Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: Some People Want It To Happen, Some Wish It Would Happen, Others Make It Happen

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”  – Michael Jordan, from “A Humbled Jordan Learns New Truths (1994), The New York Times

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Thought For the Day: The Best People Possess A Feeling For Beauty, the Courage To Take Risks, the Discipline To Tell the Truth, the Capacity for Sacrifice. Ironically, Their Virtues Make Them Vulnerable

“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.” – Ernest Hemingway

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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

“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: Extremism In the Defense of Liberty Is No Vice. And Moderation In the Pursuit of Justice Is No Virtue

“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” – Karl Hess, as speechwriter for Barry Goldwater’s acceptance speech This was later restated by Malcom X, in December, 1964, as: … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Laws of Nature Are Written By the Hand of God In the Language of Mathematics

“The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.” – Galileo Galilei

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Thought For the Day: Life Does Not Consist Mainly, Or Even Largely, of Facts Or Happenings. It Consists Mainly of the Storm of Thoughts That Is Forever Flowing Through One’s Head

“Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts or happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever flowing through one’s head.” – Mark Twain

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Thought For the Day: A Man Who Knows That He Lives In Sin Against God Will Not Be Inclined To Come Daily Into the Presence of God

“A man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of God.” – Jonathan Edwards

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Thought For the Day: From the Equality of Rights Springs Identity of Our Highest Interests; You Cannot Subvert Your Neighbor’s Rights Without Striking A Dangerous Blow At Your Own

“From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor’s rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.” – Carl Schurz

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Thought For the Day: Flowers Always Make People Better, Happier, and More Helpful; They Are Sunshine, Food and Medicine For the Soul

“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” – Luther Burbank (7 Mar 1849-1926)

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Thought For the Day: Success Is the Sum of Small Efforts, Repeated Day In and Day Out

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier

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