Tag Archives: Act

Thought For the Day: Act As If What You Do Makes A Difference It Does

Posted on January 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” -William James, psychologist (11 Jan 1842-1910)

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There You Are, It’s Spoken

Posted on November 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

There You Are, It’s Spokenby Michael DoyleOh, it’s a messy messIf only the truthYou would confessA shake of a handUsed to be the bondSincerity, we could understandBut when you pretendSnaking aroundAs if it’s something you can defendWhy you stalk and … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Instrument By Which It (Government) Must Act Is Either the Authority of the Laws or Force. If the First Is Destroyed, the Last Must Be Substituted

Posted on October 5, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The instrument by which it [government] must act are either the AUTHORITY of the laws or FORCE. If the first be destroyed, the last must be substituted; and where this becomes the ordinary instrument of government there is an end … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Constitution Is Not the Act of A Government, But of A People Constituting A Government, and A Government Without A Constitution Is A Power Without Right

Posted on August 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.” – Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1791

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Thought For the Day: Liberty, Or the Absence of Coercion, Or the Leaving People To Think, Speak, and Act As They Please, Is In Itself A Good Thing

Posted on August 19, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Liberty, or the absence of coercion, or the leaving people to think, speak, and act as they please, is in itself a good thing. It is the object of a favourable presumption. The burden of proving it inexpedient always lies, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Do You Want To Know Who You Are? Don’t Ask. Act! Action Will Delineate and Define You

Posted on June 17, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” – Thomas Jefferson

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Salt and Light

Posted on March 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Salt and Lightby Michael DoyleWe need with loving greetingTo return to uplifting prayer meetingsStep by step, we can find God againIt starts by sharing God’s love with friendsIt’s in improving our Godly relationshipThat we can and will improve our governmentFinding … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, America, Banished, Be the Light, Determined, Difficulties Increase, Do What Is Needed, Each of Us Together, Embrace, Face of Hate, Find God Again, Flourishes, Follow, Friends, God Will Guide, God's Love, Godly Relationship, Great Commission, Greatness, Improve, Improve Our Government, Improvement, In Prayer, Jesus Movement, Last Days of Prophecy, Letting God, Light, Love, Love of Misery, Loving Evil Over Good, Loving Greeting, Make It Right, Me and You, Moment of Opportunity, Morality, Nation Lurches, National, Need For God, Our Churches, Our Mission, Our Opportunity, Poetry and Poems, Prayer Meetings, Press Ever On, Rampant, Right, Salt, Sharing, Sin, Spirit Pours Out, Step By Step, Tell Us, These Days, Tocqueville, Uplift, Use Us | Leave a comment

In Community

Posted on January 19, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

In Communityby Michael DoyleComing together in communityFulfills our need for familyAnxiousness brings rise to dangerAs to each other we have become strangersViolence takes away from us allDestruction only brings pride’s fallWhen we forget our relationsWe only bring sorrow to our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, All of Our Days, Anxious, Arrogance, Become Strangers, Belief In God, Bring Sorrow, Challenging, Children of God, Coming Together, Cost, Danger, Destruction, Each Other, Embrace, Extraordinary, Family, Focus, Forget, God, Greatness, His Will, In Community, In Mind, Knees, Land, Living Our Lives, Lord's Loving Way, Need, Never Be Lost, Ordinary, Our Nation, Perseverance, Please, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Praying for Peace, Pride's Fall, Relations, Reverence, Righteous, Rise, Run Our Race, Stolen, Straight, Supplication, Takes Away All, Trusting God, Violence | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: We Are What We Repeatedly Do. Excellence, Then, Is Not An Act But A Habit

Posted on October 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle

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First Principles: Act Worthy of Yourselves

Posted on September 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Our enemies are numerous and powerful; but we have many friends, determining to be free, and heaven and earth will aid the resolution. On you depend the fortunes of America. You are to decide the important question, on which rest … Continue reading →

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