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Category Archives: Thought For the Day
Thought For the Day: Don’t Overthink; Take Risks
“You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” – Tina Fey
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Tagged Mistakes, Opportunity, Overthinking, Risk, Thought For the Day, Tina Fey, Worry
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Thought For the Day: If You Want Success Neither Take Or Give Excuse
“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.” – Florence Nightingale
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Thought of the Day: To Hold That Argument May Be Won By Force Is To Admit the Right To Silence People By Force
“If you admit that to silence your opponent by force is to win an intellectual argument, then you admit the right to silence people by force.” – Hans Eysenck (1916-1997)
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Tagged Admission, Force, Hans Eysenck, Intellectual Argument, Opponents, Silence, The People, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Conserve Truth As the Most Valuable Thing We Have
“Truth is the most valuable thing we have, so I try to conserve it.” – Mark Twain
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Tagged Commodity, Conserve, Indvidual, Mark Twain, Responsibility, Thought For the Day, Truth, Value
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Thought For the Day: We Are the Masters of Our Fate and Captains of Our Souls
“It matters not how strait the gate, / How charged with punishments the scroll, / I am the master of my fate: / I am the captain of my soul.” – William Ernest Henley, poet, critic, and editor (23 Aug … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: The Shadow of A Man Is Determined By Character
“Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (25 May 1803-1882)
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Tagged Character, Heroism, Individual, Institution, Man, Organization, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Shadow, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Live Your Sermon
“I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I’d rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.” – Edgar Guest, poet (20 Aug 1881-1959)
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Thought For the Day: Like Every Good Teacher, God Is Quiet During Our Tests
“When you are going through something hard and wonder where God is, remember the teacher is always quiet during a test.” – Anonymous
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Tagged Bible, God, Hard Times, Individual, Open Book, Silent, Teacher, Test, Thought For the Day, Wonder, You
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Thought For the Day: Success Is the Sum of Repeated Small Efforts
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
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Thought For the Day: Shouting At Children To Obey Is Like Trying To Steer Your Car Using Your Horn
“Shouting to make your children obey is like using the horn to steer your car, and you get about the same results.” – Rusty Russell
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Tagged Car, Children, Horn, Obedience, Results, Rusty Russell, Shouting, Steering, Thought For the Day
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