselves through their valor.

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Thought For the Day: You May Not Be Interested In War, but War Is Very Interested In You

“You may not be interested in war, but war is very interested in you.” – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi (1828-1910)

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Thought For the Day: One Cannot Be Deeply Responsive To the World Without Being Saddened Very Often

“One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.” – Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst and author (23 Mar 1900-1980)

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Thought For the Day: Kings Had Always Been Involving and Impoverishing Their People In Wars, Pretending Generally, If Not Always, That the Good of the People Was the Object

“Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object.” – Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

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Thought For the Day: It’s Not Enough To Do Your Best; You Must Know What To Do, and Then Do Your Best

“It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and THEN do your best.” – W. Edwards Deming (1900-1993)

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Happy First Day of Spring

Welcome to Spring 2022! Today is Spring Equinox 2022 in a continuation of those traditional blessings each of us used to embrace by heading outdoors and starting to live large. With the Covid experience behind us now, maybe we can … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: We Live In A World In Which We Need To Share Responsibility…There Are Those Who See the Need and Respond. I Consider Those People My Heroes

“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say “It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.” Then there are those who see the need and respond. I … Continue reading

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