Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: Wishing To Be Friends Is Quick Work, But Friendship Is A Slow Ripening Fruit

Posted on February 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.” – Aristotle

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Thought For the Day: Stars Are Holes In the Sky From Which the Light of the Infinite Shines

Posted on February 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.” – Confucius

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Thought For the Day: There Is Some Good In the World, and It’s Worth Fighting For

Posted on February 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There Are Only Two Kinds of Men: the Righteous Who Think They Are Sinners and the Sinners Who Think They Are Righteous

Posted on February 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

 “There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.” – Blaise Pascal

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Thought For the Day: Bad Officials Are The Ones Elected By Good Citizens Who Do Not Vote

Posted on February 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.” – George Jean Nathan

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Thought For the Day: You Know You’re In Love When You Can’t Fall Asleep Because Reality Is Finally Better Than Your Dreams

Posted on February 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” – Dr. Seuss

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Thought For the Day: The Kind of Beauty I Want Most Is the Hard-To-Get Kind That Comes From Within – Strength, Courage, Dignity

Posted on February 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within – strength, courage, dignity.” – Ruby Dee

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Thought For the Day: Nearly All Men Can Stand Adversity, But If You Want To Test A Man’s Character, Give Him Power

Posted on February 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” -Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President (12 Feb 1809-1865) (In Remembrance of Lincoln’s Birthday!)

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Thought For the Day: Let Us Put Our Minds Together and See What Life We Can Make For Our Children

Posted on February 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.” – Sitting Bull

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Thought For the Day: What For Centuries Raised Man Above the Beast Is Not the Cudgel But the Irresistible Power of Unarmed Truth

Posted on February 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.” – Boris Pasternak, poet, novelist, Nobel laureate (10 Feb 1890-1960)

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