Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: When Love and Skill Work Together, Expect A Masterpiece

“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.” – John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (8 Feb 1819-1900)

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Thought For the Day: My Advice Is To Never Do Tomorrow What You can Do Today. Procrastination Is the Thief of Time

“My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.”- Charles Dickens

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Thought For the Day: Unlike Any Other Form of Thought, Daydreaming Is Its Own Reward

“Unlike any other form of thought, daydreaming is its own reward.” – Michael Pollan

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Thought For the Day: Freedom Is the Sure Possession of Those Alone Who Have the Courage To Defend It

“Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.” – Pericles

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Thought For the Day: Poor Is the Power of the Lead That Becomes Bullets Compared To the Power of the Hot Metal That Becomes Type

“Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes type.” -Georg Brandes, critic and scholar (4 Feb 1842-1927)

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Thought For the Day: Literature Is Strewn With the Wreckage of Men Who Have Minded Beyond Reason the Opinions of Others

“Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.” – Virginia Woolf

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Thought For the Day: The Absence of Flaw In Beauty Is Itself A Flaw

“The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.” – Havelock Ellis, physician, writer, and social reformer (2 Feb 1859-1939)

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Thought For the Day: Power Concedes Nothing Without A Demand. It Never Did and Never Will.

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: I Shall Live Badly If I Do Not Write, and I Shall Write Badly If I Do Not Live

“I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.” – Francoise Sagan, playwright and novelist (1935-2004)

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Thought For the Day: The Only Way of Discovering the Limits of the Possible Is To Venture A Little Way Past Them Into the Impossible

“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” – Arthur C. Clarke At different times and places, Arthur C. Clarke restated this quote in slightly different variants … Continue reading

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