Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: The First Thing To Decide Before You Walk Into Any Negotiation Is What To Do If the Other Fellow Says ‘No’

Posted on March 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The first thing to decide before you walk into any negotiation is what to do if the other fellow says ‘no’.” – Ernest Bevin

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Thought For the Day: Never Worry About Numbers. Help One Person At A Time, and Always Start With the Person Nearest You

Posted on February 28, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.”– Mother Theresa

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Thought For the Day: The Free, Exploring Mind of the Individual Human Is the Most Valuable Thing In the World

Posted on February 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Don’t Educate Your Children To Be Rich. Educate Them To Be Happy So They Know the Value of Things, Not the Price

Posted on February 26, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Don’t educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.” – Victor Hugo, poet, novelist, and dramatist (26 Feb 1802-1885)

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Thought For the Day: Love the Animals, Love the Plants, Love Everything. If you Love Everything, You Will Perceive the Divine Mystery In Things

Posted on February 25, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Whatever We Plant In Our Subconscious Mind and Nourish With Repetition and Emotion Will One Day Become A Reality

Posted on February 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.” – Earl Nightingale

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Thought For the Day: Faith Is To Believe What You Do Not See; the Reward of This Faith Is To See What You Believe

Posted on February 23, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” – Saint Augustine

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Thought For the Day: The Ultimate Measure of A Man Is Not Where He Stands In Moments of Convenience and Comfort, But Where He Stands AT Times of Challenge and Controversy

Posted on February 22, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

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Thought For the Day: Never, No, Never, Did Nature Say One Thing, and Wisdom Say Another Thing

Posted on February 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Never, no, never, did Nature say one thing, and Wisdom say another.” – Edmund Burke, in his Third Letter on Regicide Peace, 1797

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Thought For the Day: When the Eyes Say One Thing, and the Tongue Another, A Practiced Man Relies On the Language of the First

Posted on February 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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